Female infertility and diet, is there a role for a personalized nutritional approach in assisted reproductive technologies? A Narrative Review

Female infertility is a major public health concern and a global challenge. It is a disorder of the reproductive system, defined as the inability to achieve a clinical pregnancy. Nutrition and other environmental factors are found to impact reproductive health in women as well as the outcome of assi...

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Published inFrontiers in nutrition (Lausanne) Vol. 9; p. 927972
Main Authors Kohil, Amira, Chouliaras, Spyridon, Alabduljabbar, Shaikha, Lakshmanan, Arun Prasath, Ahmed, Salma Hayder, Awwad, Johnny, Terranegra, Annalisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 22.07.2022
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diet
female reproductive health
fertility
nutrigenetics
nutrigenomics
Nutrition
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Summary:Female infertility is a major public health concern and a global challenge. It is a disorder of the reproductive system, defined as the inability to achieve a clinical pregnancy. Nutrition and other environmental factors are found to impact reproductive health in women as well as the outcome of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Dietary factors, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), fiber as well as the intake of Mediterranean diet appear to exert beneficial effects on female reproductive outcomes. The exact mechanisms associating diet to female fertility are yet to be identified, although genomic, epigenomic, and microbial pathways may be implicated. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the impact of dietary components on female reproduction and ART outcomes, and to discuss the relevant interplay of diet with genome, epigenome and microbial composition.
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This article was submitted to Nutrigenomics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Nutrition
Edited by: Ahmed El-Sohemy, University of Toronto, Canada
Reviewed by: Zhengrong Zhou, Jiangsu University, China; Bibiana Garcia-Bailo, University of Toronto, Canada
These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship
ISSN:2296-861X
2296-861X
DOI:10.3389/fnut.2022.927972