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Yams could be linked with fertility and twins

By Hicbd
Sun May 15 2022 12:15 pm

"'Our hypothesis is that yams act as anti-estrogens,' he said, noting that he hasn’t investigated the precise chemical link between yams and fertility and has yet to isolate an anti-estrogen from yams. Anti-estrogens fool the brain into thinking there is insufficient estrogen, causing it to release more of a hormone called gonadotrophin and increase the ovulation rate."

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https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/whats-in-a-yam-clues-to-fertility-a/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-twins/nigerias-twin-town-ponders-cause-of-multiple-births-idUSKCN1RL1A9

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Infertility / IVF / Reproductive Endocrinology Twins

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