wheatgerm and fertility?

Re: wheatgerm and fertility?

Martin Atkinson — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:30:20 GMT

[quote user="villagevet"]I would expect as a source if vitamin e it could be loosely associated with fertility?[/quote]I think its more likely to be the folic acid content which has been linked to increased fertility in women, Whether more is better or just getting enough into an unbalanced diet is another matter.

Re: wheatgerm and fertility?

Hannah Wynne Richards — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:26:29 GMT

Do you mean it's proven that Vit E doesn'taffect fertility in other species, or merely that no-one has yet looked?

Wynne

Re: wheatgerm and fertility?

Julian Earl — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 12:31:46 GMT

Thanks VV. I wondered if it was vitamin E that the idea was based upon but this is surely a myth? We were taught that E deficiency was associated with male infertility in rats in research but not in other species? The rat findings were extrapolated to other species without evidence. It went into folklore, as such things can do, but is not true? Comments?

Re: wheatgerm and fertility?

Lindsey Edwards — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 23:21:12 GMT

I would expect as a source if vitamin e it could be loosely associated with fertility? Commonly added in breeding greyhounds despite any convincing evidence of 'deficiency'. Have heard of its use, not convinced of clinical efficacy or evidence based research.