Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 According to the National Center for Health Statistics, a 42 percent jump in fertility problems was reported between 1982 and 1995.
Women in the prime of their childbearingyears aren't the only ones having trouble with fertility. Studies are now pouring out of various institutions showing connections between exposure to toxins and male infertility as well. Sperm rates have fallen in much of the industrialized, Western world. They've declined more so in places where pesticides are prominent, and male infertility reports are mounting like never before. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 It can be used to promote fertility, to facilitate labor, and in treatments for allergies, bloating, cancer, cystitis, diabetes, diarrhea, dizziness, dysentery, edema, epilepsy, fertility, hypertension, kidney stones, labor, low libido, lumbago, premature ejaculation, nephritis, and tinnitus.
Edible Uses
The bulb can be eaten as a vegetable. |
Erich Grotewold
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 One well-documented example is the role of flavonoids in fertility: while a few flavonoid-deficient plants are able to germinate, grow, and set fertile seed,
239 most plants require flavonoids for fertility and normal pollen development. Another is flavonoid modulation of auxin transport as well as localized auxin accumulations observed during nodulation. |
Marshall Editions
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 Men with fertility issues should avoid overheating the testicles in saunas and hot tubs, and wearing tight-fitting underwear.
HOMEOPATHY
>w The causes of infertility can be diverse and complex in nature, and are best ^^^^W treated by an experienced homeopathic practitioner. Ideally treatment ¦ 1 should begin for both partners after the appropriate medical tests have been carried out to determine if a mechanical impediment to conception exists. This will allow a homeopath to prescribe as appropriately as possible to treat individual situations. |
KC Craichy
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 Stress can lead to infertility and affect the success of fertility treatments. Women who report high levels of stress at the outset of fertility treatments had fewer eggs retrieved and fertilized, compared with women who expressed optimism that they would become pregnant.9
Prenatal stress can cause learning problems and brain deficits. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 Disease and fertility. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1982.
10 McFalls JA Jr., McFalls MH. Disease and fertility. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1982.
11 McElroy A, and Townsend PK. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989.
12 McElroy A, and Townsend PK. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989.
13 Stini W. Ecology and Human Adaptation. Dubuque, IA: Wm C Brown, 1975.
14 McElroy A, and Townsend PK. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 Sexual development and fertility are normal. Affected subjects are hyperphagic and have increased linear growth, similar to what occurs in heterozygous Mc4r-deficient mice. MC4/v-deficient humans also have increased lean mass and bone mineral density and mild central hypothyroidism. Female haploinsufficiency13 carriers are heavier then male carriers in their families, a pattern also seen in Mc4r-deficient mice. These data are strong evidence for dominantly inherited obesity, not associated with infertility, because of haploinsufficiency mutations in MC4R. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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 For example, fertility specialists have demonstrated that in-vitro fertilization is not likely to work in the presence of high leptin, indicating a clear leptin resistance preventing pregnancy from occurring.556
These findings are consistent with other research showing that leptin in fluids reflecting ovarian status were high, even though blood levels were normal in unexplained fertility. There is a female organ leptin resistance that is central to the problem of infertility.557
In fact, a certain amount of leptin must exist, along with estrogen, in order for pregnancy to begin. |
Erich Grotewold
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| One well-documented example is the role of flavonoids in fertility: while a few flavonoid-deficient plants are able to germinate, grow, and set fertile seed,
239 most plants require flavonoids for fertility and normal pollen development. Another is flavonoid modulation of auxin transport as well as localized auxin accumulations observed during nodulation. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| It can be used to promote fertility, to facilitate labor, and in treatments for allergies, bloating, cancer, cystitis, diabetes, diarrhea, dizziness, dysentery, edema, epilepsy, fertility, hypertension, kidney stones, labor, low libido, lumbago, premature ejaculation, nephritis, and tinnitus.
