Boosting Iron May Boost Female Fertility

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The higher the nonheme intake, the lower the risk of infertility. In fact, women consuming iron supplements with 41 mg of iron or more had a 62 percent lower risk of infertility, the lowest in the study. Women consuming high amounts of iron from other non-animal sources also had a significantly lower risk of ovulatory infertility compared with women who consumed little iron.

"It's important that the results are reproduced, but the results suggest that women who are trying to get pregnant should consider having greater amounts of iron in their diet from non-animal sources including multivitamin supplements," Chavarro said.

The findings do seem to make some biological sense, said the study authors and others.

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"You assume that you need certain building blocks in order to ovulate and have conception and fertilization and all that, so it does make sense that you'd want to have good nutrition overall," Wu explained. "What the exact mix of nutrients is, no one knows."

More information

Find out more about iron at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov ).

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