Hi, and welcome to Fertility Food Secrets brought to you by the new Fertility Diet Guide, your source for fertility, nutrition advice. I am your host Callette Bichet (ph). When it comes to getting pregnant, good nutrition can be the cornerstone of success. In fact many of the same foods that help your baby develop and grow while you are pregnant can also help you get pregnant, but in addition to simply eating a well balanced diet, there is now strong scientific evidence that certain foods alone, or in combination with others have a direct impact on fertility, effecting everything from the hormone production, and the development of healthier more fertile eggs in women to the creation of healthier, heartier sperm in men, to help get you started cooking in the right direction here are five fertility food secrets that science has shown can make an important difference when you are trying to conceive.
Fertility food secret number one almonds. Studies conducted by top universities found that ounce per ounce almonds offer the highest protection from free radical damage, that's a kind of cell stress directly impacting egg growth, and development and interfering with ovulation. Most recently study show free radical cell damage has also been linked to unexplained infertility.
Fertility food secret number two wheat germ. High in Vitamin B6, Vitamin E and the mineral selenium all nutrients that can protect against miscarriage. Wheat germ also contains compounds essential to the production of female hormone and necessary to maintain the proper fertility boosting ratio between estrogen and progesterone.
Fertility food secret number three, pizza with lots of tomatoes, and onions. And this one is for the guys. Study show that cooked tomatoes are packed with Lycopene. A nutrient that can help sperm develop and grow. So the more he eats, the heartier and healthier his sperm would be. Onions are loaded with the mineral selenium, also necessary for the production of healthy sperm.
Fertility food secret number four Canola oil. You've probably heard lots of talk about the heart healthy affects of olive or grape seed oil, and both are great for the heart. But when it comes to boosting fertility drizzle your salad with Canola oil instead. It's loaded with Omega-3 fatty acid, a healthy fat that's essential to making healthy eggs. Olive and grape seed oil have almost none.
Fertility food secret number five sweet potatoes. This tasty full vegi is loaded with Beta-Carotene an essential nutrient of follicular fluid, that's the substance that surround your eggs and helps them develop and grow, because follicular fluid pulls its supply of Beta-Carotene from your blood stream the more you have on tap, the healthier your eggs will be. So there you have it, five fertility food secrets that science shows can really make a difference in helping you get pregnant fast. For dozens more fertility food secret and an eating plan tested on a hundreds of real couples just like you visit fertilitydietguide.com that's fertilitydietguide.com. Your source for getting pregnant fast, and easy, until next time I am Callette Bichet (ph). Thanks for watching.
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