Building off the main food groups and healthy ways to approach each of them, we can next take a more detailed look at the key vitamins and minerals we should focus on when planning an ideal fertility diet. If you are eating a healthy, balanced diet as outlined in the food groups section above, you are likely already hitting many of these. That being said, it’s still extremely helpful to give each of these vitamins and minerals some extra attention to make sure you’ve identified your sources for them.
As discussed in my post on 10 Steps to Take Before TTC, most health and fertility experts also recommend supplementing your healthy diet with a prenatal vitamin. This will help ensure that any gaps in your diet are filled in order to meet the daily recommended amounts of each of these vitamins and minerals.
Just remember that a prenatal vitamin is not a replacement for a healthy diet and doesn’t magically give you the ability to go back to eating lots of unhealthy foods. It should be taken as a supplement to an already-healthy diet to ensure those daily minimums are being hit. If you’re wondering how in the world you would know how much you need of these vitamins and minerals each day, the American Pregnancy Association (APA) has a great resource for identifying daily recommended amounts.
If you’re looking for a prenatal vitamin that offers a great mix of nutrients, quality, and cost, check out Nature Made Prenatal Multivitamins. They cover the recommended daily amounts (with the exception of calcium, which you can make sure to get from your diet), comes highly rated, and provides great value for the cost. I will also be doing a separate post soon specifically on prenatal vitamins, so stay tuned!
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