Eight foods to in­crease Fer­ti­lity in Women

2. Salmon

A pregnancy is in the cards for you? Then try salmon! Salmon is a cold-water fish that is rich in fatty acids and the­r­e­fore par­ti­cu­larly in the he­althy omega‑3 fatty acids. These have a po­si­tive ef­fect on the uterus and espe­ci­ally on the qua­lity of the cer­vical mucus. This is im­portant for the im­plan­ta­tion of the fer­ti­lised egg. Omega‑3 fatty acids also have a po­si­tive ef­fect on the mi­to­chon­dria in the egg cells: the cel­lular power plants are suf­fi­ci­ently sup­plied, which in turn be­ne­fits fer­ti­lity.

You can also sup­ple­ment the fatty acid DHA con­tained in salmon as soon as you get pregnant: it is vital for the ba­by’s brain to ma­ture.

You don’t like salmon? Then try ad­ding sar­dines or her­ring to your diet, or the ve­ge­table al­ter­na­tive in the form of lin­seed oil or ra­pe­seed oil.

4. Broc­coli

Broc­coli is a con­tro­ver­sial ve­ge­table: Children often don’t like the green cab­bage at all, but he­alth con­scious people swear by broc­coli. Rightly so — and if you have a de­sire to have children, you should con­sider ea­ting broc­coli from now on. Re­asons needed? The green flo­rets con­tain a lot of folic acid and thereby in­du­cing the pro­duc­tion of oes­trogen. And that in turn is vital for eggs and their im­plan­ta­tion in the uterus.

6. Len­tils

A study com­mis­sioned by the Na­tional He­alth In­sti­tute has found: There is a di­stinct con­nec­tion bet­ween iron de­fi­ci­ency and re­duced fer­ti­lity. You should the­r­e­fore have your iron le­vels che­cked by your doctor and act quickly if de­fi­ci­ency is dis­co­vered. Foods rich in iron in­clude len­tils, but also whole­meal pro­ducts and other pseudo-ce­reals such as quinoa or ama­ranth. And in ad­di­tion: Len­tils not only re­p­le­nish your iron stores, but also pro­vide your body with folic acid.

8. Monk’s pepper

Ad­mit­tedly: Monk’s pepper is not a common food you can buy in the su­per­market. Nevert­heless, “Agnus Castus”, as it is called in Latin, re­ally is an ab­so­lute cure. The herbal ex­tract sup­ports nor­ma­li­zing an ir­re­gular cycle. Espe­ci­ally when pro­lactin le­vels are ele­vated and you suffer a shor­tened cycle and ir­re­gular ovu­la­tion as a re­sult, you should try monk’s pepper. It comes in ta­blets and as a tinc­ture available phar­macies. But note that you have to take monk’s pepper re­gu­larly and over a pe­riod of at least two months be­fore its har­mo­ni­sing ef­fect be­comes no­table.