What Is The Role Of Anti Oxidants In The Treatment Of Female Fertility?

Posted on Tue, 7 Apr 2015

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Question : Hello doc.. Having Hlaf lemon juice n 1 tsp honey mixed in XXXXXXX warm water everyday has any effect on sperm count or health of sperms? and how does it effect women fer

Answered by Dr. Divakara (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Useful in males but doubtful in females.

Detailed Answer:
HI

Greetings from Dr.Divakara.P
Thanks for posting your query.

Lemon juice contains Vitamin C which acts as an Anti-oxidants . Anti oxidants are helpful in improving Sperm count but how much it is helpful is doubtful.

But the role of anti oxidants in female fertility is doubtful infact some studies say that they are not helpful .

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarification feel free to ask .

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar