These recipes are designed to contain a broad range of nutrients and fibre to support optimum fertility and gut health.  We now know the gut is hugely important to help manage inflammation in the body.  Studies have found that 70% of females with unexplained infertility have high levels of inflammation and oxidative stress in their bodies.  The biggest sources of these factors are poor diet and an imbalance in the gut microbiome.  Inflammation and oxidative stress can have a direct impact on egg quality, decreased progesterone and immune system dysregulation.   We need a healthy and balanced immune system to support implantation and pregnancy.   I have also made the recipes gluten free.  The reason for this is gluten can increase inflammation in susceptible individuals and the aim of these recipes is to help reduce inflammation and oxidative load on the body.  Occasional good quality sourdough is likely ok for some people but you want to be absolute sure that you don’t have any underlying auto immune conditions.   Endometriosis or hashimotos in particular can go undiagnosed and have a big impact on fertility.  You won’t feel deprived reducing gluten with my recipes, I promise!

You really do need to be organised to eat healthy and these recipes can be prepped in advance and enjoyed over a few days to save time.    Just be mindful these recipes are quite large files so save them somewhere you can find them.  Downloading large files multiple times can clog up your phone storage!