Therefore , reducing temperature is good . Likewise , with females , deliberate cold exposure can be good for the overall fertility process . Not because cold is good for the ovary or being cold is good for the ovary or for luteinizing hormone or for follicle stimulating hormone or anything else like that .
Now , does that mean that deliberate cold is good ? Well , it turns out that one of the major causes of lowered sperm count and overall reduced sperm quality . That's quite common is the presence of what's called a vice cell .
So ease into it , be safe . But it does appear that both for men for reasons I talked about a few minutes ago and for women that deliberate cold exposure can be beneficial for fertility and for hormone production . But in particular for females , in terms of regulating cortisol and for hormone production .
So here what I'm describing are positive yet indirect effects of a cold on hormone levels , both in males and in females . So for men , we talked about increased testosterone , improved sperm quality . That was indirect , right ?
But again , if you're going to use deliberate cold exposure to improve sperm quality , can it work ? Yes , indeed , it can work either indirectly by increasing testosterone or directly by improving sperm quality . But both of those effects are likely to be indirect by virtue of reducing the temperature of the testicle overall .
