Boosting fertility through Diet

Dietary Recommendations:

Go organic: It's quite possible that pesticides and herbicides found in non-organic food have a deleterious effect on our eggs. Without a doubt, food chemicals and additives frequently have estrogen-like synthetic substances and can occupy estrogen receptor sites and throw our hormonal balance off.

Eat alkaline foods: Vegetables, non-citrus fruits, sprouts, ceral grasses (wheatgrass and barley grass). Avoid acidic foods, such as sugar, meat, dairy products, and most grains as they create an acidic environment. An acidic cervical Ph can be hostile to sperm.

Get plenty of Essential Fatty Acids: good sources are fish and fish oil, COLD PRESSED oils such as flax-seed and pumpkin-seed oils, eggs, soy products, raw nuts and seeds. Dark-green leafy vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, beets, carrots, kale, collards, cabbage, turnips, rutabagas, and brussel sprouts are also good choices.

Supplement your diet with a natural high-potency multi-vitamin and mineral complex: make sure it includes iron, folic acid, and B vitamins. Very important in conception are Vitamins A, C, E, B complex; zinc; and selenium.

Eliminate alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine.

Add more cruciferous vegetables (brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli) to your diet

Get plenty of good protein.

Avoid junk food.