One of today's fastest-growing medical niches is fertility medicine. Over 60 years ago, the thought of medically inducing or stimulating a pregnancy would have been unheard of, but it has now become a growing specialty in the field of modern medicine. The sudden success of fertility medicine is owed mostly to the increasing percentage of couples who are striving to become parents that are unable to do so because of fertility troubles.
Dr. Jorge Chavarro, Harvard doctor and author of the best-selling book, The Fertility Diet, is taking a different approach in addressing the growing fertility issues in the country and across the globe. Doctor Chavarro is fostering the idea that certain dietary recommendations will help to improve the chances of conceiving. He based his recommendations off of a research study conducted on 18,000 women whose diets and health practices were monitored over the course of several years. During the research, none of the subjects were treated for infertility, nor given any nutritional recommendations. The aim of this study was to simply compare the diet of the women who got pregnant to those who did not, and try to come up with a trend that would suggest a direct correlation between diet and nutrition and pregnancy. These factors were noted by Dr. Chavarro and compiled into the book that he authored.
During the study, it was found that women who consumed diets that were high in trans fats, animal protein, and refined carbohydrates were less likely to get pregnant. In contrast, diets that contained whole grains, nuts, vegetables, olive oil, fish, legumes, and similar food articles were those that were taken by women who conceived successfully. This formed the basic concept that a diet that is packed with nutrients and is low in junk and processed food is more likely to increase fertility. Another important factor suggested by the research is that losing excess pounds could be beneficial, and achieving a healthy stable weight increases the chances of getting pregnant.
Although the study suggests that there is a good chance that simulating the diet of the subjects who got pregnant cause potentially cause other women to get pregnant, women must still seek medical and health advice to get a professional and personal estimation of her chances to get pregnant.
