When female animals eat less food, it makes it harder for them to have babies because their bodies stop sending the right signals for egg release.

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Caloric restriction in female reproduction: is it beneficial or detrimental?

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2021 Jan 4

The study looks at how eating fewer calories affects female animals' ability to have babies and agrees that it reduces fertility by messing with brain signals and hormones, just like the claim says.

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Caloric restriction in female reproduction: is it beneficial or detrimental?

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DOI: 10.1186/s12958-020-00681-1

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