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• Anonymous ORIGINAL POSTER
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  sir my a1c level was 8.6 1 year age. i met a diabetes specialist. he prescribed me sitagliptin/metamorfin 50/1000 BD after meal minidiab5mg half tablet after breakfast. i took medicine regularly with full precaution measures and exercise my a1c level became 8.2, 7.5 after every 3 months. now last day my a1c was 6.4. pls tell me about my this level. i have also problem in semen analysis total count is 65 million. sctive motile sperm is 50% my doctor prescribed me cap vitaboost 2 times a day. pls tell me this cap will be effective for my semen level.it will help me to improve my semen cells
• Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE PROFESSIONAL
  Answered 6/13/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

  Based on the A1C level that you reported 6.4%, you are in good control. Continue the current medication regimen that you are taking. You mentioned that you are taking Vitaboost for improvement of semen level. There is growing evidence to support a link between oxidative stress and male infertility. As an individual gets older, hydroxyl radicals and superoxide anions are generated by human sperm as part of their normal metabolism. If the production of these radicals and anions is excessive, then oxidative stress can occur leading to a possible negative effect on the sperm. Negative effect can include such things as abnormal shape, and impaired movement of the sperm. Vitaboost among other vitamins may contains an extremely wide range of important antioxidants such as Vitamin E, Zinc, Selenium and Manganese, as well as Alpha Lipoic Acid, N-Acetyl Cysteine and Resveratrol, combined with natural antioxidant extracts (Pomegranate, Bilberry, Watercress, Pine Bark and Mixed Berries) to help to protect sperm cells from oxidative stress. There are no large studies to document the specific benefits of Vitaboost, but some report that the product and products like it may have benefit.