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The impact of intermittent fasting on fertility: A focus on polycystic ovary syndrome and reproductive outcomes in Women—A systematic review
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“A systematic review by Velissariou et al. examining IF impacts on fertility in women with PCOS concluded that IF may improve reproductive outcomes, though heterogeneity and limited trial numbers restrict firm conclusions [26].”
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“Evidence quality assessment (Section 3.2.3—PCOS): MODERATE—supported by one RCT (Güven [8]) and two systematic reviews/meta-analyses (Velissariou et al. [26]; Ranneh et al. [27]), with additional evidence from a comprehensive systematic review (Waly et al. [28]).”
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“but note that direct fertility endpoints (time to pregnancy, pregnancy rates, live birth rates) are lacking [26].”
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“Multiple studies demonstrate that IF improves menstrual regularity and markers of ovulatory function in PCOS [8,26,27,28].”
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“PCOS patients: IF shows the strongest evidence for reproductive benefits, improving hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, and menstrual regularity [8,26,27].”
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- Authors
- Velissariou, M., Athanasiadou, C. R., Diamanti, A., Lykeridou, A., & Sarantaki, A.
- ORCID
- Sarantaki, Antigoni
- Venue
- Metabolism Open
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2025-03
- Volume
- 25
- Pages
- 100341
- ISSN
- 2589-9368
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 6
- Language
- en
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- creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (vor)
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