Increase The Size of Your 'Team'
New Year, new start, new member of the ‘family soccer team’…! If this is a priority for you this year then you’ll need to shape up…and fast! 72 days before you even attempt to conceive, you need to ensure that both partners are in optimal health. This will ensure that the sperm (which has a 72 day life cycle) fertilising the ovum will be a healthy, viable specimen for making the best babies possible.
Although all the vitamins and minerals are important and eating a natural, varied, whole food diet will be essential to your health, there a few stand out nutrients for reproductive health.
The zinc link
Zinc is an extremely common deficiency in the Western world. Vital for the development and functioning of the hormonal and reproductive systems of both sexes, it is also a key player in immune function and it’s needed to keep mother and baby protected. A zinc deficiency during pregnancy may worsen the baby blues and contribute to problems with breastfeeding. Radiance® Zinc OptiSorb caters for your needs with a convenient, easily absorbable form of zinc.
Hormonal harmony
If hormonal imbalance is affecting your chances of conception, Nature’s® Way Femaprin® is a high quality, standardised herbal product that may help you to naturally regain balance in your menstrual cycle. Femaprin® contains Vitex – a herb that may support the normal production of progesterone. This hormone helps your menstrual cycle tick over like clockwork and also helps maintain a full-term healthy pregnancy.
Detox with ease
Excess hormones are processed and sent packing by that busy organ – the liver. Often over-taxed by a surplus of oestrogen, the liver becomes overburdened and can’t detox effectively. Becoming pregnant under these conditions may be difficult. Radiance® DIM® may help your liver to metabolise oestrogen smoothly so that you feel balanced and ready to conceive.
Build ‘em up for the team
Due to depleted soils and modern methods of farming and food production, our diets are far from what they used to be 50 years ago. Topping up with Radiance® Multi For Men (preconception for Dads to be) and Multi For Pregnancy before, during and after pregnancy (for Mums to be) will be the perfect complement to your wholesome diet.
Protein is the building block of life for both mother and baby, so a pregnant woman’s intake needs to be frequent and regular. Daily power-shakes made with Pharmasports 100% Whey Protein, taken preconception, are the perfect way to ensure that your body is in optimal working order for making babies.
If you’re thinking of increasing the size of your family team this year, then do so with ease by giving yourself the nutrition and support that you require to gain optimal fertility. Nature’s Way®, Radiance® and Pharmasports are here to help!