Description
Week 1: Best kept secrets about fats and fertility
- The importance of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K)
- How cholesterol helps you produce hormones
- The problem with vegetable oils
- The link between fat deficiency and morning sickness
Week 2: Sugar, not such a sweet deal after all
- The many names of sugar, and the damage it causes
- How sugars and starches decrease fertility
- Hormonal dysregulation caused by excess sugar consumption
- The dangers of artificial sweeteners
- Best and worst options for your sweet tooth
Week 3: Basic techniques of proper food preparation
- The roles of adrenal and thyroid stress in infertility and miscarriage
- Important thyroid tests your doctor probably has never ordered for you
- How and why to soak grains, nuts and seeds
- The importance of proper hydration: water and electrolytes
- Selecting a high-quality water filter
Week 4: Boost fertility by decreasing inflammation
- How allergies cause inflammation in the body
- The importance of organic foods and grass-fed animals
- Foods that decrease inflammation and reduce oxidative stress
Week 5: Improving protein digestion and mineral absorption
- The importance of stomach acid to the digestion of protein and absorption of
minerals - How good digestive health safeguards sperm health
- Lifestyle factors that compromise digestion and absorption
- Decreasing the chances of reflux during pregnancy
Week 6: Gut reactions: how our intestinal microbiota affects us, generation after generation
- The importance of balanced gut microbiota
- Factors that deplete the health of our gut microbiota
- Probiotic foods that improve the health and diversity of our gut microbiota
Bonus material
- Cookbook
- Resource section
- How and why to avoid genetically modified foods and glyphosate
- Food templates
- Meal planning suggestions
- Nutrient-dense food chart
