Can folic acid boost male fertility?

There are numerous Folic Acid supplements
on the market including one by Nature Made.

Lots of women already know that getting plenty of folic acid, one of the B vitamins, can reduce the risk of certain birth defects that occur early in pregnancy. But according to a recent article, new evidence now suggests that folic acid deficiency reduces fertility in men and may damage the DNA carried by sperm.

The article goes on to say: After showing that a folate-restricted diet made sperm counts plunge 90 percent in rats, researcher Bruce Ames and his colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley showed that folic acid deficiency has a similar effect in men.

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Some facts on folic acid for men from the University of Florida.