There's been quite a bit in the news this week about reproductive woes, and I think it would not be an exaggeration to say it casts doubts on the future of humankind!
The first that caught my attention was about the discrepancy in male:female birth rates. No-one, say the experts, can figure out why this is happening - but anyone with half an eye to history knows that in nature, this is a defensive mechanism when a species is threatened.
Next came a report from England deploring the decline in fertility
So in the midst of all the doom-and-gloom, it's nice to have ONE positive report that duh! Nutritional supplementation improves pregnancy rate .
It's even nicer to see the word "Dramatic" used in that context!!
Addendum: there is now a so-called "Study" suggesting that genistein can adversely affect sperm. I wish I could direct you to the scathing critique of that study I just read, but wonderful www.redflagsdaily.com is a subscription site - affordable, worthwhile (indispensible, actually!) - check it out!
Back to the genistein: what the researcher did was add isolated genistein to sperm in a petri dish, and note that something happened. As the reviewer said - something would undoubtedly also happen if you added pickled gherkins!
