Eat:
- reduced calorie diets
- >25% Protein
- < 40% Carbs
- 34.42 ng/ml / 3442 IU vitamin D
- folic acid (0.57 nmol/g)
- vitamin B12
- Zinc
- selenium
- polyunsaturated fatty acid
- monounsaturated fat
- omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid / linoleic acid
- omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid
- vegetable oils
- low- pesticide residue produce
- ≥200 g of vegetables daily
- ≥2 pieces of fruit daily
- legumes
- whole grains (>52,4g/day / at least four slices of whole wheat bread daily or comparable servings of cereals)
- dairy
- ≥1 servings of fish weekly
- soy foods
- seafood
- 20 <BMI< 22.4
- exercise
- sleep 7 to 8 hours
Avoid:
- copper (>178.1 μg/dL)
- trans fatty acid / elaidic acid (EA)
- high-pesticide residue produce
- exercising 4 hours or more per week
- BMI>25
- snacks
- don’t sleep 6h or less
- don’t sleep 9 hours or more
Supporting studies:
- Dietary patterns and outcomes of assisted reproduction
- Replete vitamin D stores predict reproductive success following IVF
- Body mass index and short-term weight change in relation to treatment outcomes in women undergoing assisted reproduction
- Effects of Lifetime Exercise on the Outcome of In Vitro Fertilization
- IVF outcomes are associated with biomarkers of the homocysteine pathway in monofollicular fluid
- Does dietary protein and carbohydrate intake influence blastocyst development and pregnancy rates?
- Altered Preconception Fatty Acid Intake Is Associated with Improved Pregnancy Rates in Overweight and Obese Women Undertaking in Vitro Fertilisation.
- The effect of increasing obesity on the response to and outcome of assisted reproductive technology: a national study.
- How effective are weight-loss interventions for improving fertility in women and men who are overweight or obese? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence.
- The preconception diet is associated with the chance of ongoing pregnancy in women undergoing IVF/ICSI treatment
- The preconception Mediterranean dietary pattern in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment increases the chance of pregnancy
- Maternal whole grain intake and outcomes of in vitro fertilization.
- The association between fatty acid index and in vitro fertilization outcomes.
- Increased stem cell marker expressions during the peri-implantation period in the rat endometrium: constructive role of exogenous zinc and/or progesterone.
- Is a high serum copper concentration a risk factor for implantation failure?
- The more, the better? the impact of sleep on IVF outcomes
- Serum omega-3 fatty acids and treatment outcomes among women undergoing assisted reproduction
- X-Ray fluorescence imaging and other analyses identify selenium and GPX1 as important in female reproductive function
- Vitamin D Deficiency and Infertility: Insights From in vitro Fertilization Cycles
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