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# Vitamin C supplements protect sperm in males with diabetes mellitus
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/vitamin_c_supplements_protect_sperm_0820140130/
- Published: 2014-08-20T14:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:22:27.000Z
- Description: In diabetic mice, daily intraperitoneal vitamin C at 10 mg/kg improved sperm count, motility, morphology and viability. The authors conclude the antioxidant can blunt the damage diabetes does to sperm parameters, chromatin quality and apoptosis in this experimental model.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Vitamins, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

[Diabetes mellitus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes%5Fmellitus?ref=foodconsumer.org) can have a detrimental effect on sperm and a study suggests that [vitamin C](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002404.htm?ref=foodconsumer.org) or ascorbic acid or asorbate supplementation attenuates the detrimental effect of the disease.In the study, vitamin C supplementation significantly improved all sperm parameters including count, motility, morphology and viability in diabetic mice that would otherwise have all the parameters of sperm reduced or damaged.The dose of vitamin C used in the study was 10mg/kg/daily intra-peritoneally.The study concluded "Vitamin C, as a potent antioxidant, can attenuate detrimental [effects of diabetes mellitus on the sperm parameters](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/45090?ref=foodconsumer.org), chromatin quality and apoptosis in an experimental model." (David Liu, PHD)Talebi AR, Mangoli E, Nahangi H, Anvari M, Pourentezari M, Halvaei I. Vitamin C attenuates detrimental effects of diabetes mellitus on sperm parameters, chromatin quality and rate of apoptosis in mice. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2014 Jul 30;181C:32-36.