The best fertility diet may be low carb, research finds123RF Women struggling to fall pregnant may want to think about changing their diet. Fertility issues are common, affecting about one in six couples and, for women struggling with fertility, weight is a common factor. "However, the use of very low energy diets and low carbohydrate diets are increasingly being used to elicit more favourable weight loss and fertility outcomes." "To this end, the findings of this review suggest that low carbohydrate diets may optimise fertility in some clinical groups, particularly for overweight and obese women with PCOS." "Following a lower carbohydrate diet can benefit insulin resistance.

Source: Stuff March 06, 2017 00:56 UTC