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Strong Support
Eating a lot of processed foods may lower two important hormones—one that helps control appetite and another that helps make sperm—which could hurt both your metabolism and fertility.
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Effect of ultra-processed food consumption on male reproductive and metabolic health.
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2025 Oct 7This study gave men either ultra-processed or unprocessed food and found that the ultra-processed diet lowered two key hormones (GDF15 and FSH) linked to energy and sperm production — exactly what the claim says.
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