Are You Eating the Wrong Fats for Fertility?
Obie Editorial Team
Skipping the Sat Fat
There has been plenty of research into the effects of sat fat on overall health, particularly heart health. News sources, doctors and nutrition experts all agree – leave the saturated fat behind and stick with healthy fats like polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. We know that bad fats affect a wide range of body processes, but this is the first study to look at the impact of dietary choices on IVF.
IVF and Your Diet
Women who ate the most saturated fat in the study simply produced less mature eggs for harvesting before IVF treatment. Fewer eggs could mean a lower chance of success and, in some cases, the end to a long fertility battle. I can’t help but wonder how many women have lost out on the chance of being a mom just because they chose the wrong type of diet.
The Food and Drug Administration requires food companies to list saturated fat on the label. Start reading labels and choose foods with as little saturated fat as possible. Ideally you would eat a diet with NO saturated fat, but that can be extremely difficult unless you follow a whole food diet. You may also want to switch eating out with cooking at home or packing lunch for work. Restaurants don’t typically list nutritional information on the menu so you have no idea how much saturated fat you are consuming.