Eating to get pregnant

bcattoes
bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I'm not trying to get pregnant, but I thought this was pretty interesting nonetheless. (below is just and excerpt))

http://www.todayonline.com/Focus/Health/EDC120704-0000103/Mediterranean-diet-can-help-women-get-pregnant,-research-suggests
Mediterranean diet can help women get pregnant, research suggests
Updated 11:52 AM Jul 04, 2012ISTANBUL - Women wanting to get pregnant should eat a Mediterranean-style diet rich in avocados and olive oil but light in dairy and meat, an IVF conference has heard.

New research indicates a diet containing lots of monounsaturated fat - found in the fleshy green fruit, olive oil, as well as peanuts, almonds and cashews - can as much as triple the chance of success in women resorting to fertility treatment to conceive.

Specialists believe such a diet could help the majority of women wanting to get pregnant naturally as well.

By contrast eating lots of saturated fat, found in dairy products and red meat, appears to damage women's fertility, the Daily Telegraph reported. High saturated fat intake has already been linked to lower sperm counts.
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  • wavdawg4
    wavdawg4 Posts: 139 Member
    That is interesting. Thanks for sharing :)
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    Great! Gonna go out and get me a TON of red meat! Woohoo!
  • MissShancey
    MissShancey Posts: 464
    i wish u could get pregnant by eating! then u wouldn't have to have all that dirty coitus
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    i wish u could get pregnant by eating! then u wouldn't have to have all that dirty coitus

    Oh God! No! That would be a death sentence for me!
  • hippietofugirl
    hippietofugirl Posts: 430
    That is very interesting indeed! I've never had problems getting pregnant though..lol
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    Ahahahahahahaha! That is hilarious.
  • mrsmerrithew
    mrsmerrithew Posts: 74 Member
    Bump to read later!
  • curvykim78
    curvykim78 Posts: 799 Member
    I'm not eating any of those....just to be on the safe side! lol
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    Maybe you were out for health class that week, but eating is not how you do it...
  • moonlightturk
    moonlightturk Posts: 398
    Great! Gonna go out and get me a TON of red meat! Woohoo!

    Sounds like what I would say
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    THATS IT...NO MORE STEAK DINNERS FOR ME ! iM STICKING STRICTLY TO FISH...oH WAIT ISNT THAT WHAT GETS YOU PREGNANT?
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    THATS IT...NO MORE STEAK DINNERS FOR ME ! iM STICKING STRICTLY TO FISH...oH WAIT ISNT THAT WHAT GETS YOU PREGNANT?

    Eating fish never gets you pregnant, just ask my girlfriend...
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    i wish u could get pregnant by eating! then u wouldn't have to have all that dirty coitus

    :laugh: Well, the data is from those using IVF so no coitus necessary.
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