Lifestyle and fertility for men and women
Your lifestyle can make a difference to your fertility and this applies for both men and women.
Smoking, drinking to excess, being very overweight or underweight and using anabolic steroids (often given in illicit supplements used in gyms) can all affect your fertility.
- British Fertility Society Fertility Education Initiative advice on lifestyle factors that can reduce your chances of getting pregnant.
- Fertility Network UK factsheet on dietary advice for fertility
- Fertility Network UK factsheet on lifestyle factors and male fertility problems
- Information from the NHS about anabolic steroids and how they can impact on fertility and why you must avoid supplements sometimes used by people who go to workout in gyms.
Lifestyle and fertility for men and women
Your lifestyle can make a difference to your fertility and this applies for both men and women.
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