Rather than processed meals, choose whole foods. Look to our Mediterranean sisters to see the power of healthy foods in action. Their diet, which is high in nutritious grains and vegetables and low in processed meat, may help them avoid ovulatory problems. Only 17% of women who followed a traditional Mediterranean diet reported reproductive concerns, compared to 26% of women who ate fattier meats and more processed foods, according to a Spanish study of almost 2,000 women.

Do not forget to take your supplements.

Take a multivitamin with at least 400 micrograms of folic acid and 40 to 80 milligrammes of iron daily. Over eight years, women who took daily multivitamins containing 400 micrograms of folic acid were 40% less likely than those who didn’t to develop ovulatory infertility, according to Harvard research.

Mix things up on your plate. Too much of anything is never healthy for the body, no matter how virtuous your fertility diet plan appears to be. “You can be getting too much of something in your soil even though you’re eating fresh tomatoes every day of your life,” Krieger adds. Now is the moment to break your dietary ruts—we’re looking at you, mac ‘n’ cheese addicts—and diversify your fertility diet with dishes from all over the country, if not the planet. “The more variety you have, the more likely you are to be able to fill in any nutrient shortfalls,” Krieger adds.

Learn about the greatest diets for men’s fertility. It’s easy to forget that your man contributes 50% to the baby-making process. So, if his diet puts Hamburglar to shame, it’s time for a change. “I’m not suggesting treat your man like a child,” Krieger explains, “but if you prepare and dine at home together, help him make vegetables a priority on his plate,” Vitti recommends eating asparagus, sunflower seeds, and other zinc-rich foods to prevent testosterone from being converted to oestrogen. Your partner may also need to skip the cheese plate for increased male fertility: Dairy consumption has been associated with sperm motility and concentration issues. You might also urge him to take vitamins daily. Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, Zinc, and Lycopene are among the vitamins included in prenatal vitamins sold in his and her packets.