Hoping to have a baby? Try ice-cream

The Scotsman UK ^ | Wed 28 Feb 2007 | The Scotsman UK

[protest1]

Hoping to have a baby? Try ice-cream

ICE-CREAM can help a woman conceive, according to new research.

A study found the more high-fat dairy products a woman consumed, the lower was her risk of ovulation- related infertility. Those who ate ice-cream two or more times a week had a 38 per cent lower risk than those who did so less than once a week.

The study, published today in the journal Human Reproduction, found that weight-watching women who replaced high-fat dairy products with skimmed milk or yoghurt could increase their likelihood of being infertile by more than four-fifths.

Dr Jorge Chavarro, who led the US research, said women trying for a baby should look at swapping skimmed milk for whole milk and eating ice-cream, not low-fat yoghurt.

It is thought fatty dairy products may contain a fat-soluble chemical which improves ovarian function.

[protest1]

Not only do all those low fat foods taste horrible, they might stop women getting pregnant!

Solution eat ice cream and other full fat foods :)

[SampleMan]

Hoping to have a baby? Try ice-cream.

I tried this when I was younger. Sometimes it worked, but usually the women just through the icecream back at me. ;-)

[Bigg Red]

Marking for the guaranteed hilarious Freeper comments.

[areafiftyone]

ROFLMAO! You bad!

[Churchillspirit]

I remember during the sixties, young men serving in the RAF, whose wives were trying to get pregnant, would hope for a posting to Malta. Apparently the goat's milk there was conducive to pregnancy.

It worked so well they had to build a maternity hospital just for military wives.

[atomicpossum]

Hoping to have a baby? Try ice-cream

Someone needs to have a word with them about the Facts of Life.

[lowbridge]

I scream, you scream, we all scream for....(family values website)

[MadIvan]

Well that explains those Haagen Dazs ads a few years ago.

Regards, Ivan

[uglybiker]

Well, I guess we know what's on Al's mind...