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Does pea protein cause infertility?Updated a month ago

According to Dr Lynch. there appears to be research on the pea compound, m-xylohydroquinone, in regards to fertility or conception.
Compared to whole-food, specific components of a food or extracts, such as m-xylohydroquinone, will have an entirely different biochemical and physiological impacts.
A research paper looked at various foods and fertility. They found that peas did not cause issues when looking at it from a multivariate analysis - but all meats did. They actually propose vegetarian-based proteins over meats for supporting fertility.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3066040/ 
The paper's methods did not take into account food intolerances, food allergies, quality of meat (antibiotics, hormones, dyes, etc), blood type or microbiome issues.

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