i have just heard?

Question

i have just heard that eating sweet potatoe helps you regulate ovulation, but can increase your chances of having twins. Has any one else heard this

Answer 1

Baloney to the twin theory. It's an old wive's tale.

Many of these tales have some basis in fact but no, sweet potato has nothing to do with twins. Fraternal twins are hereditary, identicals just "happen".

As far as regulating ovulation there is evidence that sweet potato and other taproots such as carrot contain ovulation inhibitors. Birth control pills were developed based on these scientific findings. However, you'd have to eat a lot of sweet potato and on a regular basis before you'd see many changes. Studies done were on people whose diets for years consisted of a lot of tap root foods.

Having said this, if you are concerned about ovulation, there are herbal and natural remedies which will help regulate your system without you having to eat sweet potato for the next 10 years.

Answer 2

Drinking US cow's milk increases the chance of twins.

Here in the US they give cows tons of growth hormones that have been banned in other countries. The growth hormones come out of the utters and into the milk we drink. There was some study on it, but I'm not quite sure where it was.

Answer 3

That is an old Wives tale. It isn't true.
I sure wish it was though.
There is nothing you can do in order to increase your chances of having twins unless you do invitro and they will put more than one egg in your uterus.

Answer 4

I heard that eating sweet potatoes is like eating ordinary potatoes only sweeter. Hope this settles the argument.

Answer 5

I had never heard of it before but here is a link that includes that theory.

TTC #1 for 19 months

Answer 6

I've heard this before, but about yams, not sweet potatoes.

Answer 7

I have never heard that before. Anything is worth a go :)

Answer 8

Never heard that before.

Answer 9

I've heard that too, but I thought it was wild yams, not sweet potatoes-- http://www3.fertilethoughts.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-389196.html

Answer 10

true. BUT you'd have to eat them as your main food, not just a little here and there