Is there an ideal age to become a father?

But if with age mothers everything is more or less easy - after 40 years, reproductive function decreases, and the risk of complications increases. So what about men, is there an ideal age for them to become a father of a child?

Employees at Georgetown University believe that fathers should also try to conceive a child before forty.

Every year after 41 sperm lose their quality by 7%, after 45 years this process is even faster.

As part of the experiment, scientists studied the health of children and fathers, depending on the age when the child was conceived: children who were born with late dads were 6 times more likely to suffer from autism than children who were young fathers.

The age of the father is correlated with the risks of schizophrenia and birth defects.

But not only age is important, but also the father's lifestyle.

For example, if the future dad drinks alcohol, then the newborn's weight, brain size, and memory decrease.

And all these violations are recorded even in those cases if the mother did not drink alcohol at all.

Male obesity affects a child's metabolism and increases the risk of diabetes and even brain cancer. A healthy diet for a father, on the other hand, is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in this man's children and even grandchildren.

We know that both nutrition and the hormonal state of the mother affects the health of the child. Our research shows that similarly affects the child's health, habits, weight and psychological state of the future father,

- noted Joanna Kitlinska, professor of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology.

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