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Dietary Products for Women’s Reproductive Health and Diseases

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition in Women".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 September 2026 | Viewed by 1044

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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Ave, Ross Research Building, Room 624, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Interests: nutraceuticals; dietary products; natural compounds; reproductive disorders; benign gynecologic disorders; uterine fibroids; progesterone signaling
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Dear Colleagues,

Dietary products, including nutraceuticals, functional foods, and bioactive natural compounds, are increasingly recognized for their potential to support women’s reproductive health and to complement existing therapies for reproductive diseases. Conditions such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility, and reproductive cancers are driven by complex molecular and cellular processes, including inflammation, oxidative stress, fibrosis, hormonal dysregulation, metabolic alteration, immune dysfunction, and cellular senescence, many of which are modulated by dietary interventions.

This Special Issue, ‘Dietary Products for Women’s Reproductive Health and Diseases’, invites the submission of original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and translational studies that investigate the molecular mechanisms, therapeutic effects, and health benefits of dietary products in relation to reproductive health and diseases.

Dr. Md Soriful Islam
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Keywords

  • phytonutrients
  • phytochemicals
  • gynecological diseases
  • female reproductive system diseases
  • phytonutrient applications
  • uterine fibroids
  • endometriosis
  • infertility
  • breast cancers
  • PCOS
  • menopause

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The Potential Role of Dietary (Poly)phenols in Cardiometabolic Risk During Menopause: A Narrative Review
by Lorena Sánchez-Martínez, Rocío González-Barrio and María Jesús Periago
Nutrients 2026, 18(7), 1130; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071130 - 31 Mar 2026
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Menopause is a pivotal stage in women’s life that brings with it multiple physiological changes that significantly increase the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. (Poly)phenols are plant secondary metabolites that present several mechanisms of action that could improve human health, including the regulation of [...] Read more.
Menopause is a pivotal stage in women’s life that brings with it multiple physiological changes that significantly increase the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. (Poly)phenols are plant secondary metabolites that present several mechanisms of action that could improve human health, including the regulation of gene expression, the control of lipid metabolism, the maintenance of glucose homeostasis, a reduction in blood pressure, prebiotic effects, and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. This narrative review summarizes current evidence on the main cardiometabolic risk factors associated with menopause (i.e., obesity, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, and insulin resistance) and examines the potential of dietary strategies focused on (poly)phenol intake to mitigate these alterations. Current evidence suggests that dietary intervention based on (poly)phenol intake could be a great strategy to mitigate cardiometabolic alterations during menopause. Moreover, this review underscores the crucial need to develop personalized nutrition strategies to optimize the effectiveness of (poly)phenol-rich diets for postmenopausal women’s health, thereby alleviating the cardiometabolic risk associated with this pivotal stage of women’s lives. In addition, this work emphasizes that future research should comprehensively address the key factors involved in the main mechanisms of action of (poly)phenols in promoting health, including (poly)phenol bioavailability, the role of the gut microbiota in the colonic metabolization of these bioactive compounds, and the regulation of gene expression via nutrigenomic effects related to cardiometabolic diseases. This integrative approach will be essential for establishing evidence-based dietary recommendations for (poly)phenol intake during menopause. Full article
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