Approximately half of all couples who struggle with infertility do so because of a problem with the man’s fertility with low sperm count being the most common cause of male infertility. (more…)
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Increase Your Sperm Count and Motility with Fertility Foods
Friday, February 26th, 2010How Carbohydrates Affect Female Fertility?
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Caffeine and Trying to Conceive
Thursday, February 25th, 2010You love to wake up with the smell of coffee? Mmmm… I know I love to start my morning with a cup of coffee with milk. But if you are trying to conceive, you should cut on coffee if not even eliminate it completely. The studies namely prove that there is a link between caffeine consumption and female ability to conceive. 
Vitamins to Increase Fertility
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Even before a woman becomes pregnant it is very important to pay attention to the amount of vitamins in the daily diet. Receiving the proper amounts of certain vitamins can play a key role in whether or not a woman can conceive. Certain vitamins and minerals have been found to be extremely important to the diet of a woman trying to conceive and can actually aid in fertility.
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Zinc Rich Foods for Better Fertility
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Zinc is one of the most widely studied mineral in connection with fertility, and this applies only for women but men too. Zinc’s role is to efficiently attract reproductive hormones both progesterone and oestrogen, and as such zinc is extremely important component of genetic material. Men and women who are trying to conceive a baby should pay special attention to consuming recommended amounts of zinc in their diet, and this way reduce ‘unexplained’ infertility and possibly risk of miscarriage during first months of pregnancy, and simply boosting fertility with zinc, a pregnancy mineral.
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Type 1 Diabetes and Getting Ready for Pregnancy
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Diabetes doesn’t cause infertility but poor blood sugar control makes everything difficult during a pregnancy. If diabetes is a part of your life, whether it is diabetes type 1 or type 2, there is plenty you can do to improve your chances of healthy conception and prepare your body for pregnancy. As a matter of fact, diabetes might be one of the greatest examples that a couple can make a huge difference when getting ready for pregnancy.
Trying to Conceive: How Does Soy Affect Fertility
Sunday, January 24th, 2010There are not many reports done, but generally studies show that in countries where soy products are consumed in large amounts, the birth rate is no lower than in countries where soy is not a part of consumed diet. On the other hand, there are studies that suggest that soy might have negative impact on reproductive health.
Generally speaking, soy is a great source of proteins and actually contains phytoestrogens, plant-derived estrogen (female reproductive hormone estrogen). Isoflavones are the type of phytoestrogen and are known to come in different forms and different effects: some might act positive and have similar effect to estrogens in the body, producing a very weak effect compared to the real hormone, others may have decreasing effect on fertility: they might function as antiestrogens and reduce the activity of estrogen.
However, there are a few studies that suggest that high levels of soy protein may decrease fertility.
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