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Healthy Fertility Foods For Women

Fertility Foods For Women
Unhealthy lifestyle and bad habits have affected the fertility of many women. These days, some women find it hard to conceive. Consulting doctors or going for surrogacy are the immediate options that comes to your mind when you detect this problem. Thus, to boost their fertility, women should always have a healthy diet. Bad habits such as smoking and drinking needs to be kept under control. Apart from medicines, you can attempt to naturally increase your fertility by having healthy foods.

Fertility foods for women:

Whole grains: Refined carbohydrates increase blood pressure which affect your body system. So, having complex carbohydrates strengthens a weak reproductive system. Include carbohydrates in your diet. Have whole wheat bread, rice especially brown rice, corn, oats and similar foods that are rich in carbohydrate content. Have whole grains once a day to boost your reproductive system.

Green veggies: Green vegetables are rich source of vitamins and proteins. You should have complex carbs such as plant proteins and leafy vegetables. Include beans, peas, spinach, broccoli and asparagus in your diet. Spinach is rich in folic acid so women should have this leafy vegetable. Women should also have green vegetables to increase the blood cell formation and stay healthy too!

Lean animal protein: Lean meat, turkey or beef are healthy for women. Include these fertility foods in your diet. These animal proteins are rich in iron, a booster for the fertility. Limited servings is perfect way to avoid excessive iron intake. According to researchers, excessive intake of iron can affect the reproductive system adversely.

Dairy: You should not only have dairy products to conceive easily but, also to stay fit and healthy. Calcium and iron in dairy products strengthen the bones, increases fertility and keeps you energetic. Have boiled eggs with skimmed milk. Include yogurt in your meals to supplement cheese and butter.

These fertility foods can be consumed by women who are trying to conceive. Always include these healthy foods in the diet to keep the reproductive system healthy.

Story first published: Friday, April 27, 2012, 14:12 [IST]
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