For women hoping to conceive, experts advise watching your weight and following a Mediterranean-style diet to boost your odds of having a baby.
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‘Biggest Loser’ to Feature Missouri Woman Whose Infertility is Blamed on Weight
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What Is the Male Menopause?
Is the male menopause myth or reality? When men reach their late forties to early fifties, some may experience a reduction in libido (sex drive), erectile dysfunction, weight gain, fatigue, depression, and other emotional symptoms which bear some similarities to the female menopause.
Losing Weight Improves Sexual Functioning in Obese Men
Obese men with sexual dysfunction may find that weight loss improves their sex lives, according to a study. Erectile dysfunction can have a severe impact on a man’s quality of life. It often goes hand in hand with conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure which, in turn, are linked to overweight.
Higher Cancer Risk for Slim Women During HRT Menopause Medication
Women of a healthy weight are more likely than obese women to get breast cancer when using hormone replacement therapy to alleviate menopause symptoms, a study claims.
The (Slightly) Older Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant
Are you losing one egg a month or millions? What’s important for women in their late thirties and beyond to know about their pregnancy potential? Sandy Goodman, M.D., of Reproductive Medicine Group, Tampa, discusses everything from weight …
Black Women May Gain More Weight with Contraceptives
Black women were the most likely to gain weight while using a long-acting form of contraception, such as a hormone implant or intrauterine device (IUD), in a small new study.
More reasons to lose weight before you’re pregnant
We’ve written before about why it’s a good idea to shed pounds before you conceive — for one thing, it may make it easier for you to get pregnant. And we all know that being at a healthy weight is good for you and your baby, and can make childbirth easier and with fewer complications.
A new study shows more good reasons to lose weight before you conceive — or at least good reasons not to diet once you are pregnant. A study in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB Journal) found evidence that babies of mothers who were dieting around the time they conceived and early in their pregnancy were likelier to have an increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes later on in life.
It’s worth noting that the research was done in animals – sheep, in particular – and not in humans, and it focused on twin pregnancies. It also looked just at genetic changes that may or may not lead to obesity and diabetes down the road. So it’s far from conclusive. But it is an interesting insight into how changing your nutrition — for the worse, by restricting calories and possibly nutrients in an attempt to shed pounds — around the time of conception might affect your child far into his or her future.
Height, BMI, Tied to Ovarian Cancer
A new analysis of published and unpublished studies concludes that risk for ovarian cancer is associated with increasing height. It also finds that among women who have never used hormone therapy for the menopause, the risk for developing the disease is also tied to increasing body mass index, BMI, a measure of obesity.
New Year’s Resolutions
by Merry Armentrout
I’ve noticed a pattern in my New Year’s Resolutions- they’re always the same. Eat healthier, lose weight and exercise. I’m already justifying my bad eating habits over the holidays with the promise for a new year, …