“…Of the 23 included studies, 7 (n ¼ 1084 patients) evaluated the effect of dietary habits and food intake on semen parameters and quality, 2,25,28,48 4 (n ¼ 232 patients) evaluated the effect of carnitine consumption on sperm parameters and quality, 54-57 3 (n ¼ 148 patients) investigated the effect of selenium on sperm parameters, 58-60 2 (n ¼ 481 patients) evaluated the effect of coenzyme Q10 on sperm quality and parameters, 61,62 and each of the remaining articles investigated the effect of saffron, soybased foods, vitamin C, clomiphene citrate, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, beta carotene, and ubiquinol on sperm parameters. [63][64][65][66][67][68][69] The 23 articles included patients from 9 different countries: Iran (6 articles), 2,[61][62][63]67,69 the United States (7 articles), 28,54,58,64,[70][71][72] Italy (3 articles), [55][56][57] Egypt (2 articles), 66,68 the United Kingdom (1 article), 60 Germany (1 article), 65 Poland (1 article), 59 Spain (1 article), 48 and Brazil (1 article). 25 …”