Mediterranean diet for a healthy sperm

Adhering to a Mediterranean diet -rich in fruit, vegetables, fish, whole grains and healthy fats -may significantly improve sperm quality, a new study claims. Infertility is a global public health issue and affects 15% of all couples of reproductive age. Male factors, including decreased sperm quality, are responsible for about 25% of these cases, researchers said. Results of a study by researchers at the Universitat Rovira I Virgili and the Pere i Virgili Health Research Institute in Spain indicate that low sperm quality parameters are inversely associated with diets rich in certain nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, certain antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C, beta-carotene, selenium, zinc, cryptoxanthin and lycopene), other vitamins (vitamin D and folate), and low saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids.

Saturn’s moon has water closer to surface than thought:

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has an underground ocean of liquid water that may be only a few kilometres beneath the surface -much closer than thought -according to Nasa scientists, who have also discovered that the south polar region of the moon is warmer than expected.