Is a maternal vegetarian diet in pregnancy associated with hypospadias . The ALSPAC Study Team . Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood?
As vegetarians have a greater exposure to phytoestrogens than do omnivores, these results support the possibility that phytoestrogens have a deleterious effect on the developing male reproductive system.
The data suggest that oesophageal intraluminal NO facilitates initiation of the oesophago-salivary reflex. CO2 seems to have a negligible effect on alkaline salivation, and repeated stimulation does not influence the magnitude of the response over time.