The Fertility Diet

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I posted this at the bottom of the Barilla thread but I figured I copy and paste it and repost it here to see what people think about the diet? It sound like a lot to keep up but do you think it could really work? My prenatal vitamin only has 28mg of iron but I don't think I want to increase it because it can cause constipation.

"It was in the Women's day December issue. It is called foods for fertility. It is ways to prevent ovulatory infertility... trouble concieving because of infrequent ovulation.

IT says to eat "slowly digested carbs. such as pasta and whole grain carbs. Women who ate a large amount of high glycemic load cards (those that are digested quickly, like white rice and potatoes) were 92 percent more likely to have ovulatory infertility than those who ate slow carbs (brown rice, whole wheat pasta, whole grain bread)"

It also says to eat protein mostly from plant sources . Women who eat the highest amount of protein from animal sources were 39 percent more likely to have ovulatory infertility. Eat eggs, beans, and nuts.

Eat Good Fats. mono and poly unsaturated fats in olive oil and canola oil cashews, sunflower and pumpkin seeds. These fast decrease the amount of insulin resistance and inflammation in the body. These two things can interfere with ovulation.
Drink Whole Milk (okay I find this be weird). and full fat dairy foods. When fat is removed from milk its hormonal makeup is altered and it can negatively affect fertility. Make one to two servings whole milk based.

It also sayd that a BMI of 20-24 is where you would be least likely to experience infertility. A multivitamin reduces infertility by 40 percent. And 40-80 mg of iron makes you 40 percent less likely to have trouble getting pregnant.

The information came from a book called the Fertility Diet. These result are from the Nurses health study which is a long term study covering the lifespan of nurses. My mom is in it and you have to fill out questionairres every year. It is incredible the amount of information they are getting about health from this study."

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Hi...Im new! But I just wanted to say, this is a very helpful post! I'm going to try it!!

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This is interesting. I have a very poor diet, I am the worst picky eater and all i really eat is carbs. Maybe this is contributing to me not conceiving yet. I am going to change my diet starting today, hopefully that along with the alternative treatment stuff I am trying this month will help!