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" Experts have always suspected that diet affects fertility\u2014and now there&amp;#039;s strong scientific proof. The landmark Harvard Nurses&amp;#039; Health Study revealed that nurses who ate more or less of certain foods had a higher risk of ovulatory infertility (trouble conceiving because of infrequent ovulation).   &amp;quot;We were really surprised at how large the overall impact of diet and exercise was,&amp;quot; says Walter Willett, M.D., a lead investigator on the study and chairman of the department of nutrition at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Willett and Jorge Chavarro, M.D., a lead author of many published reports drawn from the Nurses&amp;#039; Health Study, have put their findings into one easily accessible place: The Fertility Diet, a book out this month. &amp;quot;Our plan won&amp;#039;t just improve your odds of getting pregnant,&amp;quot; says Dr. Willett. &amp;quot;It puts in place a diet for a healthy you.&amp;quot; Take a sneak peek at the foods they recommend.   Slowly Digested Carbohydrates, such as pasta and whole-grain carbs. Women who ate a large amount of high glycemic-load carbs (those that are digested quickly, like white rice and potatoes) were 92 percent more likely to have ovulatory infertility than those who ate &amp;quot;slow carbs&amp;quot; (brown rice, whole-wheat pasta, whole-grain bread).   Protein, mostly from plant sources. Women who ate the highest amounts of animal protein were 39 percent more likely to experience ovulatory infertility. Good choices include beans, nuts and eggs.   Good Fats including mono- and polyunsaturated fats, found in olive oil, peanut oil and canola oil, as well as cashews, almonds and seeds like sunflower and pumpkin. These fats help decrease the risk of insulin resistance and inflammation in the body\u2014both of which can interfere with ovulation. And avoid trans fats: The more the nurses ate, the higher their risk for ovulatory infertility.   Whole milk and full-fat dairy foods. Researchers suspect that when fat is removed from milk, its hormonal makeup is altered in a way that negatively affects fertility. Make one or two of your daily dairy servings whole milk\u2013based. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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