BASKING RIDGE – A new study is
disproving a widely-believed theory that maintaining a gluten-free diet can
help improve outcomes of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.
The medical research was conducted
by the Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey (RMANJ), which presented
its findings this week at the American Society for Reproductive
Medicine (ASRM) 2017 Scientific Congress & Expo in San Antonio,
Texas. The conference addresses a variety of topics in the field of
reproductive medicine, including recent studies that examine embryology, genetic
screening, embryo biopsy and patient psychology.
While healthy eating, including a low-carb diet, is part of a
holistic, evidence-based approach to treating patients with infertility
at RMANJ, adhering to a gluten-free diet has been shown to have no
impact on increasing fertility for those trying to conceive. The study is one of several conducted by RMANJ that investigates
IVF outcomes in gluten-free patients and the frequency of celiac disease
in infertile patients.
