Men who want to be dads should drink two coffees a day, study says

Want to be a father? Try a cuppa – men who drink two cups of coffee or tea a day are more than twice as likely to get their partners pregnant, study claims

• US research reveals that caffeine stops two key chemicals from breaking down 
• This ensures more energy is available to allow sperm to swim faster and longer 
• Women who drink alcohol every other day are 26 per cent less likely to conceive 

Men who drink two cups of coffee or tea a day are more than twice as likely to get their partner pregnant, a study has suggested.

Experts said the results of the US research could be due to caffeine’s effect on two chemicals, ATP and GTP. 

Men who drink two cups or coffee or tea every day are more than twice as likely to get their partner pregnant (file photo) 

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The study also found that women who drink alcohol every other day are 26 per cent less likely to conceive 

Professor Sheena Lewis of Queen’s University in Belfast said: ‘Caffeine prevents them from breaking down so more energy is available to sperm, so it can swim faster or longer.’

The research, led by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health, also found that women who drink alcohol every other day were 26 per cent less likely to conceive.

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