Dairy and infertility

Posted on April 16, 2009
Filed Under Gynelogical, Woman |

Several previous studies had suggested the hypothesis that high consumption of milk and dairy products may increase the risk of infertility due to disruption in adulatory women, otherwise healthy.

More recently, other studies suggest, however, that dairy products could actually improve ovarian function. In fact, a 2003 study researchers showed results in women consuming three or more glasses of milk a day and had a 70% lower risk of infertility compared with women who had not consumed milk.

In summary
This study suggests that whole milk prevents inoculator’s infertility

The researchers of this study prospectively evaluated whether the making of dairy products low in fat, dairy products rich in fat, lactose and other nutrients from dairy products was associated with inoculators infertility (inability to have children by her ovaries do not produce ova appropriate ) in a long series of healthy women.

Within a larger study (Nurses Health Study), researchers identified more than 18,000 women who were trying to get pregnant and that was no information about their dietary habits obtained by questionnaires specific.

The results showed that the intake of total dairy products was associated with the risk of inoculator’s infertility. However, when dairy-poor or rich in fat, were considered separately, they found a positive association between dairy products low in fat taken more than 5 times per week and risk of inoculators infertility and an inverse association ( ie, protective) between intake of dairy products rich in fat and the risk of developing the disease.

After the necessary adjustments, an increase in the number of dairy products a daily basis, while maintaining the calories constant, was associated with an 11% increase in the risk of inoculator’s infertility.

Moreover, for dairy products with low fat content was observed a relative risk or probability of 1.32 of inoculators infertility in women who consumed 2 to 4 units per week, 1.77 for those consuming 5-6 units per week, 1.64 for those who consumed a daily and 1.67 for those consuming two or more units per day when compared with women who consumed a week or less. For dairy products high in fat for the relative risks of disease were 0.91 for women who consumed 2 to 4 units per week, 0.77 for those consuming 5-6 units per week and 0.68 for consuming a unit or more daily.

(Note: a relative risk is equal to 1, say, standard, all relative risk above 1 expresses a risk of disease, which is higher as it moves away from 1, on the contrary, a relative risk below 1 is protected against the disease).

The researchers also noted that women who consumed one or more units per week of skim milk or low-fat had a significantly higher risk of inoculators infertility (ie, not due to chance), when compared with women who consumed less than a weekly basis. In the same way noted that there were inverse associations between intake of dairy fat, calcium and vitamin D and risk of inoculator’s infertility. Lactose and phosphorus were not associated with inoculator’s infertility.

The authors conclude that their study found a positive association between consumption of dairy products with low fat content (especially yogurt, powdered milk and frozen yogurt) and inoculators infertility and an inverse association (ie protective) between consumption dairy products high in fat (especially whole milk and ice cream) and this disease.

¡Amino ladies! Drinking milk and eating ice cream will have a better chance of getting pregnant.

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