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Avoid trans fats, increase fertility.(News flash)(Brief article)

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Trans fats, listed on processed food packages as partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, have previously been linked to increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. Now, research shows that trans fats may also reduce fertility. Published earlier this year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the study followed 18,555 women for eight years, 438 of whom were diagnosed with ovulatory infertility, or the inability to become pregnant after 12 months due to an ovulation-related problem. Women who replaced 2 percent of ...

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