The Green Man says that men are becoming less productive these days. Sperm counts are down and there are many fingers being wagged in the direction of what's causing it.

Among these is malnutrition, noteably a shortage of vitamin C, selenium, zinc, and folate - early shortages leading to long-reaching problems.

Looking at my son's diet, it definitely does NOT include enough of these things! He hates most green leafy veggies (will only eat avo on bread or broccoli in soup), doesn't get enough in the fruit line, and could be missing out on a good few trace elements. On top of it all we're vegetarian, and have to make sure we get sufficient vitamin B from various sources (not easy!).

After having explained how important nutrition is, my son decided to investigate what was in his Froot Loops and Pronutro cereals. Which lead to a half-hour read-through and discussion on what each thing was for. A learning curve in the amount of sugar present and how little of anything else, and a practice of his Maths skills in working out how much of a box he'd have to consume to get all his dietary bits in each day.

I think that finally - FINALLY - he's come to realize that we need to step up the nutritional pace and eat more good things. He ate a lot of apples for supper last night! :) And we're working our way through ideas to include things we don't usually touch, but should.

All so that one day I might be a grandmother!