Category: Fitness and nutrition
How to make real Greek Tzatziki
Tzatziki is a wonderful, traditional Greek salad that’s available commercially from many grocery stores now. But, nothing beats home-made — and the price is more appealing as well. This authentic Tzatziki recipe was shared by an elderly Greek neighbor who’s a wonderful cook.
Green smoothie ideas
Green smoothies can give anyone a vitamin boost. They appeal to people who want to lose weight, pregnant women, or anyone who needs a quick flood of goodness. The interest in juicing may have gone up again since Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead came out, but smoothies offer fibers as well as juice. It is still hard [...]
Five reasons to get into meal planning
Are you not sure whether to give meal planning a go? There are plenty of reasons to plan your meals out in advance that have nothing to do with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Here are five compelling reasons to get into meal planning.
Kegel/pelvic floor exercises
Many doctors recommended Kegel, or pelvic floor, exercises for various reasons – especially to pregnant women and women who are newly postpartum. Why should you be doing these little “invisible exercises”? What exactly does doing Kegel exercises offer you? Plenty, as it happens!
Food sources of folic acid (folate)
Folic acid is the synthetic version of folate, an essential B vitamin that has been scientifically shown to reduce the chances of birth defects during pregnancy. Doctors recommend that all women who are trying to get pregnant take 400 mcg, to help prevent neural tube defects including spina bifida (Where part of the spinal cord is [...]
Fertility boosting foods
If you think that trying to conceive is about nothing more than having intercourse at the right time during the month, you could be wrong, and you could be losing out. Fertility – both male and female – is affected by a range of lifestyle and diet choices. Sometimes, eating the right foods, which can [...]
Diets to increase fertility
When we are trying to conceive a baby, we are hit with information about ovulation calendars and cervical mucus. It is also quite universally accepted that one should not drink too much alcohol, or smoke cigarettes while attempting to get pregnant, regardless of gender. But did you know that the right kind of diet can [...]
Foods that increase female fertility
Every woman who has been trying for a baby or just thinking about it knows that there are certain things you need to stop doing to increase your chances of a healthy pregnancy. Quitting smoking, reducing your alcohol intake to no more than two units a week, and taking it easy with the coffee are [...]
Increase fertility with foods
Stories about foods that increase fertility have been with us probably as long as mothers have been having children, but a study published in the November 2007 edition of the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology shows that many of them have a basis in fact.
Foods that Boost Fertility: What to Eat when Trying to Conceive
Nutrition is an extremely important part of our lives – it can make us a healthier person or it can slowly build a disease or disorder within body and one of these modern diseases is infertility. Proper choice of foods can definitely boost your fertility. Here are several advices about foods that will help raise [...]
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