Diet and Fertility Status: Relevance in Health and Disease

Dear Colleagues,

Throughout evolution, mechanisms have developed to sense nutrients, store energy in the case of food abundance and adapt physiological responses to nutrient availability by preventing reproduction in nutrient-poor environments, a strict interplay that has reached its maximum degree of complexity in female mammals. In our obesogenic world, and with increasing lifespan, this evolutionary strategy has negative effects on overall health and is also impacting fertility, especially in women. In this view, nutrients cannot be merely considered a source of energy, as they exert a bioactive role, by acting on several signaling pathways. On the other hand, increasing evidence suggests that the fertility status of males and females is linked to various diseases and disorders, also in relation to dietary habits. According to this view, dietary interventions might represent the most promising and invaluable strategies in preserving human health and the most captivating challenge that we have to take up nowadays.

This Special Issue welcomes original research and reviews of literature concerning the interplay between the fertility status and nutrients under physio-pathological conditions, with a particular focus on:

- Dietary patterns associated with reproductive and overall health;

- Dietary interventions in the prevention and treatment of chronic conditions;

- Mechanisms of action, pathways, and targets at the molecular level;

- Valuable tools and strategies to assess the content or activity of specific nutrients.

Studies using in vitro and in vivo models, clinical studies, and methods are welcome.

Dr. Sara Della Torre
Guest Editor

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