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It takes 120 days for your body to recruit eggs for ovulation.
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What can I do to enhance my fertility?
Fertility Diet Recommendations
We generally recommend that you eat a balanced diet, with red meat as your main source of protein. Include as many hormone free, organic foods into your diet as possible. Drink plenty of room temperature water. Avoid ice-cold beverages, and raw or cold foods. In Traditional Chinese Medicine there is a theory called like cure like; for example, eat an egg for your eggs. We advocate eating 3 to 4 whole eggs per week. Oysters are great for improving male factor.
Limit fish to low mercury fish one time per week. (Halibut, Tilapia, Salmon)
Avoid eating soy products esp. soymilk, soy protein, tofu.
Avoid caffeine, smoking, recreational drugs, and alcohol.
If you have a special dietary concern or a particular health issue, research dietary ways to help you balance that condition, or feel free to contact us for a nutritional consultation.
If you have been diagnosed with PCOS it is important you adhere to a low glycemic index diet. This means minimize white flour and sugar. A healthy choice of lean, organic protein with whole grains or vegetables is a good balance.
Please note these recommendations may not be appropriate for you, and are suggested to help you achieve a healthy pregnancy. Not all of the recommendations would be suggested for a healthy lifestyle.
Supplements
- Women
- Prenatal Vitamins (Thorne or Metagenics),
- Folic Acid 1 mg, CoQ10 100mg/day,
- Magnesium Glycinate 800mg/day
- Greens: wheat grass 2 shots/day or cholera 3000 mg/day
- DHA/EPA 2000 mg/day (Metagenics, or Nordic Naturals)
- Men
- Multivitamin (Metagenics or Thorne)
- DHA/EPA 2000 mg./day
- Zing 30 mg./day
- Antioxidant (Metagenics) Selenium
- Wheat grass shots
- L-Arginine, L-Carnitine
- Vitamin C
Things to avoid
- Hot tubs
- Hot baths
- High temperatures
- Saunas
- Tight fitting underwear
- Athletic straps
- Setting your laptop on your lap
- Toxins and pollutants
- Heavy metals
- Plastic in the microwave
- Recreational drugs
- Strenuous exercise
- Sitting for long periods of time
- Placing cell phones near your lap
- Pesticides
- Parabens
- Plastic water bottles opened & left in the car
- Alcohol
- Caffeine
- Some prescription medications
Relaxation Techniques:
Enjoy at least 10 minutes of quite time each day. Even if it is just before you go to bed, make that a special 10 minutes for just you. It is important for your health to let your mind unwind and just be. Take a deep breath in through your nose for the count of 6, hold for 4 and exhale for 8. As you breathe in, allow your belly to rise and fill with air, and as you exhale, allow your belly to fall. You can even visualize a light, or an energy circling around you. As you breathe in the light or energy moves up the back of the body, and as you exhale it moves down the front of your body.
Other suggestions: Take a leisurely walk, create a ritual, take a rejuvenating yoga class, buy a visualization CD, or meditational CD. Treat yourself to a massage, or experience hypnotherapy.
