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Category Archives: fertility Proper nutrition is important for fertility, fats included. This post applies to general health, fertility, pregnancy and nursing. Pregnancy and nursing require more nutrients and allow less leeway for empty calories! In my fertility series, I’ve discussed protein & fertility. In general, I’ve also posted on how much protein and how much of all the nutrients. This...  I recently posted about getting lean and the importance of protein. I’ve been promising info on what kinds of protein affect fertility…..here it is…finally! Protein, carbs and fats all have important uses in our bodies and are all important for our bodies to perform in tip-top shape, especially when we are asking it to create...  This post is in tandem with the post on how many calories we should be eating. Calories matter. We need to count calories. Calories in, calories out. Move more, eat less. BUT, it also matters what we are eating. It’s so confusing though! Do we eat no carbs, low carbs, which carbs, high fat, high...  Fertility & household cleaners There is evidence that household cleaners are not good for us – not just for fertility but for our overall health in all stages of our lives, but we do not know for sure. Daily use of many of these products may have effects on fertility, both for women and men. An...  This post,like many of my fertility posts applies to pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and to all other girls too. It’s true that our pre-pregnancy diet effects our pregnancy because we are feeding our body and storing nutrients to feed the baby later during pregnancy. And, for many women, the first trimester may be hard to eat much...  I wanted to take a minute to clarify what I’m doing here with my fertility series. I am sharing with you what I have found in my MANY HOURS of reading on nutrition. I am telling you that I research all things nutrition and that it is my passion, including fertility, pregnancy and nursing. I am telling you what...  No surprise here….TRANS FATS ARE BAD! Basically what I’m coming up with in ALL of my nutrition research is EAT REAL FOOD. Trans fat is NOT real food! The effects of trans fats are not all known, but we do know…. Trans fats are not real food! Eat real food! Trans fats = greater chance...  So, here it is….my series on fertility, pregnancy and nursing nutrition. I will try to pass along all of my research, in small doses! There is a lot of research on hormones in our food effecting our estrogen levels and thus our fertility! There is “new” research that low fat dairy can effect ovulation due... 
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