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Heated Car Seats Lowers Sperm Count, Researchers Confirm

by Terrence O'Brien on August 29, 2008 at 10:40 AM

Heated Car Seats Lower Sperm Count
Fresh from the "well wasn't that obvious" file, new research shows that heated car seats could lower sperm count. Turns out the electric heat generated by heated car seats raises body temperature, which interferes with sperm production. The ideal temperature for making sperm is a few degrees cooler that the average body temperature of 98.6 degrees, which is why tight pants and underwear (both of which raise body temperature) can also decrease sperm count.

The Daily Mail reports that researchers at the University of Giessen, Germany, tested the effects of seat warmers by monitoring the core temperature of 30 volunteers while they sat on heated seats for 90 minutes. As expected, the temperature 'down there' of all the volunteers rose quickly, with one man topping out just over 103 degrees.

Researchers didn't test sperm levels, but they do know that simply sitting for a prolonged period of time can reduce sperm count, so a heated seat only exacerbates the problem. [From: Daily Mail]

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