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Could having the occasional small bowl of ice cream lead to a midnight craving for pickles and ice cream?
It's common knowledge that diet and exercise have profound effects on your health. Can they affect your ability to get pregnant, too? Until now, the answer to that question was a qualified "Maybe." Today, it's "Yes!" thanks to exciting findings from a landmark long-term study of female nurses. As described in The Fertility Diet, ten simple changes in diet and activity can have profound effects on fertility. You can increase your chances of getting pregnant with such simple strategies as:
The Nurses' Health Study exhaustively examined the effects of diet and other lifestyle changes on fertility among nearly 20,000 female nurses. It scrutinized everything from alcohol to vitamins. In plain language, two of the study's lead researchers translate its groundbreaking findings into changes you can put into practice today, setting the stage for a healthy pregnancy and forming the foundation for an eating strategy that will serve you well for the rest of your life. The Fertility Diet also offers a week's worth of meal plans and fifteen delicious recipes.
Foreword Robert L. Barbieri, v
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 Nourishing the Miracle of Conception 1
Chapter 2 Missed Conceptions 9
Chapter 3 A Diet for All Ages 31
Chapter 4 Slow Carbs, Not Low Carbs 43
Chapter 5 Balancing Fats 67
Chapter 6 Plant Protein Rules 87
Chapter 7 Take a Break, Skim 107
Chapter 8 Mighty Micros 123
Chapter 9 Drink (Water) to Your Health 139
Chapter 10 The 71/2 Percent Solution 153
Chapter 11 You've Got to Move It, Move It 193
Chapter 12 Putting It All Together 217
Chapter 13 Meal Plans and Recipes 223
Notes 257
Index 267
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Could having the occasional small bowl of ice cream lead to a midnight craving for pickles and ice cream?
It's common knowledge that diet and exercise have profound effects on your health. Can they affect your ability to get pregnant, too? Until now, the answer to that question was a qualified "Maybe." Today, it's "Yes!" thanks to exciting findings from a landmark long-term study of female nurses. As described in The Fertility Diet, ten simple changes in diet and activity can have profound effects on fertility. You can increase your chances of getting...