ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025
Diet and female fertility: a population-based study re-evaluating the need for prescriptive dietary patterns.
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- Dietary inflammatory index and Mediterranean Diet in female reproductive health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of dietary inflammatory potential.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of infertility in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Association of Dietary Inflammation Index with Infertility Risk in US Women: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from NHANES (2013-2020).International journal of women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Diet may impact female fertility via inflammatory pathways, but the value of specific anti-inflammatory dietary indices compared with general healthy eating guidelines is unclear. We examined associations between different measures of dietary inflammation and diet quality with female infertility in a large population-based study. Methods: Data for 5,489 participants from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were analysed (1973-1978 cohort assessed in 2009, at 31-36 years old; Results: A diet with greater inflammatory potential was associated with higher odds of self-reported fertility problems (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) per 1-unit increase in E-DII: 1.13, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06, 1.19), with significant differences between the highest and lowest E-DII quartiles (aOR: 1.53, 95%CI: 1.23, 1.90). Higher dietary quality was associated with lower odds of self-reported fertility problems (aOR per 1-unit increase in DGI: 0.99, 95% CI: 0.99, 0.99), including when comparing highest and lowest DGI quartiles (aOR: 0.76, 95% CI: 0.61, 0.95). In PCA, consumption of a Mediterranean-style dietary pattern was associated with lower odds of self-reported fertility problems (aOR: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.88, 0.97), including when comparing highest and lowest quartiles (aOR: 0.70, 95% CI: 0.57, 0.85). Discussion: Our data suggest that following a generally healthy diet is associated with improved female fertility, whether by adherence to low inflammatory potential diets, Mediterranean-style dietary patterns or national dietary guidelines. These findings suggest that general, guideline-based healthy eating can support female fertility and may offer a flexible alternative to more prescriptive dietary approaches.
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