Women's health, fertility,pregnancy nutrition, PCOS
Modern woman is under seige - equal rights often mean unequal expectations to be a full time mother and a full time executive to pay the mortgage. If our food had the nutrients it used to have we may have some chance of delivering. Modern high sugar, high caffienne, hi carb diets often leave us nutrient depleted prompting even the NHS to suggest we should eat more fruit and vegetables. Rising rates of infertility are just the tip of the diet and nutrition iceberg.
Fertility - a meter of poor eating habits
A woman or man's fertility is probably one of the best meters of overall health. It's nature's natural selection of the survival of the fittest.
The
BBC report 'one in seven couples now has trouble conceiving naturally, but Professor Bill Ledger from Sheffield University warned this could rise to one in three.'
Research shows that stress, weight, alcohol, smoking, caffiene, lack of fruit and vegetables, lack of omega 3 fatty acid DHA and EPA, lack of key vitamins, minerals and amino acids and toxic levels of heavy metals can all have a drastic effect on fertility levels.
The usual mainstream health solution is IVF treatment but despite the thousands of pounds of investment they often they fail to do anything about the health and quality of the egg and sperm.
They especially rarely do anything about the man's health and thus the health of his contribution to the meaning of life.
The hormones we are bombarded with via drugs, food and chemicals have also had a profound effect on our health.
According to the BBC
Endometriosis now affects more than 25% of all women and some experts suggest it could be even higher.
PCOS affects 10% of women, breast cancer affects over 10% (one in nine) of women, whilst despite our high consumption of milk oesteoporosis is now common: one in three women and one in 12 men in the UK develop
osteoporosis, a rate that's increasing by about ten per cent a year.
We can't even seem to get the diet and nutrition basics right - it's reported that over 14 million people in the UK are
constipated. This figure is probably frighteningly much higher considering a) most people are too embarrassed to mention it and b) many doctors consider it acceptable to go only once or twice a week.
A nutritionist is aiming for 3 poohs a day as an optimum. One for every meal occassion - one out for every one in (they'll often settle for two but no less than one a day)
Many of the uncomfortable symptoms of pregnancy that most women take for granted can be avoided with good pregnancy nutrition.
It's not unusual for clients to come to me with symptoms they have been suffering with unnecessarily with for years - I can often make vast improvements within a few months.
Some things like PCOS take a little longer.
With fertility it's best to make an appointment as soon as you decide you might want to have children. It's best to allow 3-6 months on a preconceptual program to ensure your baby's best start in life (that includes the men!)
Foods for Life London Clinic
Appointment for couple at Croydon clinic on Saturday morning £125 for one and half hour fertility appointment Tel: 08712884642
email: clinic(at)foodsforlife.co.uk