Soy and Sperm

Tofu on trial -

This is true. In fact, certain monks in certain unnamed cultures, ate soy in order to reduce their sexual desire.

Being Italian, I appear to be geneticaly immune to this particular peccadillo. I eat tofu once in a while and desire is still there although at 55 it is somewhat "modified."

BBC: Soy foods 'reduce sperm numbers'

A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists.

The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, found 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of semen after just one portion every two days.