Acupuncture and Chinese medicine encourage using food as the first form of medicine. Food is how our bodies rebuild and heal itself on the other side of the coin it can also be the origin of disease. Paying attention to how many chemicals, low quality processed or fast foods vs. healthy vibrant, organic foods we consume can drastically alter the state of our health. Food can influence our hormones, organs, immune systems, brain, and numerous other functions essential to life and especially the creation of life.
Foods that benefit fertility and pregnancy tend to be seeds, nuts, bee pollen- foods that are the reproductive parts of plants, also foods that in eastern food therapy nourish the "blood" like seaweed, bone broth, blackstrap molasses etc. The "blood" in Chinese medicine not only encompasses the erythrocytes or red blood cells but all fluids in the body including hormones, lymph, saliva, cervical mucus, synovial fluid, breast milk to name a few.
Add the following foods to your diet and they are best if cooked in a stew or soup, cooked or eaten warm as those preparation methods make them easier to digest and keep the abdominal temperature cooling.
black beans
quinoa/amaranth
black sesame seed
bone marrow/broth, organic
liver/pate, organic
chicken
almonds
ghee (clarified butter)
raspberries
strawberries
nuts/seeds
dark green vegetables
seaweed
royal jelly/bee pollen
blackstrap molasses
ginger
Foods to avoid when trying to get pregnant:
alcohol
coffee
tabacco
pungent spices (like cardamom, coriander etc)
cold food
raw food
Gluten
Overly processed foods
Dairy except organic butter and organic ghee
Food choices can hurt or help your fertility