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Low-Carb Diet Improves In Vitro Fertilization

2/3/2014

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"NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Reducing carbohydrates and boosting protein intake can significantly improve a woman's chance of conception and birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a new study.

The effect is "at the egg level," said lead investigator Jeffrey Russell, MD, from the Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Newark. He presented the findings here at American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 61st Annual Clinical Meeting.

Carbohydrate-loaded diets create a hostile oocyte environment even before conception or implantation, he explained.

"Eggs and embryos are not going to do well in a high-glucose environment." By lowering carbs and increasing protein, "you're bathing your egg in good, healthy, nutritious supplements," he said."

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How to feel hopeful even when you see other pregnant women

2/3/2014

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"Why is it that when you choose what car you are going to buy you suddenly see more of them on the road?  When I was training as a hypnotherapist our trainer used to do a group hypnosis session at the end of the day to help cement the learning etc. and he used to have some fun by priming us to be surprised at how many minis we saw on our journey home.  This always surprised me at how it worked!  I used to get the tube home but even in my short walk to the station at either end of the journey I was suddenly aware of mini’s in the traffic when usually I probably wouldn’t have been aware of the traffic particularly".
Russell Davis', Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Full Article Here
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