Earlier also we talked about the fertility diet but it's not
only what you eat for your fertility, but how you eat too is also important.
Too many of us are eating too late in the day or when we go to bed at night,
we're meant to digest our day, not our dinner. Our lifestyle and health do not
support fertility, particularly when we are waiting. It is very important to
remember that the preparation of food itself is a bit like alchemy. What
you eat affects everything in your life, from your body and mood to your risk
of certain diseases. But, it turns out, that's not all nutrition can impact:
New research has shown that the types of food you consume can also play a role
in your fertility. Try these simple tips for preparing your food and the
results will certainly follow:
Try to make your dishes mainly plant-based, with a
little high-quality meat included in your weekly diet. Cook mainly with second-pressed
olive oil and use cold-pressed oils to add to food after cooking.
Don't forget your nuts, vegetables and pulses for
healthy fibre and limit sugar.
Remember your bones. Broth is nourishing and soothing
to the digestion and has a reputation as a traditional healing food. Fertile
contains a recipe for making your own chicken bone broth, and a section on how
to flavour your chicken broth with darkened ginger.
Fermenting preserves seasonal vegetables and increases
their nutritional profile, in turn restoring your gut to prime health and
improving your mood and sense of wellbeing. Seventy per cent of the serotonin
in your body is produced in your gut and food fermented at home has a far wider
microbial diversity than shop-bought versions.
Eat organic where you can. A study published in 2016 by
the British Journal of Nutrition found that organic fruits and vegetables can
contain as much as 70 per cent more antioxidants than non-organic.