Edible Uses
The bulb can be eaten as a vegetable. |
Shannon Brownlee
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 How well do fertility treatments really work? (Probably not as well as fertility clinics advertise.) What's the most effective way to bring down skyrocketing rates of diabetes? New drugs? Screening people for high blood sugar? Sending patients to weight-loss clinics? Does fetal monitoring reduce the risk of a bad outcome during childbirth, or just increase the chances of a Caesarean section? Does screening for prostate cancer with the PSA test save lives? If prostate cancer is found, which treatment is best? |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| In some Native American traditions, it is used to relieve cramps and childbirth pain and to increase fertility. It is also used to restore physical strength.
As a medicine plant, peyote is used to treat arteriosclerosis, arthritis, blindness, cancer, cough, depression, diabetes, drug addiction, dysmenorrhea, fever, flu, grief, headache (related to the nerves), hysteria, hypochondria, infertility, intestinal problems, paralysis, pleurisy, pneumonia, restlessness, rheumatism pain, staphylococcus, tuberculosis, venereal disease, and vision problems. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 The Causes of Infertility 73
Two basic types of problems can interfere with fertility: structural problems (e.g., damaged fal-lopian tubes) or functional problems (e.g., an H irregular menstrual cycle).
"By needling certain points on the meridians |jj you can influence and rebalance the endocrine and hormonal system," says Cindy Lawrence, LAc, a licensed acupuncturist who also holds a master's degree in oriental medicine. "Regulating the menstrual cycle is very important—maybe the patient is not ovulating or [her] luteal phase is too short. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 This hypothesis was backed up by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, who suggest, as they reported in the journal fertility and Sterility, that a low-carb diet may improve fertility problems and hormone profiles of women with PCOS.
PCOS sufferer Bea S., 28, of Nashville, Tennessee, who had tried in vain for three years to get pregnant, is one of many women who've benefited from drastic dietary changes. When her new, blood-sugar-savvy endocrinologist discovered insulin resistance in addition to her PCOS (which another M.D. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Finally, a study at the fertility Clinic Trianglen in Denmark concluded that "acupuncture ... significantly improves the reproductive outcome of IVF (in vitro fertilization) and ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) compared to no acupuncture."
Best of all, acupuncture for infertility is truly a "whole person" treatment that looks at the woman as much more than just a dysfunctional reproductive system. "People come into my office and they're completely unprepared for conception," Lawrence told me. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Andro can cause a loss of fertility and other side effects similar to those of the other anabolic steroids.
Testosterone and its precursors and derivatives are anabolic steroids that promote the buildup of muscle mass. Testosterone is used to treat decreased libido and to increase muscle mass in athletes. Taking testosterone supplements, however, can actually depress libido, and shuts off sperm production, causing infertility that can take months to recover from. In some cases recovery does not occur. Testosterone also leads to psychiatric side effects, including suicide. |
Stacy Malkan
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 Such disruptions, the book reported, could profoundly impact intelligence, fertility and immune system functions — especially when exposures occurred during sensitive times of fetal development.
In the 10 years since the book's publication, Colborn and her coauthors have tracked the emerging science from animal studies, which continue to report that hormone-disrupting chemicals are harmful to development and reproduction. |
Michael Pollan
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 If you're concerned about chemicals in your produce, you can simply ask the farmer at the market how he or she deals with pests and fertility and begin the sort of conversation be-
*One recent study found that the average item of organic produce in the supermarket had actually traveled farther from the farm than the average item of conventional produce. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 In future articles, we'll examine these areas in more detail, discussing the best nutritional strategies for physical performance, fertility, brain function, stress adaptation, disease prevention, longevity and much more. We'll also look at the most common sources of the chemical contaminants and food additives that are causing the most damage to men's health right now. Coming up soon: How to stop poisoning your body with 100 synthetic chemicals every morning! |
| It's the men who eat barbequed ribs, pizza, fried foods and processed foods that end up firing blanks at the fertility center or having prostate cancer surgery (which leaves you in a state that can hardly be called "manly," by the way). Processed foods devastate reproductive capacity in both men and women, and from a medical viewpoint, nothing takes away the manliness of men faster than following a diet of processed foods. Except, perhaps, surgical castration. But nutritional castration is the next quickest route. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 Ancient Greeks and Romans offered spelt as a gift to the pagan gods of agriculture to encourage harvest and fertility.
