Fish Oil and Fertility - Benefits

Is there a link between consuming fish oil and fertility improvement?

Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive after a year of unprotected sex.

With poor modern day diets, sedentary lifestyles, bombardment by an increasing number of toxins and chemicals, and the enormous amounts of stress and pressures of modern life, it is not at all surprising that more and more people are suffering from problems of infertility. There are many possible causes of infertility, and some respond better to natural remedies than others.

For a couple who badly wants a child but is unable to conceive, infertility can be a rather painful condition. But there is another way to look at this ailment.

Broadly speaking, we can see infertility as Nature's protective mechanism, to prevent persons whose bodies are not healthy enough for conception from having children. Otherwise, the likelihood of miscarriage, unhealthy children, and even deformed offspring would be higher than average.

The best thing someone suffering from infertility could do would be to improve the overall health of his or her body; this should always be the first and most important step. Improve your nutrition, exercise, detoxify your body, minimize the intake of environmental poisons, etc, and the problem could well go away.

With specific regard to the link between fish oil and fertility, evidence is scant, at best. One preliminary study on boars, though, revealed some promising findings. In that study, male boars which consumed fish oil in their diets were found to have better sperm quality. Basically, after ejaculation, the sperm from fish oil-fed boars were better able to survive in the female reproductive tract, hence raising the likelihood of successful conception.

On the other hand, there have also been a couple of studies which showed little or no benefit associating fish oil and fertility.

Fish oil is rich in the potent omega 3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA, which provide a whole host of important health benefits, most notably on brain health, joint health and cardiovascular health. Those are good enough reasons to ensure a regular and sufficient supply of these essential fatty acids in one's diet.