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Braillon and Bewley are correct to condemn alcohol drinking which is not only harmful during pregnancy but also before conception.1 Prospective fathers with infertility problems usually have lower sperm counts and motility, blocks in polyunsaturated fatty acid pathways and low zinc levels, especially if they drink any alcohol. It is tragic that so much is known and ignored in our society which regards drinking an addictive cell poison as a normal part of social life.
1. Barnes B, Grant ECG et al. Nutrition and preconception care. Lancet 1985;2:1297
Re: Impartial information about alcohol during pregnancy or another modern day witch hunt?
Braillon and Bewley are correct to condemn alcohol drinking which is not only harmful during pregnancy but also before conception.1 Prospective fathers with infertility problems usually have lower sperm counts and motility, blocks in polyunsaturated fatty acid pathways and low zinc levels, especially if they drink any alcohol. It is tragic that so much is known and ignored in our society which regards drinking an addictive cell poison as a normal part of social life.
1. Barnes B, Grant ECG et al. Nutrition and preconception care. Lancet 1985;2:1297
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