{"id":370295,"date":"2026-08-14T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-men-trying-to-boost-their-sperm-count-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:00:26","slug":"why-are-men-trying-to-boost-their-sperm-count-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-men-trying-to-boost-their-sperm-count-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are men trying to boost their sperm count? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qMvdVIQZAtI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why are men trying to boost their sperm count? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMvdVIQZAtI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Wearing loose cotton boxer shorts. Icing your testicles. Doing blood transfusions to \u2018clean\u2019 your body of microplastics. Eating raw garlic. <\/p>\n<p>These are all unproven methods to boost sperm count being promoted by wellness influencers.<\/p>\n<p>On TikTok and Instagram, hashtags such as #malefertility, #semenanalysis and #sperm attract hundreds of millions of views, while, in the White House, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has claimed that men\u2019s fertility is in drastic decline, partially due to unhealthy diets.<\/p>\n<p>What scientific evidence is there to claims that the average sperm count and quality is falling? And how do these claims play into men\u2019s anxieties about their masculinity? On today\u2019s Global Story, the BBC\u2019s global health reporter, Jacqui Wakefield, speaks to men across the world concerned about their fertility, and to reproductive experts who help explain what\u2019s really going on.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Fertility #Sperm #BBCNews<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n01:16 Why are men trying to boost their sperm count?<br \/>\n02:03 Who is Bryan Johnson?<br \/>\n05:05 What&#8217;s the science behind male sperm count?<br \/>\n06:47 Is male sperm count dropping?<br \/>\n11:00 What does RFK say about sperm count?<br \/>\n16:57: Jamal&#8217;s story<br \/>\n23:00 Are there benefits to men worrying about fertility?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wearing loose cotton boxer shorts. Icing your testicles. Doing blood transfusions to \u2018clean\u2019 your body of microplastics. Eating raw garlic. These are all unproven methods to boost sperm count being promoted by wellness influencers. On TikTok and Instagram, hashtags such as #malefertility, #semenanalysis and #sperm attract hundreds of millions of views, while, in the White [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-370295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why are men trying to boost their sperm count? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why are men trying to boost their sperm count? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. 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