EMF Exposure and Your Testicals, Testosterone, and Male Fertility

EMFs and Your Testicles

One of the most vulnerable organs to the RF-EMR is the testes.

This is due to the fact that testicular tissues are more susceptible to oxidative stress due to a high rate of cell division and mitochondrial oxygen consumption.

The biological effects of RF-EMR from wireless devices can be categorized as thermal and non-thermal.

First of all, it gets hot in there.

As it cannot effectively dissipate excess heat, testes are also susceptible to thermal effects from wireless radiation. The heat comes from how close your device is to your body.

Heat is also created when you are on the mobile phone conversing for extended periods of time, especially in POOR connectivity areas. This is because your phone emits at greater power to try to stay connected.

Researchers have found at least two ways that wireless radiation harms the sperm. As the cell proliferate, replication errors occur, resulting in DNA fragmentation in the sperm. Moreover, the cell needs to consume more increased oxygen, which increases the level of oxidative phosphorylation by-products (free radicals) in the mitochondria.

RF-EMR have been observed to cause:

• aberrations in the testes

• testicular tissue atrophy

• decreased testosterone levels,

• and a subsequent deterioration in sperm quality,

• including decreased motility in sperm

Thus you can see the concern about electro-pollution, especially from wireless technology and its impact on male reproductive function.

Established health impacts of RF-EMR

Now, the testes isn’t only for fun and reproduction. It is an important organ that generates your body’s supply of male hormones.

Taking care of your testicles is also protecting your personal hormonal balance.

When you’re hormonally out of balance, it is impossible to feel any kind of good in life.

Here are some negative effects of non-native EMFs on human health:

1. Increased Risk of Cancer

Studies show a link between long-term exposure to non-native EMFs and an increased risk of certain types of cancer, such as leukemia and brain tumors.

2. Disruption of Sleep Patterns

Non-native EMFs, particularly those emitted by electronic devices like smartphones and Wi-Fi routers, are associated with sleep disturbances. Exposure to these EMFs before bedtime interfere with the production of melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep, leading to difficulties falling asleep or disrupted sleep patterns.

3. Impact on Fertility

Studies indicate that non-native EMFs have a negative impact on fertility. Prolonged exposure to EMFs from sources like laptops, cell phones, and wireless devices reduce sperm quality, motility, and viability.

4. Neurological Effects

There is evidence that non-native EMFs may have neurological effects, including increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

5. Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS)

Some individuals experience symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, and dizziness when exposed to non-native EMFs. This greatly reduces quality of life and their productivity and vitality at work and in their personal relationships.

Electromagnetic soup of pollution

It’s difficult to avoid the use of mobile phones and it has become an essential part of our daily lives in this modern era. Our phones have gone from simple communication tool to a wireless device with multiple functions to feed literally every aspect of life, such as internet browsing, gaming, video on demand, video conferencing, mobile TV, GPS navigation, and many more. The thing is, wireless tech is, well, wireless. It requires connection to a WiFi point. This means continuous communication from your phone to the antennas in the area.

Wireless radiation is also incredible energy, and 5G - even shorter wavelengths, higher energy - means it will be in our pockets by reproductive organs, by our brain, every street. This is how abnormalities can be caused as the energy messes up cell function and proliferation. It's important to understand by dabbling with these tech, we are dabbling with our health. If we're serious about protecting ourselves from ALL energy weapons, we have to change our habits with our wireless tech devices. E.g. NO airpods. No putting your laptop right on your testes, etc.

Avoiding long-term and excessive use of mobile phone is one way to reduce the detrimental effect of RF-EMR.

Other methods including choosing EMF-proof clothing to protect your most vulnerable organs.

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References:

• https://doi.org/10.4314%2Faja.v7i1.169488

• Asghari A, Khaki AA, Rajabzadeh A, Khaki A. A review on Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and the reproductive system. Electron Physician. 2016 Jul 25;8(7):2655-62. doi: 10.19082/2655. PMID: 27648194; PMCID: PMC5014506.

Study: Scrotal temperature is increased in disposable plastic lined nappies

The one study that does give cloth diapers a leg up in health benefits for baby boys appeared in the October 2000 issue of the Disease in Childhood medical journal. In that article,

Disposable plastic-lined nappies have a long line of problems.

The study

German researchers measured the scrotal skin temperature in 48 healthy children aged 0–55 months (three age groups) for two 24 hour periods in randomised order (either cotton or disposable plastic lined nappies) using a portable, miniature recorder.

They found that the scrotal skin temperatures of baby boys were significantly higher when they wore disposable diapers than when they wore cloth.

They highlighted how the usual physiological testicular cooling mechanism is blunted and often completely abolished during plastic nappy use. Your baby’s bits are not able to regulate itself in a hot plastic nappy.

