How can men and women optimize their fertility?

While the specifics of you and your partner’s reproductive health will need to be determined by a fertility specialist, you can start making changes to your lifestyle to enhance fertility.

WOMEN
Women can do a number of things to optimize reproductive health:

• Get plenty of rest
• Exercise, but not excessively
• Reduce stress
• Maintain a healthy weight
• Maintain a healthy diet and stay hydrated at all times
• Eat organically and avoid certain foods and toxins
• Stop tobacco and drug use (even some medications and over-the-counter drugs)
• Limit alcohol and caffeine intake
• Take a multivitamin, particularly a prenatal vitamin for those planning for pregnancy

MEN
Men can do a number of things to optimize reproductive health:

• Avoid “wet heat” environments, such as hot tubs and saunas
• Get plenty of rest
• Exercise, but not excessively
• Reduce stress
• Keep a healthy weight
• Maintain a healthy diet and stay hydrated at all times
• Eat organically and avoid certain foods and toxins
• Stop tobacco and drug use (particularly marijuana and anabolic steroids)
• Reduce alcohol and caffeine use drastically
• Take vitamins, particularly a multivitamin and vitamin C

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