Eat fruits and vegetables with high residues of pesticides is associated with a lower probability of pregnancy following treatment for female infertility, according to results of a study published in the medical journal JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the United States conducted a study with 325 women who completed a questionnaire on their diet and their assisted reproduction program as part of the EARTH study in a fertility center from a Boston teaching hospital between 2007 and 2016.
Researchers classified fruits and vegetables as having high or low pesticide residues using a method based on monitoring data from the United States Department of Agriculture. To establish the impact of pesticides on fertility, they linked the consumption of contaminated fruit to the number of confirmed pregnancies and live births per cycle of treatment. fertility.
Pesticides, a risk factor for infertility
The results of the study revealed that eating fruits and vegetables rich in residues of pesticides (for example, strawberries and spinach crus) was associated with a lower probability of pregnancy and childbirth after infertility treatment.
“In conclusion, ingestion of pesticides-rich fruits and vegetables was associated with lower odds of clinical pregnancy and live birth in women undergoing infertility treatment. Our results are consistent with animal studies showing that the Ingestion of low-dose pesticides can adversely affect fertility, ”says Jorge Chavarro, author of the study.
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