Fertility Diet

I have been reading a lot about fertility. I know there are a lot of reasons why women are having difficulty conceiving, and one of the main reason is food.

A simple swap in your diet can increase your fertility as well as helping you avoid in consistent or absent ovulation, which is a cause of infertility in 25% of couples.

Here's an outline on how you can increase your odds of getting pregnant.

1. Trade your chicken for a veggie burger as food rich in iron raises a woman's chances of conceiving. You don't have o give up meat or poultry entirely. Just swap one serving daily for another iron source like veggie, raisins or nuts.

2. Trade your doughnuts for waffles for doughnuts are packed with calories and being overweight can interrupt normal menstrual cycles, throw off ovulation or stop it altogether

3. Trade white beans for lentils because lentils pack twice as much folate, a B vitamin that may stimulate ovulation and, once you're pregnant, reduce the risk of birth defects.

4. Trade your lowfat yougurt with ice cream for full-fat dairy products contain fertility-boosting estrogen and progesterone. But don't make this change until youre trying to conceive sice the saturated fat in whole-milk dairy foods can raise cholesterol level.

I was delighted to know that I can keep on eating my Rocky Road (in moderation of course) :)