Mediterranean diet can help women get pregnant
Women wanting to get pregnant should eat a Mediterranean-style diet rich in avocados and olive oil but light in dairy and meat, an IVF conference has heard.
New research indicates a diet containing lots of monounsaturated fat - found in the fleshy green fruit, olive oil, as well as peanuts, almonds and cashews - can as much as triple the chance of success in women resorting to fertility treatment to conceive.
Specialists believe such a diet could help the majority of women wanting to get pregnant naturally as well.
By contrast eating lots of saturated fat, found in dairy products and red meat, appears to damage women's fertility, the Daily Telegraph reported. High saturated fat intake has already been linked to lower sperm counts.
They found that - perhaps unexpectedly - women with higher intakes of polyunsaturated fats tended to have lower quality eggs.
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