How is a poor diet related to infertility?

How is a poor diet related to infertility?

Susan Silberstein & Marilyn Joyce (Health and Nutrition Educator & Heath Counselor) gives expert video advice on: How can a poor diet impact my mood?; How is a poor diet related to infertility?; What foods should I avoid if I want to eat a healthy diet? and more...

It is critical to eat wholesome food if you want to be pregnant. Several years ago I worked with a major programme that was looking at infertility in the young women who came into this clinic. They addressed every issue except for nutrition. Did any of these women get pregnant at the end of the programme? No! When I did my programme with them, I was invited to come in and do a one day programme with them on nutrition and lifestyle as it relates to wholesome eating and how that impacts the development of the foetus from the egg and sperm connecting. Everyone was upset because I was telling them they had to stop eating fast foods for a few months; I didn't say forever, but for a few months. I explained to them that what provides nutrition for a living entity is living foods; fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes (beans, peas, lentils, and split peas). Those are the foods that have nutrition in them that promote growth. Along with the amino acids, and essential fatty acids and complex carbohydrates, those are essential. Without that, you cannot support the growth of anything. We see that today with young people developing major illnesses early in life.