BACKGROUND Infertility is a global public health issue, affecting 15% of all couples of
reproductive age. Male factors, including decreased semen quality, are responsible for …

Male contribution to a couple's fecundity is important, and identifying the dietary factors that
can influence male fertility potential is of high importance. Despite this importance, there are …

Background: The presence of hormones in milk and dairy foods was discussed decades ago
but rather more concerns attended to that with respect to finding hormones as biomarkers in …

Milk is considered to be the only foodstuff that contains approximately all different
substances known to be essential for human nutrition. In terms of cancer risk, dairy foods …

STUDY QUESTION Is increased consumption of dairy foods associated with lower semen
quality? SUMMARY ANSWER We found that intake of full-fat dairy was inversely related to …

The occurrence of the steroid hormones estrone (E1), 17α-estradiol (αE2), 17β-estradiol
(βE2), and estriol (E3) in processed bovine milk with different fat contents and in raw milk …

We have previously found a positive association between milk consumption and prostate
cancer risk using metaanalysis to analyze published case-control studies. In the present …

Synthetic and natural steroid hormones have attracted some attention in recent years as
endocrine active substances (EAS) that interact or interfere with the endocrine system …

The occasional presence of relatively high amounts of natural estrogens in milk and milk
derivatives and the abusive or illegal use of synthetic estrogens in dairy practices have …

Background: Animal studies have shown that a high intake of galactose, a breakdown
product of lactose, increases ovarian toxicity. Few epidemiologic studies, to our knowledge …