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12 Nutrition Rules for Increased Fertility

By CJ Johnson

In addition to keeping trans fats to a minimum and adding flaxseed oil, Shannon recommends living by 12 rules in order to increases chances of conception:

1. Eat plenty of whole plant foods such as beans, grains, vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits.
2. Get enough protein to meet your needs.
3. Chose healthful oils and fats. Avoid trans fats.
4. Substitute more nutritious ingredients instead of less nutritious ingredients in your recipes.
5. Eat more raw foods and cook other foods gently.
6. Eat a greater variety of foods.
7. Sharply limit your sugar intake.
8. Drink plenty of pure water instead of soft drinks and caffeinated beverages.
9. Make your meals tasty and simple.
10. Make good choices when you eat away from home.
11. Enlist your family's cooperation in preparing meals.
12. Use the 80/20 rule. Eat healthy 80 percent of the time. Don't try to be perfect, because you can't do it perfectly!

Traditional Chinese medicine states that yin and yang are a balancing system that represents health. These bipolar forces symbolize natural elements, and because of that, one force must be present in order for the other to exist. Even when the human body is at its pique health, the yin and the yang might not be harmonically balanced, because the relationship between the yin and the yang are in constant flux from the external and nternal environments.

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