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A new research has shown that having an ice cream or any other dairy product can boost the chances of getting pregnant by manyfold. The surprising revelation has come after an extensive study done on a group of women over 35 years of age who were undergoing IVF at Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Centre in the United States.

Under the study, women were told to record their daily diet during the period of treatment. Surprising results came after collaborating and studying the recorded data gathered.

It was seen that those women who had high intake of ice creams, cheese, yoghurt or any other dairy product had 21 per cent chances of getting pregnant compared with those who avoided dairy products. The lead researcher of the study, Dr. Jorge Chavarro, claimed that hormones present in cow's milk help a lot in implanting embryo in the womb, as told by DailyLife.

It was also revealed that this effect of dairy product intake was more evident in women above 35 years of age than their younger counterparts. "That is the exact opposite of what we expected to find," exclaimed Dr. Chavarro.

The irony of the situation is Dr. Chavarro claimed about two years ago that men having dairy products in their daily life have poor quality sperms. It is also a known fact that sugar present in these dairy products can be harmful to ovaries.

However, the research results and further studies show that dairy products also contain traces of progesterone hormone, which is known to decrease in women as they age. This hormone plays a vital role in implanting the embryo in the womb by making it sticky.

This brings us to the conclusion that having at least three servings of dairy product is highly recommended to women who are trying to conceive after 35 years of age.

The research paper was presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conducted in Hawaii from Oct. 18 to 22. Dr. Chavarro, who presented this astonishing and insightful research,h is a research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health. He studies dietary influences in sexual life and male and female infertility.