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Diet and Nutrition

You may already be a firm believer in the benefits of maintaining a healthy diet or you may be sceptical as to how the food you eat can help your fertility. Either way, there is enough evidence to suggest that your diet may need tweaking to prepare yourself for pregnancy and carry a baby to full term. Sperm and egg production, fertilisation, implantation and growing a baby for nine months all require essential nutrients to be in abundance. Unfortunately, despite your efforts to eat healthily, the food you eat is unlikely to contain all that you need, which is why we advocate a vitamin and mineral supplementation plan.
Diet

The evidence

A three-year study of 367 infertile couples showed that after making the necessary dietary changes, 86% became pregnant naturally. Previously 90% of males and 60% of the females regularly drank alcohol. 45% of men and 57% of women smoked. 59% had a history of reproductive problems. 37% had suffered infertility for between 1 to 10 years. 38% of women had histories of 1 to 5 miscarriages.

After completing the wholefood diet 89% became pregnant. Even the most sophisticated technologies achieve an average of only 25% success. The book details a 3-month preconception plan to help couples maximise their chances of conceiving and provides details of which essential vitamins and minerals are key to conception.

Successess with Diet and Nutrition

Read more about some of the Diet and Nutrition success stories.

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Fertility news

Kylies Baby Race
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Added: 6 January 09

Course of Acupuncture may raise success of IVF by 65%
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Added: 6 January 09

New IVF could cut out risk of multiple births
A groundbreaking IVF test that could improve the chances of pregnancy while almost eliminating the risk of twins or triplets is to be offered to couples in Britain for the first time
Added: 6 January 09

Secondary Infertility
Couples who have already had a baby are discovering increasingly that they have fertility problems.
Added: 6 January 09

Overcoming Infertility Naturally
Now a new study shows to become pregnant women should focus on their diet, exercise and lifestyle choices.
Added: 6 January 09

Cut price fertility treatment
Women are being offered cut-price fertility treatment if they donate eggs for controversial cloning research
Added: 6 January 09