Health Tips for Moms and Dads-to-be!
Thinking about starting a family? Complete nourishment is key in conception to prepare for the healthiest pregnancy possible. Prep your body with these essential nutrients!
For Moms-to-be
1. Increases Pregnancy Chances
Protein helps you to maintain an optimum body weight, one of the key determinants in maintaining normal hormones level crucial to:
- Increase implantation chance.
- Maintain production of healthy egg and sperm.
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Consume 65g protein or 2-3 servings of protein, daily.
2. Prevent Baby Defects
Not only B vitamins and folic acid helpful in increasing pregnancy chances, they are also helpful in:
- Improving the success rate of fertility treatment.
- Reducing risk of neural tube defects in the baby.
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Consume 400mcg of Folic Acid once you’re planning of starting a family.
3. Healthier Hormone Levels
Acting as an antioxidant, vitamin C helps reduce damage in your body due to free radicals and helps in promoting:
- Healthier ovary function.
- An optimum level of hormones that promotes healthy uterine thickening to prepare for pregnancy.
4. Improve Fertility
A study done among women showed that high intake of seafood and/or consumption of omega-3 fatty acids supplement helps to:
- Improve egg’s quality and ovulation rate.
- Improve fertility rate among women more than 35 years old.
5. Prepares for Fertilisation
Calcium plays a crucial role in the preconception stage as it:
- Triggers the embryo’s growth process.
- Creates a conducive environment for fertilisation.
6. Nourish the Body
A study done among women who have ovulation infertility showed that regular consumption of multivitamins and iron helps to:
- Reduce risk of failure in ovulation.1
- Promote healthy ovulation cycle.1
7. Healthier Cells for Healthier FUNCTIONS
Acting as antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and even anti-ageing properties, growing evidence showed that polyphenols are beneficial in improving ovarian function by:
- Promoting production of healthy and mature ovum.2
- Protecting the ovary and eggs against free radical damage.2
For Dads-to-be
1. Power Boost for Sperms
Well known for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, polyphenols help to:
- Increase sperm concentration.3
- Increase sperm motility.3
2. Increases Sperm Energy
Coenzyme Q10 boosts energy in sperm which consequently leads to:
- Increase in healthy sperm count.4,5
- Increase in sperm movement.4,5
3. Enhance Healthy Sperms
Needed in a small amount, zinc plays huge role in male’s fertility as it works to:
- Maintain healthy testosterone levels for healthy sperm production. 6
- Promote production of normal sperms.6
References:
1. Chavarro, J. E., Rich-Edwards, J. W., Rosner, B. A., & Willett, W. C. (2008). Use of multivitamins, intake of B vitamins, and risk of ovulatory infertility. Fertility and sterility, 89(3), 668–676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.089
2. Ochiai, Asako & Kuroda, Keiji. (2019). Preconception resveratrol intake against infertility: Friend or foe?. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 19. 10.1002/rmb2.12303.
3. Adewoyin, M., Ibrahim, M., Roszaman, R., Isa, M., Alewi, N., Rafa, A., & Anuar, M. (2017). Male Infertility: The Effect of Natural Antioxidants and Phytocompounds on Seminal Oxidative Stress. Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 5(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases5010009
4. Sedigheh A., Reihane B., Akram G., Azadeh N., Antioxidant supplements and semen parameters: An evidence based review Int J Reprod Biomed (Yazd). 2016 Dec; 14(12): 729–736.
5. Safarinejad M.R., Safarinejad S., Shafiei N., Safarinejad S., Effects of the reduced form of coenzyme Q 10 (ubiquinol) on semen parameters in men with idiopathic infertility: a double-blind, placebo controlled, randomized study. J Urol. 2012;188:526–531.
6. Fallah, A., Mohammad-Hasani, A., & Colagar, A. H. (2018). Zinc is an Essential Element for Male Fertility: A Review of Zn Roles in Men’s Health, Germination, Sperm Quality, and Fertilization. Journal of reproduction & infertility, 19(2), 69–81.
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