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What Does
Diet Have To Do With Infertility?
In the 1940’s, a medical doctor, Francis M. Pottinger, made
an experiment over a 10 – 15 year period, using 900 cats to
determine what effects processed foods have on the body. The cats
were divided into five groups. Two of the groups were fed whole foods-raw
milk and meat - real foods for
cats. The other three groups were given denatured foods pasteurized,
evaporated and condensed milk. All the groups were fed the same minimal
basic diet to sustain life. However, the predominant portion of the
diets were either real foods or denatured foods as listed above. The
cats were observed over a four generation period and the following
results were documented by Dr. Pottinger:
POTTINGER CAT EXPERIMENT SUMMARY
GROUP C D & E:
FOOD FED: raw meat raw milk pasteurized milk evaporated milk condensed
milk
• 1st Generation developed diseases and illnesses near end
of life
• 2nd Generation developed diseases and illnesses in middle
of life
• 3rd Generation developed diseases and illnesses in beginning
of life;
many died before six months of age;
• 4th Generation - no fourth generation was produced: either
third generation parents were sterile, or fourth generation cats were
aborted before birth
Let’s look at this again, the groups fed just enough raw meat
to keep them alive with mainly processed, cooked milks and food: by
the 3rd and 4th generation, the health of the second group of cats
was really compromised. They had arthritis eye problems and couldn’t
reproduce by the 4th and 5th generation.
He had to stop the study and feed the remaining sickly kittens raw
food leaving off the pasteurized, evaporated and condensed milk. It
took TWO generations before he could change the downward spiral of
infertility and the litter rates began to increase again.
Now let’s take a look at the recent history of our diet over
the last few generations:
FOOD CONSUMPTION IN THE U.S.A.
Between 1900 and 1980
• Fresh fruit and vegetable consumption decreased from 40%
to less than 5%
• Butter consumption decreased 75%
• Lard consumption decreased 66%
• Unprocessed potato and sweet potato consumption decreased
40%
• Processed potatoes comprise 33% of all white potatoes consumed
The majority of these are in the form of french fries
• The fast food industry sells 75% of all french fries eaten
• Whole grain consumption decreased 50% (Note: Now in 2005,
I posit that whole grain consumption has decreased even more, perhaps
as serious as 90%. I have patients who NEVER cook whole organic grains.
We NEVER see whole grains in restaurants – white polished rice
does not count as a wholesome grain)
• Beef consumption increased 75%
• Dairy product consumption (other than bufter) increased
25%
• Cheese consumption increased 400%
• Fat and oil consumption increased 150%
• Margarine consumption increased 800%
• Corn syrup consumption increased 400%
• Sugar consumption increased 50% (the average person consumes
150 pounds of REFINED
WHITE SUGAR per year)
• Processed fruit and vegetable consumption (other than citrus
fruit)
Between 1910 and 1980
• Poultry consumption increased 350%
• Fresh apple consumption decreased 70%
• Fresh fruit consumption decreased 33%
Between 1930 and 1980
• Processed citrus fruit consumption increased 2500%
• Fresh citrus fruit consumption decreased 50%
Between 1940 and 1980
• Egg consumption decreased 25%
• Food coloring consumption increased 90%
Between 1960 and 1980
• Soft drink consumption increased 300%
• Each person consumes 38 gallons of soft drinks annually (one
fifth of our sugar intake is in soft drinks)
*Statistics compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture
We have rampant Type II diabeties. We have rampant infertility. We
have rampant degenerative diseases with no better stats for cancer
and heart disease than we did 20 years ago. We must begin to look
to the foundation that supports optimal physiological body and hormone
functions.
This is why, at Wellness Within, we focus so much on a whole foods
diet and whole food supplements for our couples. Since doing this,
we have increased our success rates in both IVF and natural preconception
care work.
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