Want To Become a Mom Someday? You’ll Need These 5 Micronutrients First

If you’re a woman living in today’s crazy world, chances are you’re pushing yourself to the limit in a lot of ways that can affect your fertility. Maybe you’re burning the midnight oil at the office way too many nights in a row. Or maybe you’re signing up for intense workout classes and restricting calories so you can achieve that “bikini body” you’re dreaming of. Or perhaps you’re popping the birth control pill because your period was causing way too many problematic symptoms, and some medical professional assured you the pill was a cure (spoiler alert: it’s not).

While all these methods of survival seem part and parcel of modern womanhood, they all carry an unfortunate consequence: They compromise and undermine your chances of becoming pregnant.

Whether you’re actively trying to conceive or you’re just entertaining the thought of one day becoming a mom, you need to have all the information about what’s affecting your odds. And the reality is that stress, caffeine, extreme workouts, diets, and chemical exposure all deplete your body of the very micronutrients needed to make enough hormones and to maintain optimal fertility.

Idiopathic infertility is on the rise; that means more and more women are having trouble conceiving for no known single reason. In my opinion, the alarming rise in infertility is undeniably tied to the unprecedented amount of chemicals, pesticides, hormonally-disruptive medications and activities of our modern world. The only way to truly protect yourself against these unavoidable threats is to bolster your body with five micronutrients essential for optimal fertility and successful conception.

The 5 Micronutrients You Need For Optimal Fertility

If you’ve been unknowingly living a hormonally-unsupportive life, swilling coffee and stressing yourself out, don’t panic. Your brilliant, resilient body is absolutely capable of recovery. But it takes time, patience, and a commitment to an endocrine-nourishing diet and lifestyle. In addition to those critical components, supplementing with the right micronutrients is the best way to fast-track your fertility success and ensure quick, significant results that will directly impact your chance of conceiving. Here are the five must-have fertility-boosting micronutrients you need in your life now:

1. B6. Vitamin B6 is essential for the development of the corpus luteum, the group of cells  that’s produced in the ovary after the egg is released. The corpus luteum is responsible for making progesterone during the luteal phase of your cycle—and during the early stages of pregnancy. A deficiency in vitamin B6—and, hence, a deficiency in progesterone—will have a profound effect on your reproductive health.

The list of everyday habits and practices that deplete B6 is long: stress, , over-exercising, alcohol, and the pill, plenty of women are depleting their bodies of B6, and subsequently, progesterone. Supplementing a B-vitamin-rich diet (with foods like wild-caught fish, bananas, spinach, and grass-fed beef) will help ensure a healthy balance of progesterone.

2. Magnesium. Our bodies purge magnesium in times of stress because its a calm-inducer (this makes sense evolutionarily – if cavewomen were stressed, it was usually due to immediate threats to their lives. The body doesn’t want you to feel chilled out in a moment of life-threatening danger, so it gets rid of the relaxing mineral). Sugar and caffeine intake also deplete magnesium, which is essential for cortisol regulation, blood sugar balance, thyroid support, sleep, and — perhaps most importantly for fertility — hormone creation. Magnesium actually makes progesterone, estrogen and testosterone, so if you’re getting into perimenopause or just coming of the pill, your levels will be especially low and in need of replenishing.

3. D3. A staggering 93% of women dealing with infertility are deficient in vitamin D3, and women with higher vitamin D3 levels are four times more likely to conceive via IVF than women with low levels. That’s because a low concentration of vitamin D3 causes estrogen dominance, the primary cause of so many hormonal issues.

4. Probiotics. A healthy gut is essential for conception because a specific community of gut flora called the estrobolome produces an enzyme that supports the metabolization of estrogen. When you take medications, eat dairy, gluten, and foods covered in pesticides, you disrupt this hugely important bacterial balance and compromise your ability to eliminate excess estrogen that can significantly disrupt your reproductive ability.  

5. Zinc. Zinc deficiency is a very common issue for many women, and it can have a real negative impact on your natural hormonal balance. That’s because zinc helps to boost your testosterone production and it blocks the enzyme responsible for turning testosterone into estrogen (again, staving off the possibility of estrogen dominance, which is so widely responsible for endocrine dysfunction and subsequent fertility issues).

If you’re in desperate need of supplementing your diet with the essential micronutrients for optimized fertility, I’ve got you covered: All five of these fertility boosters are conveniently packaged in the FLO Living Balance Supplement Kit. Now that you have the knowledge, you just need the tools — this kit will help you recover faster and reclaim your reproductive health ASAP.

Love and ovaries,

Alisa

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