According to the Russian “Medical Tribune News”, Italian scientists have found that, regular consumption of apricot kernel can improve male fertility, but the daily consumption amount is best less than 7.

Scientists observed at a hospital in Turin, Italy, that the men who have regular consumption of apricot kernel, their sperm quantity and quality are very high.

In order to verify whether apricot kernel can improve the male fertility, the scientists invited 100 male volunteers to participate in the study; all the volunteers were treated with infertility.

In the experiment, the researchers asked the first group of volunteers to eat 7 nuts food every day, besides the normal diet. The second group of volunteers was asked to reduce the saturated fatty acids in the diet, and to limit the meat and dairy consumption.

The results show that both the groups have positive effects for the treatment of infertility, and the apricot kernel plays a more positive role on male fertility.

Functions and effects of apricot kernel:

1. Good for treating cough, and asthma

Bitter apricot kernel contains laetrile, laetrile can enzyme by microbial in the body, and hydrolysis of Bitter apricot kernel can also enzyme laetrile. The amounts of hydrocyanic acid and benzaldehyde have inhibitory effect on respiratory center, and it is good for treating cough, and asthma.  

2. The effects on the digestive system

Apricot kernel is bitter, and rich in fat oil. Fatty oil can improve the lubrication effect of intestinal contents of mucous membrane; and the apricot kernel has a laxative function.

3. Anti inflammation, analgesic effect

Bitter apricot kernel produces benzaldehyde static, by decomposition and condensation enzyme of benzoin. Benzoin has analgesic effect, so people eat Bitter apricot kernel in the treatment of advanced liver cancer can relieve the patient's pain, and sometimes they do not even need to take painkillers.

4. Effects of Lowering blood lipid

Clinical reports show that apricot kernel can significantly decrease the serum lipid level of hyper lipidemia patients. Spiller (1990) thought that monounsaturated fatty acids in apricot kernel can help to reduce patients with mildly elevated blood lipids, and there is no need to strictly limit the diet.  

5. Beauty effect

According to the theory of the lung and the skin, in the clinical treatment of certain skin diseases can be treated by the theory of the lung, and with combination of apricot kernel, it often has better effects. Modern research has proved that the fatty oil contained in bitter apricot kernel can make the skin cuticle soften; it can kill bacteria and protect the skin. It also has the function of protecting nerve endings blood vessels and tissues and organs. In addition, generated by enzymatic hydrolysis of HCN, it can inhibit the activity of tyrosinase in the body; eliminate pigmentation, freckles, dark spots, etc., so as to achieve the effect of beauty.