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A 25-year-old female asked:

Dr is it true that eating garlic paste will increase sperm count?? on the other side somebody told me it will decrease sperm count??please advise.

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Dr. Elizabeth Wallen
Pediatrics 37 years experience
It does nothing: either way. You can look on the internet and find a study that supports both claims. I am suspicious of all of them.
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