1. Kefir milk consumption decreases sperm alterations due to the high-fat diet in adult male rats
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Imen Hammami, Ridha Ben Ali, Afef Nahdi, Marwa Boussada, Rahma Mahjoub, Amina Bibi, and Michèle Véronique El May
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Male ,Urology ,Body Weight ,General Medicine ,Diet, High-Fat ,Spermatozoa ,Rats ,Endocrinology ,Kefir ,Milk ,Semen ,Animals ,Cattle ,Female ,Obesity - Abstract
Over the past decades, an increase of male infertility through the decrease of sperm count has been noted. It has been suggested that environmental factors and lifestyle could a negative impact over sperm quality. Among these factors, the consumption of foods high in fat, which leads to overweight and obesity, can negatively influence fertility. The present study was designed to highlight the protective effect of Kefir, natural probiotic, against the decline in sperm quality related to fat high diet. Thirty adult rats were divided into four groups: Control (1 ml/100 g of body weight (bw) of semi-shimmed cow milk), KM (1 ml/100 g bw of Kefir milk), HFD (1 ml/100 g bw of semi-shimmed cow milk + high-fat diet) and KM/HFD (1 ml/100 g bw Kefir milk + high-fat diet). After 60 days of treatment, sperm quality, biochemical assays of lipids profil, blood cell count and histological examination in testis were assessed. The results described an improved of sperm density (64.28 10
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- 2022