》》WHY EAT EGGS? 🍳
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Eggs are an absolute stable in my house and I freely recommend them to most of my clients.
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One large egg will provide around 8g of protein, so 2-3 at breakfast gives you a decent protein boost to start the day. They are also like a little multivitamin with decent amounts of vitamins and minerals including vit A, D, E, choline, folate B12, iodine, phosphorus and selenium. They also are a source of omega 3.
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Eggs have gotten such a bad rep over the years for "increasingly cholesterol" but this simply isn't true. It is now estimated we only get 10% of our overall cholesterol from our diet. Most of it the body makes itself. Also low cholesterol is not necessarily a good thing, cholesterol is needed for memory, brain health and helps the body repair itself. Theres a potential link with chronically low fat diets and dementia!
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Also if you are someone who is using only egg whites and discarding the yolks....stop! The yolks have so much more nutrition. I recommend you stop counting calories and start counting nutrients! Your body will thank you!🙏
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The best eggs are pastured (ie the chickens roam around a paddock and eat a lot of insects, weeds, grass and other foraged food as opposed to grain). A much more natural diet and better for the chickens too! I get organic, pastured eggs from @helensbayorganic either at the farmshop on Friday between 10-4 or St George's Market on a Saturday! 🐓
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And finally, if you are eating porridge with fruit/syrup for breakfast, you aren't getting off to the best start to your day, but more on that later.... watch this space!
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It feels like the trees only just got their leaves a few weeks ago, but here we are, almost a third of the way through Autumn already!🍁
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Fresh, seasonal foods typically have the highest nutrient density. Autumn is a time of abundance on the seasonal food calendar and has so much fertility/hormone supporting foods to offer.
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🍠Winter squash
Butternut, spaghetti, acorn….the variety of winter squashes and pumpkins are vast but they all share a few things in common…loaded with beta carotenes (a form of Vitamin A) which not only help you see in the dark, but also are super important for healthy sperm and egg formation. One serving of squash can seriously help you on your way to meeting your RDA of vitamin A!
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🍎 Apples
Bake ‘em, slice ‘em, stew ‘em, apples are a fantastic source of fibre which keeps you regular, meaning you are able to excrete old hormones like excess estrogen. Your liver will thank you for eating an apple (or a pear) a day. Also good source of vitamin c and quercetin which are radical scavenging antioxidants that may support egg and sperm health.
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🍄 Mushrooms
Even the humble button mushroom offers substantial benefits. Mushrooms are high in fertility boosting nutrients including folate, Vit D and selenium. The beta glucans in mushrooms are potent antioxidants and help fortify immune health which can lower inflammation.  
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🥬Cabbage
Contains indole-3-carbinol which helps with the metabolism of estrogen and Diindolylmethane (DIM) which has been shown to protect sperm and eggs from damage. A source of fat soluble vitamin E improves sperm count and motility as well as increases blood flow to the uterus to create a thicker uterline lining. Vit E also improves the quality of cervical mucus helping sperm survive to reach the egg.
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🎃Pumpkin seeds
Think of these as nature’s multivitamins. Loaded with zinc in particular, a key mineral for sperm health.
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🍇Blackberries
Jam packed with foliate, vit c and antioxidants which help protect against cell damage and fetus development.
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What other seasonal foods would you add to this list?
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》》HOW IS YOUR METABOLISM?
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So which one out of your friends are you...are you the one who always wears the most layers and still complains its baltic even when its not? Or the one who can't lose weight or gain muscle at the gym but your gym buddies are knocking it out of the park, doing only half the work? Or are you the one whose fingers turn those funky colours when the temperatures drop? Or maybe you are the one shedding like crazy and panicking you'll be bald by Christmas!💔
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If any of these sound familiar and if you've got ongoing period/pms, energy or sleep issues then chances are you've got low metabolism.
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Metabolism in a nutshell means how effective your cells are at making energy or ATP and for a lot of us ladies who are chronically stressed, undernourished and lacking in quality sleep, we have key signs of low metabolism.
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A lot of doctors are sadly only trained to look at a select few blood tests and low metabolism or underactive thyroid can often go misdiagnosed.
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As a fertile woman you should feel generally warm and energised, have a regular cycle without debilitating pms, cramps or heavy flow and have a good head of hair on your shoulders. If you don't, then maybe its time to take a closer look at what's going on.
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Want to regain your glow? Drop me a PM or book a free mini consultation call via my website (link in bio).
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