Higher scrotal temperatures, lower sperm counts

They suggest that prolonged use of disposable diapers as infants was an "important factor" contributing to the decline of sperm production among adult males. To make healthy sperm, you need a good environment for the sperm-producing parts of the body; that is, scrotal hypothermia is an important factor for normal spermatogenesis.

“Male reproductive health has deteriorated in recent decades. (…) increased testicular temperature in early childhood, due to the use of modern disposable plastic lined nappies (diapers), could be an important factor contributing to this decline.”

The interesting thing is that Proctor & Gamble conducted its own study and also found that scrotal skin temperatures increased for boys in disposable diapers.

References

1. Partsch C, Aukamp M, Sippell WG. Scrotal temperature is increased in disposable plastic lined nappies. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2000;83:364-368.

Study: Tight Underwear Harms Spermogenesis

Men who wear boxer shorts have higher sperm concentrations than men who wear tighter fitting underwear, according to recent research published in the journal Human Reproduction.

You can tell the fertility of a man by the underpants he prefers to wear, as researchers continue to gather data on how the style (and material) of underpants affect testicular function (i.e., sperm production).

The study

Researchers surveyed 656 male partners of couples seeking infertility treatment at a fertility center (this was in Boston, MA, USA, between 2000 and 2017). The men were an average age of 35.5 years old.

They completed a questionnaire on what style of underwear they had most frequently worn during the last 3 months using the following categories: ‘boxers’, ‘jockeys’, ‘bikinis’, ‘briefs’ or ‘other’.

For those of us unfamiliar with men’s fashion, the definitions were: "jockeys are longer than briefs, with length falling right above the knee, briefs generally extend to the middle of the thigh.”

They then analysed the men’s semen samples for reproductive hormone levels and neutral comet assays for sperm DNA damage.

What did the study conclude?

They found the type of underwear worn was significantly associated with sperm concentration, total sperm count and total motile count (Table II).

Compared to men who reported not usually wearing boxers (e.g. wore tighter underwear), men who reported most frequently wearing boxers had 25% (95% CI = 7, 31%) higher sperm concentration, 17% (95% CI = 0, 28) higher total sperm count and 33% (95% CI = 5, 41%) higher total motile count.

Men who reported most frequently wearing boxers also tended to have a higher percentage of motile sperm and a higher sperm count, compared to those who did not, although these differences failed to reach statistical significance (check out Table II in the study).

When all the non-boxer underwear types were examined separately, the largest differences in sperm concentration were found for men who reported wearing jockeys and briefs compared to those wearing most frequently boxers.

The differences were less pronounced with other types of underwear (Supplementary Fig. S1).

Men who reported most frequently wearing boxers had higher sperm concentration and total count, and lower FSH levels, compared to men who did not.

Boxer-wearing men had lower FSH hormones

Boxer shorts-wearing men had lower levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), compared to men who most frequently wore briefs, "bikinis" (very brief briefs), "jockeys" (underwear that finishes just above the knee) or other tight-fitting underwear.

Though FSH stimulates sperm production, the researchers say that these findings suggest that it kicks into gear when it needs to compensate for testicular damage from increasing scrotal temperatures and decreasing sperm counts and concentration.

The impact of material

It goes without saying that the clothing (shirts, trousers and undertrousers) can effect heat regulation.

The type of material also affects heat regulation, as well as at least one other mechanism: electrostatic regulation. Check out these studies on how polyester underwear reduce sperm health.

Men’s fertility epidemic

Researchers have been raising the alarm on the plummeting sperm levels across Western societies in the last century. Environmental and lifestyle factors have been directly linked to poorer testicular function, such as increased exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (Bergman et al., 2013; Hauser et al., 2015), higher prevalence of obesity (Finucane et al., 2011; Sermondade et al., 2013), deteriorating diet quality (Wong et al., 2000; USDA, 2017) and elevated scrotal temperatures (Ahmad et al., 2012; Zhang et al., 2015), among others.

Sperm production takes about three months from start to finish, so take the action to switch out your wardrobe, as it may take that long for your sperm quality to improve. For a long time the spotlight (and burden) lay pretty much on female fertility. However, a male fertility crisis has been looming, perhaps just below sight.

If you found this study interesting, check out my full guide to EMFs and your microbiome. It’s free, and you’ll find facts and resources on how electromagnetic fields can impact very basic cellular functions in your body.

References & Resources:

1. Link to the study: Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Audrey J Gaskins, Yu-Han Chiu, Carmen Messerlian, Paige L Williams, Jennifer B Ford, Irene Souter, Russ Hauser, Jorge E Chavarro, Type of underwear worn and markers of testicular function among men attending a fertility center, Human Reproduction, Volume 33, Issue 9, September 2018, Pages 1749–1756, https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dey259

2. Read how polyester underwear lowers sperm counts https://www.melaniechua.com/blog/2023/study-polyester-underwear-decreases-sperm-count-and-motility