Can eating more plant-based sources of protein help increase your fertility?
, lentils, fruits and vegetables and whole grains), is also recommended. The researchers theorized that it’s better to eat high-fat dairy products instead of low-fat ones. The more of the recommendations participants followed, the greater the risk reduction, they concluded.
Also, the study the Harvard paper is based on began back in 1991, which was when low-fat products were more trendy anyhow, which means the women likely had very little fat in their diets. So, while the results showed that higher-fat dairy may be helpful in terms of fertility, it may just be that the increased fat it offered—more fat being good for fertility—was the key factor and not the dairy itself, Freed explains.
Al Yuzpe, a reproductive endocrinologist in Vancouver, and co-director of Olive Fertility Centre, recommends foods that are a balance between carbohydrates, fats and proteins. “Eating or eliminating one specific thing, unless there’s an indication to do so, is not necessary.” He also points out that “there are women who get pregnant in every country in the world, and people in every country in the world don’t eat the same way.
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