SUPERCHARGE YOUR FERTILITY
5 Essential Foods You Should Include In Your Diet
There is so much information on what you should or shouldn't eat to support your fertility. It's confusing and unnecessarily overwhelming.
To help you start on the right foot, here is a handy and easy to follow guide of what you can eat.
How Do I Know I Am Fertile Enough? The Role Of Cervical Mucus
Most of the time, during a woman’s cycle, cervical mucus stays a bit hidden and frankly looks useless. But around the time of ovulation, it suddenly becomes a superhero, crucial to fertility. Without cervical mucus, the probability of conception drops to the floor and pregnancy is unlikely to happen.
How Much Vitamin D Should I Take For Fertility?
Several studies show that lower vitamin D levels are associated with lower pregnancy rates and lower live birth rates, both when women are getting pregnant naturally and with IVF
How To Use Mindful Eating To Restore Your Energy
We often eat ‘on automatic’, not giving any attention to the food we are eating or how we are eating it. We are not conscious of the packet of crisps we have eaten as a snack or the dinner we ate watching TV. And this has consequences too, in particular, on our ability to digest food. One remedy is to practise mindful eating.
How Constipation Has An Essential Role In Hormonal Balance
Women are more likely to suffer from constipation. Constipation leads to a build-up in the intestines which affects hormone balance and leads to oestrogen dominance.
Why Constipation Is A Common Sign Of PMS (And What You Can Do About It)
During their cycle, some women experience first-hand how female hormones can interfere with their health too. Just before their periods, hormonal change can disturb the digestive system, leaving women struggling with constipation every month.
How to translate the language of your periods to improve your fertility
When women come to see me with fertility issues, we spend a lot of time talking about their periods and what they look. Periods have a language of their own, one that can help us understand better what sort of hormonal imbalances there are.
Why Feeding Your Gut Flora Is The Best Thing You Can Do For Your Health Right Now
When people are coming to see me, and they are unwell or exhausted, they are often looking for a quick fix for what is a complex problem. Just like me as a child, they are hoping that things will just fall into place all on their own. But they are missing the fact that they first need to work on the fundamentals such as their gut flora.
Why Heat Is The Reason You Can’t Sleep At Night (And How To Stop That From Happening)
Insomina and lack of sleep can wreck your day too. Heat is often the cause of insomnia in Chinese Medicine. Have a look at what you can do.
But in 1986, Mike Yurosek made a discovery that would change the way we are eating. He invented a way to use those hideous carrots, by merely shaping them into appealing baby carrots. ‘Baby carrots’ were born and took the markets by storm.
Why Is Gluten Intolerance Such An Important Factor In PCOS
PCOS can have many root causes. Metabolic issues such as insulin resistance is one of those but gluten intolerance is often a forgotten cause of PCOS.