Coffee! This comforting drink that is consumed by habit, the morning coffee to start the day, the digestive coffee after the lunch restaurant… But is coffee good for your health? Is it compatible with a desire for pregnancy? At a time when we are used to controlling everything, it can sometimes be confusing not to have control over fertility. Women have gradually lost knowledge of their cycles and identification of ovulation. Modern food and beverages have an impact on women’s health in general and, of course, on their fertility. We are going to see today a few questions about fertility that are asked of women about drinks and especially about coffee.
Is Coffee Harmful to Female Fertility?
Coffee is an exciting one. It is a drink that changes the natural functioning of the body, which harms the absorption of many nutrients, does not promote quality sleep. Caffeine is a powerful excitement that stimulates the nervous system and therefore impacts the hormonal system. It would therefore be favourable, in case of desire for pregnancy, to limit its consumption of coffee and to switch to other drinks. We know that coffee is a drink that many people store and consume daily. It is a bit like a crutch that one takes to avoid feeling tired, to continue to work and manage one’s daily life despite exhaustion, to “digest” lunches a little too heavy… But this crutch is addictive and it is often difficult to stop drinking coffee. Flavour, fear of being tired, withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, digestive changes, feeling tired… However, there are ways to leave coffee serenely, sometimes gradually. Possible alternatives:
Coffee substitutes that have a roasted taste with a bitterness comes close to the flavor of coffee: based on lupin, chicory, barley, gland, fig etc…
Herbal teas: have you accompanied by a naturopath or herbalist who will advise you the plants that best suit you to support, clean, feed your body.
Water: ideally weakly mineralized.
Fresh vegetable juices extracted to remineralize and boost the body and avoid energy drinks.
Does Coffee Prevent Pregnancy?
Coffee, like any drink or food ingested, has an impact on the body in general. It is an acidifying drink that impacts the overall balance of the body, just like alcohol, tobacco, sodas or energy drinks. It is not recommended to drink coffee during conception and during pregnancy. If you want to become pregnant, try to feed your body with the most natural drinks and foods possible, fill it with energy and vitality and, if possible, drain and detoxify the body to increase its chances of conception. The goal is to have the best overall balance, promoting good fertility. Of course, it is important to adapt the advice to each person according to his or her terrain, temperament, feelings and habits and to move forward gradually. It is certain that the more we promote a natural environment, a diversified diet, healthy and rich in quality nutrients, appropriate hygiene of life, contact with nature, joy of life; the more favourable conditions are created for the general balance of the body, for the proper functioning of hormones and therefore for fertility.
Conversely, the more processed products are consumed that are poor in vitality and nutrients, the more sedentary, stressed and disconnected from nature, the less favourable conditions are created for design. It is also important to remember that it is not advisable to drink coffee during pregnancy. Indeed, caffeine is a substance that crosses the placental barrier. So take good habits as soon as possible and avoid daily coffee consumption before getting pregnant. The pre-conception period is a crucial moment and it is really helpful to look after your health at that time. A specialist naturopath can accompany you to clean and vitalize the body for a healthy pregnancy. Improving your pre-conception health aims to increase your chances of pregnancy, optimize fertility, live a fulfilling pregnancy and offer the best conditions for your future baby.
What is the Influence of Coffee on Fertility?
Since coffee is acidifying, it will impact the overall balance of the body by creating residual acidity that will give extra work to the reins to evacuate this acidity via the urine. In addition, coffee strongly influences the nervous system, it is an exciting that many consumers train because they feel more awake, less tired after consuming a cup of coffee. But as we eat coffee, we lose the feeling of fatigue and push the body to run out without receiving the body’s messages. So we will continue and exhaust ourselves little by little without realizing it. Caffeine blocks an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, causing this stimulating effect. It is not uncommon to see large consumers of coffee reach a very high stage of exhaustion and sometimes even burn-out. So, to avoid needlessly exhausting one’s body and keeping one’s vitality to have a baby, it is better to go for healthy drinks, full of vitality and energy. Several studies have also shown that excessive daily consumption of coffee can influence the hormonal system, including the production of estrogen, an important hormone in female cycles and female fertility. Since caffeine has an impact on blood circulation and heart rhythm, it is also suggested to limit its consumption in order to prevent miscarriage. In addition, if you tend to drink a lot of coffee, it will be interesting to drain the acidity created by coffee into your body before pregnancy. Whether you are trying to have a baby or not, for your full health, limit or suppress coffee consumption.
What is the Impact of Tea?
Tea is a drink rich in theine. Theine is a very similar substance to caffeine. Tea is a stimulant that will also have effects on the nervous system. In addition, tea, like coffee, is known to limit the absorption of certain nutrients, including iron. This is why it is interesting to limit its overall consumption of tea and to favor herbal infusions and herbal teas.
The herbal teas will be adapted to each to work specifically according to individual needs.
Mint for digestion, Mesh for nervous system, while Bruyère will be diuretic and nettle, mineralizing.
Get accompanied to make a combination of plants adapted to your own needs.
What Drink to Avoid When Trying to Conceive?
Removing coffee or tea overnight is often difficult and the period of service can sometimes be reasonable. I accompany you in personalized consultation to find the intermediate steps and appropriate solutions to reduce the removal of these drinks from your daily life and gently drain your body from these residual wastes. Go ahead and in stages:
Gradually reduce your daily consumption of caffeine.
Replace the coffee cups with natural substitutes: lupin, barley, fig, gland, chicory etc…
Replace tea cups with teas tailored to your needs
Changing the routine and rituals associated with coffee consumption
Create new habits and rituals with your teas and coffee substitutes for good health.
Of course, the consumption of soda, soft drinks and energy drinks will also be avoided.
Avoid sweet drinks as well as alcohol and prefer fresh vegetable juices for an aperitif!
Limit the consumption of industrial products to favour fresh and homemade products when possible for a high-vitamin diet:
Favor dairy products and test home-made vegetable milk instead of brick vegetable milk purchased at the store, Try to make your fresh vegetable juices instead of buying brick juices, Make your herbal aperitif drinks or make cocktails of vegetable juice, carbonated water, herbal teas and limit the consumption of alcoholic beverages, Drink low-grade, low-mineralized water that is free of chlorine and chemical residues.
Do your best, find the right balance, enjoy taste with healthy drinks and food.
What Foods Stimulate Ovulation?
To promote optimal functioning of your body and hormonal system, we will favour a diversified and as healthy diet as possible, with quality products, fresh, as little processed as possible.
The consumption of fresh fruits of good quality and full of vitality, dried or lyophilized fruits full of flavors, Seeds and oilseeds dried or soaked one night to activate them, Vegetables of all colors: in juice in the extractor, in salad, possibly some slightly steamed vegetables to complete your plate and for a balanced diet, algae, fermented lacto vegetables, olives, aromatic herbs, pesto, pollen, spirulina, barley or wheat grass, sprouted seeds, good fats…
Adopt a diversified, vegetal diet, as lively as possible with fresh, seasonal, quality products and take care of your emotions.
To Sum Up:
Reduce or eliminate the consumption of coffee and other acidifying drinks for pregnancy, Replace coffee with coffee-like substitutes, drink herbal teas, water, vegetable juices, Promote full health with a diet full of vitality and a diet rich in vitamin, Get accompanied to prepare your pregnancy, clean and remind your body, Take care of yourself and your health.