Nutrition And Fertility

By Roberta Graziano

This short booklet aims to be a tool for all people interested in finding out how to eat to preserve one of the most important and delicate aspects of people and copies that they intend to have children.It is not an exhaustive guide but only illustrative and introductory.It is not a diagnostic tool for which it is advisable to contact specialists in the field.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
• Release date: Oct 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781071569412

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Fertility

Roberta Graziano

Nutrition and Fertility

Summary

1. Introdution

2. What does it mean infertility?

3. Causes

4. Risk factors

4.1 Smoke

4.2 Alcohol

4.3 Sport activity

4.4 Environmental factors

4.5 Body weight

5. Diet and fertility

5.1 Diet and eating disorders

5.2 Vegetarian diets

5.3 Availability of energy, exercise and stress

5.4 Calorie intake

5.5 Micronutrients

6. General dietary recommendations

6.2 Man

6.3 Foods not allowed

6.4 Foods permitted in moderation

6.5 Allowed and recommended food

7. Tips

Bibliography

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Introdution

Fertility is an asset to be protected and preserved from childhood. Not everyone knows that trivial infections contracted during childhood or youth, if ignored, can lead to long-term negative consequences on fertility.

Every woman is born with a predefined number of egg cells (ovarian reserve) which, with the passage of time, are reduced until exhaustion. More precisely, the woman's fertility is highest between 20 and 30 years, undergoes a first fall, even if gradual, already around 32 years and a second faster decline after 37 years, until it is close to zero in the years, they precede menopause, which generally occurs around the age of 50.

Italy is among the European countries where fewer children are born: 1.39 per woman. The average age at first birth exceeds 30 years and, compared to 2012, over-40 mothers they have doubled from 3.1% to 6.2%; in particular, it is more than the percentage of women over 40 when their first child was born doubled, from 1.5% to 4%.

These factors, birth rates and average age of mothers must be considered in relation to the fact that age is the prevailing factor in determining female fertility potential.

First of all it is therefore a question of time. We must also consider the fact that the reproductive system, whose functioning is complex and influenced by multiple factors, is particularly vulnerable to environmental interference.

This is why, from a very young age, it is important to adopt correct lifestyles and good behavioral rules that are fundamental prerequisites for health not only