ArticleNutrients2020
Dietary Carbohydrate Intake, Dietary Glycemic Load and Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization: Findings from an Observational Italian Cohort Study.
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- A Systematic Review of the Effects of High-Fat Diet Exposure on Oocyte and Follicular Quality: A Molecular Point of View.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Dietary Patterns on Clinical Pregnancy and Live Birth Outcomes in Men and Women Receiving Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of Mediterranean Dietary Intervention on Reactive Oxygen Species Levels and Total Antioxidant Capacity During Pregnancy.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
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- Dietary insulin index and load in relation to the risk of diminished ovarian reserve: a case-control study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Dietary Patterns and Fertility.Biology · 2024Review
- Nutritional and exercise interventions to improve conception in women suffering from obesity and distinct nosological entities.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Assessing the influence of preconception diet on female fertility: a systematic scoping review of observational studies.Human reproduction update · 2023Article
- Glycemic index, glycemic load, dietary inflammatory index, and risk of infertility in women.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- The Influence of Metabolic Factors and Diet on Fertility.Nutrients · 2023Review
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- Female infertility and diet, is there a role for a personalized nutritional approach in assisted reproductive technologies? A Narrative Review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
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Abstract
In recent decades, increasing attention has been paid to the influence of diet on reproductive health. Carbohydrates in diet affect glucose metabolism and multiple evidences showed the key role of insulin sensitivity in regulating female fertility. We designed a prospective cohort study to investigate the relation between dietary carbohydrate intake, glycemic load (GL) and the outcomes of assisted reproduction. A population of 494 female partners of couples referring to an Italian Fertility Center and eligible for in vitro fertilization (IVF) were enrolled in the study. On the day of the oocyte retrieval, information on their diet was obtained using a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). We calculated the relative risk and 95% confidence interval of embryo transfer, clinical pregnancy and live birth according to the following dietary exposures: GL, glycemic index (GI) as well as the daily carbohydrate and fiber intake. A multiple regression model was used to account for the confounders. After adjusting for age, college degree, body mass index (BMI), leisure physical activity and previous assisted reproduction techniques (ART) cycles, no significant association was observed between the considered dietary exposures and the IVF outcomes. The roles of GL, carbohydrate intake and GI were assessed in strata of the cause of infertility and body mass index and no relation emerged in this further analysis. We found no clear association between the dietary carbohydrate quantity and quality and IVF outcomes in a cohort of infertile Italian women.
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