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TIL vegetarian/vegan diets have been linked to drops in sperm quality. The current theory is many vegetarian/vegan diets exchange meat for soy products. Soy has been found to interfere with sperm production with doctors suggesting to not ingest soy 74 days prior to attempting to conceive.

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