From Table to Bedroom: Nutritional Status, Dietary Interventions, and Women’s Sexual Function

Purpose of Review In this review, we summarize recent empirical evidence assessing the relationship between nutrition and female sexual dysfunction and give a broad interpretation of the effects. Recent Findings Dietary patterns that ensure adequate intake of shortfall nutrients may help to ameliora...

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Published in:Current sexual health reports 2019-12, Vol.11 (4), p.251-264
Main Authors: McNabney, Sean M., Wiese, Gretchen N., Rowland, David L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect (Psychology)
Anorexia
Bulimia
Diabetes
Diet
Disease
Eating behavior
Eating disorders
Emotions
Endocrinology
Female Sexual Dysfunction and Disorders (T Lorenz and R Nappi
Females
Gastrointestinal surgery
Malnutrition
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolism
Metabolites
Nutrition research
Nutritional status
Physiology
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Psychological aspects
Quality of life
Section Editors
Sexual disorders
Topical Collection on Female Sexual Dysfunction and Disorders
Urology
Vitamin deficiency
Weight control
Womens health
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Summary:Purpose of Review In this review, we summarize recent empirical evidence assessing the relationship between nutrition and female sexual dysfunction and give a broad interpretation of the effects. Recent Findings Dietary patterns that ensure adequate intake of shortfall nutrients may help to ameliorate reproductive problems associated with eating disorders, while supplementation in women with low vitamin D status improves sexual functioning. Combination treatments addressing body image concerns and maladaptive eating habits appear to be more effective for some eating disorder subtypes that result in malnutrition. For overweight and obese women, weight loss resulting from dietary changes and/or bariatric surgery tends to improve sexual interest, arousal, and activity. The metabolic perturbations that characterize diabetes mellitus and polycystic ovarian syndrome warrant nutritional interventions, and these lifestyle modifications often improve sexual functioning. Evidence for the use of specific dietary supplements to improve sexual responsivity in women has generally not been supported. Summary Nutritional status can elicit, exacerbate, or ameliorate sexual problems. Treatment of female sexual dysfunction may be enhanced by a multidisciplinary approach incorporating cutting-edge developments in nutrition science.
ISSN:1548-3584
1548-3592
DOI:10.1007/s11930-019-00224-9