Is there a correlation between a Vegetarian Diet and Sperm count and quality?

If you don't eat meat, dairy, eggs, and only live off the natural food doesn't that affect your Zinc and Iron. I know Zinc is essential for sperm quality and most other parts of your health. Should we assume that Vegetarian Diet is NOT for a man's healthy life?Is there a correlation between a Vegetarian Diet and Sperm count and quality?
Zinc is the main nutrient as far as male fertility goes, and it's easy to get in a balanced vegetarian diet (all those different beans, soy, nuts such as brazil, seeds such as sunflower - all vegetarian staples). Vegetarians and vegans have been found to be no more likely to have a zinc deficiency than meat eaters.



In 2009, the American Dietetic Association released a statement about their position on vegetarian diets:



"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the lifecycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. "



I would take it that "all stages of the lifecycle" includes men attempting fatherhood.
There are other sources of iron and zinc. This is from my unbiased nutrition book:

Good sources

Zinc - This is food naturally in all these foods, which contain at least 1.0mg of mineral per 25g (1oz.):

Dairy products

Red meat

Eggs

Poultry

Crab

Lobster

Oysters

BRAZIL NUTS

HARICOT BEANS

SOYA BEANS.

So as you can see, zinc is also in plant foods.

This is about iron:

Good sources

Iron - This is found naturally in all these foods, which contain at least 2.0mg of iron per 100g (3 1/2oz):

SPINACH

DRIED FRUITS, ESPECIALLY PRUNES.

Offal (Kidneys and liver.)

Red met

Egg yolks

Poultry

Sardines

Tuna

Prawns

PULSES SUCH AS SOYA, BROAD, AND KIDNEY BEAMS, AND CHICKPEAS.

I think I've made my point.Is there a correlation between a Vegetarian Diet and Sperm count and quality?
My husband and I (both vegetarians) are trying to conceive and having a hard time at it, so naturally I researched whether our diet might be a factor. I haven't been able to find a single research indicating that a balanced vegetarian diet would have an adverse effect on sperm count and quality. And indeed when my husband's semen was analyzed his sperm count and quality turned out to be just fine.



So no, we should not assume that a vegetarian diet is 'not for a man's healthy life'. Or a woman's healthy life for that matter. My own cycle issues clearly predate my vegetarian diet, and my doctor confirmed that I'm not low on any nutrient.
FYI everyone, exsft is a middle-aged child molesting Catholic! He once molested his daughter!!Is there a correlation between a Vegetarian Diet and Sperm count and quality?
That is why they shoot blanks.
Meat, dairy and eggs are "natural food." Humans have been eating animals as far back in our evolutionary history as researchers have been able to go.



Everyone (not just men) need to be concerned about soy in their diet. If you take time to read ingredients labels in many of the prepared foods on your supermarket shelves, you might be surprised how many of them contain soy. First, it's unfermented and, second, it's genetically modified!



Unfermented soy contains estrogen like chemicals that have been tied to fertility issues for women and low sperm count in men....among other problems. Soy is one of the most allergenic foods on your shelves. Plus it contains phytic acid which inhibit your body's ability to absorb iron and calcium. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/s鈥?/a>



This guy grew man boobs and developed serious sexual/emotional problems when he drank a lot of soy milk: http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys鈥?/a>
There are more than a billion Indians and about half of them are vegetarian so I think it's quite clear that being one has not affected the virility of Indian vegetarian males.