Throw Me a Lifesaver!
HEART HEALTH: A study in the American Heart Journal found that women who had coronary artery disease and ate at least six servings of whole grains per week, including spelt, showed a slowed progression of atherosclerosis.
GALLSTONE PREVENTION: Eating foods high in insoluble fiber, such as spelt, can help women avoid gallstones, according to a study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For all we know, Ritalin might stunt the size of the reproductive organs of these children, too, leading to future fertility problems. Perhaps the "Ritalin generation" won't be able to have babies. This is just a guess, but the important point here is that the psychiatric industry is guessing, too. Nobody knows. Long-term testing has not been done. It's all basically a "let's give these drugs to children and see what happens" experiment. |
Stacy Malkan
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| Removing toxic chemicals from personal care products is "a battle of fertility too," she explained. "It's all about, will we have healthy families? Will we be able to have healthy daughters and sons when we choose to? This is fundamentally about our ability to have healthy and fulfilling lives."
Company Roll Call
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' first goal, to get cosmetics companies to stop using chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects, fit right in with Lisa's vision. But it wasn't going to be easy. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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| Throughout history, the egg has been used to symbolize everything from fertility to nobility. Domesticated chickens can be traced back to 3200 b.c. in India. Full-blown egg production in the Middle East and Asia began as early as 3,500 years ago. Eggs were brought to the Western world in the fifth century a.d. Several hundred years later eggs were added to the list of foods not eaten during Lent because they were seen as luxurious. On Easter, people were allowed to begin eating eggs again, which explains their importance and popularity on that holiday.
Where Do Eggs Come From? |
Stacy Malkan
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| But the biggest surprise was what they found in two-year-old Rowan: higher levels of flame retardant chemicals than had been found in nearly anyone else in the world — six times higher than the levels found in his parents, and twice the levels at which researchers start to see impaired fertility in male rats. "This is a very serious warning of very small children being heavily exposed," said Aake Bergman, professor of environmental chemistry at Stockholm University in Sweden, one of the world's foremost experts on human exposure to fire retardant chemicals. |
| There is an emerging pandemic of endocrine disorders in the Northern hemisphere," Colborn said at a recent conference about the links between chemical exposures and reproductive health and fertility.16
The evidence shows that:
• Chemical exposure can impact the hormonal system and disrupt normal development at doses far lower than previously suspected.17
• Genes and chemicals can work together to cause disease. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 And we might have seen pictures and statues of fertility goddesses with rows of breasts across their chests. Perhaps we've thought that multiple breasts in humans were just the stuff of fantasies. But some people do have one or more extra breasts—medically called polymastia. Also known as supernumerary breasts, they can come with or without nipples and areolae. (See Triple Nipples, below.) Most often these mammary marvels are not noticed until puberty, when they start to develop in response to sex hormones. |
Mark Sircus
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 It means premature aging, declining fertility and sexual potency and ability to conceive new life.
Magnesium is found in higher levels in semen than serum. Orhan Degerfrom the Ataturk University in Turkey found infertile men had about half the semen magnesium as fertile men.2
The role of magnesium in our lives continues its importance when we are in the womb. When pregnant, magnesium helps build and repair body tissue in both mother and fetus. A severe deficiency during pregnancy may lead to pre-eclampsia,3 birth defects and infant mortality. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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| Priapism was named after Priapus, the Greek god of gardening and fertility, and son of Aphrodite. So homely a baby was he that the gods tossed him off Mt. Olympus and he was raised among the nymphs and satyrs. One day his penis grew so large and heavy he couldn't move.To add insult to injury, he had a permanent erection but couldn't ejaculate.
SPOTTED PENIS
If your partner dons a colored condom, you might find it funny, if not sexy. But if his penis itself has changed color, it's not a laughing matter. |
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