10 Pre-Pregnancy Diet Rules

Diet and Pregnancy Planning

Eating for fertility

When you're planning on getting pregnant, a healthy, balanced diet is extremely important. As well as improving your own health, changing what you eat and having a varied diet guarantees the best possible development for your child. Do something good for yourself and your future child and start eating healthy today!

10 rules for good nutrition and reproductive health

A healthy diet not only provides you with energy, improves your mood and helps you to think clearly, it can also improve your health, your sex drive and your fertility.
Eating a balanced, nutrient diet is something to look forward to every day. It increases your quality of life and affects all facets of your health. In order to achieve a healthy diet, you should observe the following rules:

• 1. Drink plenty of water.
• 2. Choose wholefoods that are high in fiber.
• 3. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.
• 4. Eat highly nutritious proteins with every meal.
• 5. Make sure you have an adequate supply of highly nutritious oils.
• 6. Never skip breakfast and don't consume anything after 8.00 pm.
• 7. Keep your blood sugar levels constant by eating less and more often, ideally every three hours.
• 8. Avoid caffeine and sugar.
• 9. Choose organic foods when possible.
• 10. Reduce your intake of the following foods: red meat, saturated fats, ready meals, industrially produced foods and foods with high additive and preservative contents.

Research shows that if both partners are overweight, there will be a marked decline in fertility. A Danish study interestingly concluded that fertility is also negatively affected if only the male partner is overweight.

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