At Parsley Health, we recommend taking a year to prepare your body to conceive. Our Founder and CEO Robin Berzin, MD, calls this a “fertility year." One of the best things you can do during this year is follow a fertility diet meal plan.
Diet directly impacts hormone and immune health, which in turn affect your fertility. Adhering to a healthy diet prior to becoming pregnant is also a great way to get into the habit of making healthy choices; once you are pregnant, what you eat will influence your baby’s development and future health.
Managing your blood sugar
High blood sugar levels during pregnancy can result in gestational diabetes, and will increase your baby’s susceptibility to developing diabetes later in life.
An easy way to keep your blood sugar in check is making sure that each of your meals and snacks include fat, fiber, healthy fats and protein. For example, you could begin your day with a breakfast of eggs (protein) with avocado (fat) and greens (fiber), and later snack on a green apple (fiber) with almond butter (protein and fat).