Here at ThinkBaby we have long been suppporters of the idea that healthy living increases your chance of having a successful conception. However, the charity Foresight - who invest in research, advice and treatment for increasing people's chances of getting pregnant, of cutting down miscarriage rates, and of seeing healthy babies born at the end of it - have been preaching the healthy cause for decades!
Foresight believe that clearing out the body's toxins (both partners), for at least four months prior to trying for a baby, helps to ensure a more positive outcome.
Included in their advice, based on analysis of years of research carried out by them and medical bodies, is a series of key points regarding the origins of the food you are eating - it's colour coding helps make it an easy mantra for all would-be parents!
They advise you to think GREEN, and eat organic wherever possible. They cite amazing facts about the amount of nutrition lost during the process to refine grains and suggest you think BROWN when choosing your breads, rice etc. They suggest that you cut out all unneccessary and hazardous additives and look for food that hasn't been zinged-up to make it seem more appealing on the supermarket shelves. IE, they say go COLOUR-FREE! And finally, they give details of the importance of good quality drinking water ('Think TRANSPARENT'!), using a filter to remove the metals and chemicals from drinking water.
There is lots of great advice on the Foresight website as well as the chance to buy their guidebooks looking at the much wider issues around your lifestyle during pre-conception.
