Skim milk can be a cause of infertility

If women do not have problems with excess weight, and they dream of motherhood - that should be carefully monitor the quality and composition of dairy products they consume. Harvard researchers found that increase your chance for a long-awaited pregnancy a woman can temporarily abandoning low-fat dairy products and increase the consumption of whole milk or cream.

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The causes of infertility that prevents women from becoming pregnant, often remain unclear - the inability to conceive a child is present in the background quite safe medical records and analyzes. As US scientists believe, prefer dairy products low in fat, which have recently become more popular as the components of a healthy diet - significantly increases the risk of infertility caused by ovulation disorders. According to doctors, women who do not indulge in foods from whole milk, rarely have problems with ovulation.

Employees of Harvard University lead the statistics of observations that were conducted for the nurses in 8 years. All this time the specialists meticulously recorded the dietary preferences of women and recorded their attempts to conceive a child and any arising in connection with this problem.

Several hundred participants of the experiment during the observation was revealed infertility associated with menstrual irregularities. After analyzing the eating habits of these women, the researchers have established a link between the use of skimmed milk and its products, and gynecological problems, leading to infertility. Thus, it was found that women who consumed low-fat dairy products at least twice a week had a higher risk of ovulation disorders (85 per cent higher compared to the other). At the same time regular consumption of whole milk, on the contrary, it reduced the risk by 27 percent.

Commenting on the reasons for the detected correlation, experts have suggested that the low-fat craze "Milk" leads to an insufficient amount of fat in the body - it is, in turn, prevents the absorption of biologically active components that affect hormones. (READ MORE)

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