Welcome to Natural MD Radio, your place to hear the whole truth on health and medicine for women and children and get the tools you need to take back your health naturally starting now. I'm Dr. Aviva Rong. If it's taking longer than you thought it would to get pregnant, if you've been told you have a fertility problem,

or even if you have a ton of friends who have faced fertility challenges and you're thinking about getting pregnant down the road, you might be

freaking out a little or chances are even a lot. But please don't lose hope or

confidence in your body. There's a lot you can do to supercharge your fertility, whether you're still trying to conceive the old-fashioned way, or you've started on a fertility treatment journey, and the most powerful place to start is with the foods you eat. In fact, I recommend all women,

even if not planning to conceive for a year or more, follow an optimal fertility

diet as not only does it improve the likelihood of conception, but it improves overall

health for you and baby during pregnancy and beyond. While fertility is complex and every woman

has her own journey, there is hope and there are foods

and nutrients you can use to nourish your ovaries and your uterus, support

immunity, reduce inflammation and rebalance your hormones, all factors that can impact

fertility, conception, and prenatal health. I've worked with women who have been

trying to get pregnant for years, have tried everything, and finally, it was the simple but effective dietary

and nutrient shifts that I'm going to share with you that seemed to help them

conceive. There are even a few little avies and Aviva's out there in the world of children named after me by very happy parents.

I'm Dr. Aviva Rame. Welcome to episode 133 of Natural MD Radio.

There's a wealth of data that shows our diets can make a powerful contribution to getting

and staying pregnant.

And while there are many reasons for fertility challenges including PCOS, endometriosis, an ovulatory

infertility where you're not ovulating, and other causes, refining what you eat can have a profoundly positive impact on most root causes

of fertility problems.

Here's just a tiny sample of the 2,204 women or 39% of those who generally avoided fast food in their diet conceived within one month of when they began having unprotected sex,

while women who included fast foods in their diets four times a week had double the

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