Can food allergies cause your infertility?
Female infertility is often considered an inability to conceive after regular unprotected sex. There are many causes of female infertility.
Nowadays, the causes of unknown cases of infertility are increasing, which may contribute to the skepticism of infertile couples.
A healthy diet is essential to improve your productivity. A healthy diet prepares your body for pregnancy and prevents the risk of infertility. Getting pregnant can be easier if you pay attention to your diet and basic nutritional sensitivity.
It is crucial to have a healthy diet and a healthy body to prepare your body for pregnancy.
Symptoms of food sensitivity
In most cases, people do not realize they have food sensitivity. Common symptoms associated with food sensitivity include the following:
- Abdominal pain
- Skin rash and eczema
- Diarrhea
- Chronic cough
- Constipation
- Muscle and joint pain
- Lack of attention
- Overweight or obesity
- Chronic pain
- Menstrual disorders
- Infertility
- Headache
- Muscle or joint pain
- Nasal drops and sinus problems
- Chronic cough
- Common ear infections
- Lack of attention or problems with concentration
- Overweight
- Menstrual disorders/infertility
- Chronic pain
Five reasons for food insecurity causes infertility
The female reproductive system requires careful feedback from the pituitary gland to the ovaries and uterus. If there is a problem with any part of this process, it will affect productivity.
Here are the five most common reasons why food sensitivity can lead to infertility:
Chronic diarrhea is a common symptom of food reactions. It can affect the absorption of vitamins, minerals, egg whites, carbohydrates, and omega-3 fatty acids from the food we eat.
Each of these nutritional deficiencies can affect the mechanism of ovulation and lead to menstrual disorders and infertility.
Immune responses to foods from delayed sensitivity to IgG foods or from celiac disease can cause increased production of toxins and inflammation that can affect ovulation and the menstrual cycle.
In particular, toxins can increase the hormone-increased prolactin associated with celiac disease and gluten reactions.
Prolactin is a hormone that produces when women breastfeed and inhibit ovulation.
Prolactin affects the pituitary gland and the production of FSH and LH, two hormones that play a role in the growth and release of the egg from the ovary. Excess prolactin means you don’t ovulate – no ovulation means any eggs; no egg means no pregnancy.
Low-grade chronic inflammation, which occurs when sensitive to food, can not only cause a leaky gut but is also associated with damage to the fallopian tubes.
The fallopian tubes play a vital role in connecting the ovaries to the uterus, and if they are damaged, it is difficult for them to get an egg into the uterus to fertilize or nest in the uterine wall.
Cervical mucus produced by the female body around ovulation plays an important role in fertility. Cervical mucus plays two roles. First, sperm cannot live in an acidic environment and mucus provides a buffer that protects the vaginal Ph from acidity.
Second, healthy mucus is rich in carbohydrate-based foods that provide sperm fuel and help them on their long journey to the egg. If we have inflammation caused by eating the food we respond to, the quality and amount of cervical mucus can change. This change in cervical mucus may play a role in our fertility.
Celiac disease
Celiac disease deserves a quick debate because, although it elicits a different autoimmune response to wheat and cereals containing gluten, rye, oats, and barley than IgG-mediated food sensitivity, it can have the same effect on fertility reduction in men and women.
Can food sensitivity affect a boy’s childhood?
Yes. A lack of vitamins and minerals can also affect sperm production and shape (such as morphology). It is important to support both the male and female bodies in preparation for fertility.
Celiac disease has been shown to affect sperm shape, especially in men. Sperm carry half of the DNA so that a woman’s egg can be fertilized. Healthy sperm play an important role in pregnancy as well as the risk of pregnancy.
Risks of pregnancy
Sensitivity can also increase the risk of pregnancy. If the mother is malnourished due to poor absorption by the digestive system, then the baby also does not receive proper nutrition and there is an increased risk of pregnancy.
Celiac disease is also known to cause increased miscarriages due to an autoimmune response. This reaction is called antiphospholipid syndrome and occurs when your immune system accidentally attacks certain normal proteins in your blood.
Antiphospholipid syndrome can cause blood clots to form in the placenta, which affects the flow of blood and nutrients available to the growing child. This reaction can lead to pregnancy.
References:
https://www.apathtonaturalhealth.com/blog/are-food-sensitivities-behind-your-infertility
Ravi Sharma is a self-motivated, successful entrepreneur and has a solid experience in the fertility segment. and he is the director at ARTbaby Global (ARThealthcare). He is a pharmacy graduate with post-graduation in business administration and has 14 years of rich experience in the field of infertility segment. He loves to write about IVF, Surrogacy, and other ART (assisted reproductive technology) news, issues, and updates. He is a Pharmacy graduate (B. Pharm) and M.B.A (marketing).
His most recent success includes the successful launch of the medical tourism company, ARTbaby, which offers treatment options for infertility, egg donation, and surrogacy. He likes spending time with his family and writing about various aspects of IVF surrogacy and donating eggs.