Success Rates of Nutritional Counseling for Fertility

Nutritional counseling is a method that can be used to improve fertility and can be applied both in women and men who experience fertility issues. The principles of nutritional counseling are to offer different nutrients that stimulate fertility and fix a few health problems that could be leading to infertility.

Nutritional Counseling for Fertility

Nutritional counseling can be used in numerous areas including fertility, and may have beneficial effects with no side effects. The diet has a major role in determining the overall health of a patient and may influence her fertility. A nutritional counselor will establish a suitable diet for each patient and determine what additional vitamins and minerals can be added to the patient’s diet, so that her chances of conceiving will increase.

Also, if the patient has a medical problem, the nutritional counseling can also help and use a few ingredients that are needed to cure the possible problems. For instance, if the patient is obese, this can influence fertility, so the diet will focus on reducing calories and introducing nutritional foods, so that the patient loses weight, while getting the essential nutrients that are needed for a healthy body and for fertility.

The diet recommended can be rich in proteins, vegetarian, light or liquid, depending on the main problem of the patient and the causes leading to the fertility problems.

Success Rates of Nutritional Counseling for Fertility

The success rates of nutritional counseling for fertility may depend greatly on several factors:

  • The present medical condition of the patient
  • The type of treatment administered
  • The age of the patient
  • The way the patient responds to the treatment
  • Whether the patient follows the guidelines of the nutritionist

However, patients may get good results after a few months of nutritional counseling and the treatment may help in:

  • Reducing obesity, which can be a factor affecting fertility
  • Regulating hormonal abnormalities
  • Giving essential minerals and vitamins such as Zinc, which can improve fertility
  • Eliminating stress, which may also influence fertility
  • Giving immune system support, which can influence fertility
  • Boosting libido, so that the patient increases the chances to conceive

Some patients can show great improvement and may be able to conceive within a few months after starting the nutritional counseling for fertility. Other patients may not show any signs of improvement and may need other methods. However, nutritional counseling can be used with other methods, as it causes no harm and no side effects.

Nutritional Counseling Combined with Other Methods

Nutritional counseling is often combined with other methods such as herbal medicine or other fertility treatments (i.e. hormonal therapy). Nutritional counseling can make the fertility treatment more effective by stimulating the body to respond to the treatment.

In some cases, the patient can only show improvement if the nutritional counseling is combined with another method.

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