Articles & Research
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2016 states that taking supplements for three months preceding egg collection does have a positive impact on egg quality:
“The additional treatment with micronutrients, starting three months before IVF cycles, protects the follicular microenvironment from oxidative stress, thus increasing the number of good quality oocytes recovered at the pick up.
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Excellent article in The Guardian on the importance of the mother's diet for the health of her unborn child
Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2013 :
“.. substitution with different micronutrients, particularly folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, iodine, selenium, iron, and DHA might have a positive impact on infertility treatment. The multivitamin formulation should take the pathophysiology, clinical studies, and upper limits into account.”
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2016 - Improvement in Semen parameters after three months of multi-nutrient supplementation:
“Semen parameters (volume, density, overall progressive motility [including slow and fast motility]) and percentage of sperm with normal morphology improved after 3 months in both groups as compared to baseline. However, relative change (expressed as % increase of absolute values) for sperm density and overall progressive motility (including fast motility) was found to be higher for the combined micronutrient treatment group as compared to the mono-treatment using l-carnitine alone.”
“Zinc, D-aspartate and coenzyme Q10 exert a direct protective effect on human spermatozoa preventing the decrease of motility and the increase of DNA fragmentation and lipid peroxidation during in vitro culture.”
See here for the Telegraph's take on Food State supplements from 2015. NFC Women's Essentials cost 66p per day so well below their recommended spend!
Positive Health Online 2010 by Dr Rajendra Sharma (MB BCh LRCP&S (I) MFHom, Medical Director of The Diagnostic Clinic, London) says
“In conclusion, therefore, I think we have a vitamin, mineral and nutrient deficient food chain. I think we have disease directly aligned to deficiencies. I do not think we can eat our way to health without supplementation. .... We need supplements and we need them in Natural Food State.”
Research Papers and Articles on Food State Supplements
Cahill, R. J., O’Sullivan, K. R., Mathias, P. M. et al. (1993). ‘Effects of vitamin antioxidant supplementation on cell kinetics of patients with adenomatous polyps’, Gut, 34, pp. 963-967.
Carr, A. C. and Vissers, M. C. M. (2013). ‘Review Synthetic or Food-Derived Vitamin C—Are They Equally Bioavailable?’, Nutrients, 5, pp. 4284-4304.
Rajendra, S. (2010). ‘Vitamins and Minerals - Discussion on the Benefits of Natural Food State Supplements’, Positive Health, Jul (172), p. 1.
Vinson, J. A. and Bose, P. (1984).The effect of a high chromium yeast in the blood glucose control and blood lipids of normal and diabetic human subjects’, Nutrition Reports International, 30 (4).
Vinson, J. A. and Bose, P. (1987). ‘Comparison of the toxicity of inorganic and natural selenium’, Selenium in Biology and Medicine, Part A, pp. 513-515
Vinson, J. A. and Bose, P. (1988). Comparative bioavailability to humans of ascorbic acid alone or in a citrus extract’, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 48 (3), pp. 601-604.
Vinson, J. A. and Howard III, T. B. (1996). ‘Inhibition of protein glycation and advanced glycation end products by ascorbic acid and other vitamins and nutrients’, Nutritional Biochemistry 7, pp. 659-663.