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Could having the occasional small bowl of ice cream lead to a midnight craving for pickles and ice cream? It's common knowledge that diet and exercise have profound effects on your health. Can they affect your ability to get pregnant, too? Until now, the answer to that question was a qualified "Maybe." Today, it's "Yes!" thanks to exciting findings from a landmark long-term study of female nurses. As described in The Fertility Diet, ten simple changes in diet and activity can have profound effects on fertility. You can increase your chances of getting pregnant with such simple strategies as: Avoiding trans fats Eating more beans, nuts, and other fertility-boosting plant protein Embracing whole grains such as oatmeal and barley Having a glass of whole milk or other full-fat dairy product every day (a small bowl of ice cream every now and then counts, too!) Staying away from sugared sodas The Nurses' Health Study exhaustively examined the effects of diet and other lifestyle changes on fertility among nearly 20,000 female nurses. It scrutinized everything from alcohol to vitamins. In plain language, two of the study's lead researchers translate its groundbreaking findings into changes you can put into practice today, setting the stage for a healthy pregnancy and forming the foundation for an eating strategy that will serve you well for the rest of your life. The Fertility Diet also offers a week's worth of meal plans and fifteen delicious recipes.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 20 reviews)

Not that informative by S. Deckert (WA)

1 Stars
November 02, 2009
People TTC would do better with Dr. Randine Lewis' book The Infertility Cure. Traditional Chinese Medicine has a lot more to offer people struggling with fertility issues than a book such as this promoting what people SHOULD be doing anyway - on their own accord. Eat a balanced, hormone free diet, lots of fresh veggies, lots of water, whole grains, all organic, of course. Sure people who eat a crap diet and then alter their diet to a more healthy one will conceive (without obvious issues) once the essential nutrientes are in place. Doesn't take a scientist. Gee, give up sodas? Give up fast food? Seriously, you shouldn't be TTC if you are eating that junk anyway. Dairy and wheat DO cause congestion according to TCM and are the very first things required for most females to give up to clear their systems. Calcium and the other vitamins and minerals from dairy and wheat can be gotten from so many other natural, vegan sources.

WONDERFUL! by Alice W. Davis (SC)

5 Stars
May 12, 2009
I have read MANY fertility books and this is by far the best, especially for those with PCOS. I took it to my last doctor's appt and she said if I follow this (without the whole milk part), then it's pretty much the same thing she is telling me to do to up my chances of conceiving. I recommend it highly!!!

Helped me and a friend get pregnant by K-Joy (San Diego, CA)

5 Stars
January 28, 2009
After trying for over 3 years to get pregnant and several unsuccessful fertility treatments including IVF, I followed the recommendations in this book and 2 months later we conceived naturally. I am the proud mother of a 5 day old healthy baby girl. In addition, I gave this book to a friend who was also struggling with fertility and she is now 10 weeks pregnant (about 3 months after following the diet). Both my friend and I had undetermined infertility causes and we are both over 35 years of age. This book is not hard to follow nor is it recommending anything radical that will make your life miserable. I can't say with 100% certainty that this diet got me fertile but I believe in my heart that it did. Infertility is such a painful emotional journey and people can get desperate to try most anything. This book is not some wacko diet which some reviewers have said is "harmful". I think that is a little dramatic, since it is pretty much following a healthy diet plan. Good luck to all the women struggling with infertility and don't lose hope!

Very informative book by Carla Fellmann (Staten Island, New York USA)

5 Stars
July 24, 2008
This book is very informative. It goes into great detail about the possible causes of ovulatory infertility and what you can do, naturally, to help get pregnant. I loved that it gives you the basic outline for what to do and then you can make the choices that are necessary to help you have a baby - and that all of it is based on a national study. I also like the fact that it gives you some daily meal plans and some recipes.

It Works! by M. Santana (Houston, TX USA)

5 Stars
July 16, 2008
This book is a result of a lot of study, and i can say that for me it worked really well. I followed the Fertility Diet as described in the book and now I am pregnant! And the best part is it was a natural process. No in vitro fertilization, no shots, no pain, nothing like that! I have some cists in my ovaries and doctors told me I would have to be treated in oder to have a baby, but they were wrong! The way we eat REALLY affects everything else. It is worth trying. I recomemnd it!

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