Definitely yes, nutrients play an essential role in the reproductive system. Therefore, many enrichment programs depend on including special nutrition for those with low fertility.
Definitely yes, nutrients play an essential role in the reproductive system. Therefore, many enrichment programs depend on including special nutrition for those with low fertility.
Oxidative stress today the most important factor in the eitoloqy and pathogensis of many diseases and degenerative disorder
So dietary supplements with very high concentration of natural antioxidants play significant role in protection and maintain normal physiological functions
If we look today to treatment of infertility we find vit E and omega 3 as a main constituent
Zearalenone is a nonsteroidal estrogenic mycotoxin produced by several species of Fusarium fungi. Recent reports suggest that zearalenone is also a significant human health concern. Zearalenone has major effects on reproduction in females (as evidenced by hyperestrogenism).
Yes, I think there is some correlation between fertility and with what we eat. I have underwent some infertility problem and the doctors advised me to refrain from certain types of food. Like, we have unripe Papaya fruit which is taken as a vegetable salad in Manipur. Literature also shows that it acts as an abortant. Other includes Zingiber, Alpinia galanga rhizome and inflorescence, many plants from Lamiaceae like Ocimum, Elsholtzia communis, Elsholtzia blanda etc. Migraine tablets are also not recommended during fertility treatment.
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School have just published a review of past studies that examined the impact of diet on fertility. Here’s what they found.
For women trying to become pregnant naturally (without “assistive reproductive technologies” such as in vitro fertilization), the following vitamins and nutrients were linked to positive effects on fertility:
folic acid
vitamin B12
omega-3 fatty acids
healthy diets (such as the Mediterranean diet)
On the other hand, antioxidants, vitamin D, dairy products, soy, caffeine, and alcohol appeared to have little or no effect on fertility in this review. Trans fat and “unhealthy diets” (those “rich in red and processed meats, potatoes, sweets, and sweetened beverages”) were found to have negative effects.
Studies of men have found that semen quality improves with healthy diets (as described above), while the opposite has been linked with diets high in saturated or trans fat. Alcohol and caffeine appeared to have little effect, good or bad. Importantly, semen quality is not a perfect predictor of fertility, and most studies did not actually examine the impact of paternal diet on the rate of successful pregnancies.
For couples receiving assisted reproductive technologies, women may be more likely to conceive with folic acid supplements or a diet high in isoflavones (plant-based estrogens with antioxidant activity), while male fertility may be aided by antioxidants.
The nutrition has significant effect on fertility of human and other animals, for simple example, feeding the honey bee larvae on royal jelly results in larval development into a fertile queen which producing eggs, but the non-feeding larvae on royal jelly will develop into a worker bee which is a sterile bee.