In this week's episode Tasha and Annie talk to Alison Hall, a nutritional therapist specialising in fertility and female health. Alison talks through the impact your diet can have on your fertility and what changes you can make. We also talk about fertility and aging and Tasha explains why she is changing to a new clinic. 

Alison mentions a few studies throughout the discussion, below are the links to the research she cites:

• National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2018): only a third of adults achieve 5/day fruit and vegetables: https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritioninthenews/new-reports/ndnsyears7and8.html?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=9d31f7f36a8b473aa33e71a7bc37915cc7b2403e-1591740661-0-AQpzRufAsqxXOordgxTBzuZzV_4PDLWOENjl_o329GlPFXveeaXYaG-882eBT8sDCmM7Dx214bDEkghH0EBDw8bcyVW2cjlhYf61y94KMvIEJIR9VyIp65pSaeDaY7r76_zeYEtWiXzDR7gJvae0fTb7C8T5XrEWaQwReCFUGjy5YoEz6uSvY5DVoLcu_65VJ6dSOzK2wQV_VZMu9sZO5nl7qbvUDQDmBR36jMK0H4Y13xv9NynJgWXAIJY_XX7tJOgIHRkiRJOYG1hh1C3bHjhJQ8TUl-uzOWSKD7njiyW82eD2PpCfXecKNn1q6FhzotreyAZwRGmVpqhfeE8fQ_qqaRMdX8zwxyzvBQlItfW4z4xAJLPvGhE-RJ9i1E3PwlneWR7W4kBIKqjCh82Z65E
• 1 study: associated with 40% increased chance of pregnancy on day 15 after embryo transfer: https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(09)04338-6/pdf
• In 1 study men who did not incorporate many aspects had approx. 2.6 times higher likelihood of having abnormal sperm concentration, total sperm count & motility cf those eating more in line with Mediterranean diet. (Karayiannis et al., 2017): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27994040/
• Multivitamin supplements may achieve higher pregnancy rates;  in 1 study 66.7% vs 39.3% with multi vitamin rather than folic acid alone, after 3 clomid cycles (Agrawal R et al. Reprod Biomed Online ): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22138521/

You can follow Alison on Instagram on: https://www.instagram.com/alisonhallnutrition/