Not sure if this is right but I switched to decaf whilst pg and still now while I am bf. I find it tastes as good as real coffee (not instant though- proper coffee LOL)
Hi Mrsmac, thanks, I did actually buy some very nice organic decaf the other day and I'll try that this afternoon to replace my mid arvo coffee.
I suppose I'm not terribly confident I can handle life without coffee.
I work at home and it gives my day structure, pathetic ha?
Last time I gave up coffee I had to go through days of severe headaches, though I did drink more of it then. Thanks for the suggestion, sassba
YEP .. don't buy the low fat milk. That has been around for ages affecting fertility, milk effects fertility allready enough, it's fine when you FALL Pregnant as you need that calcium, but, while ttc you should really only have small amounts. Just drink normal milk!
Ill try find why milk isn't the best for ttc, and post here when I get time.
I cut coffee out a few months ago & only drink the odd cup of tea now but apparently you have to be careful with that as well (and cola drinks). I used to be addicted to coffee and went off it cold turkey. I did not get headaches or anything. It was incredibly hard to do as I kept having cravings for it.
I'm also trying to eliminate trans fats from my diet for the same reason but that's much harder than coffee as it's in so many things, and many companies don't list it on their products so you don't know it's in it.
The good news is that after cutting back majorly on caffeine and trans fats I fell pregnant very quickly (after many years of infertility). The baby did not stick so I will be doing my damndest to eliminate these things entirely from my diet now as I am thinking that my diet has been contributing to my problem for all these years.
Can't say I'd heard anything on low fat milk affecting fertility. I don't drink it these days but I used to religiously for years... perhaps that was an issue for me as well.
I agree! Transfat sounds like shocking stuff, definitely good to avoid for fertility & your heart. They did try to ban it in NYC recently and I think they tried to ban it in melbourne too. Hopefully manufacturers will be shamed into taking it out of their food soon.
I think I probably only consume them through the previously mentioned odd biscuit ie.tim tam or the like with my mid afternoon coffee. I don't really eat any other processed food so I'm probably ok. I cant think of anything else that might have it. We use butter instead of marg so thats ok.
Though Satya, you said that one serve can effect fertility?! I think I'll have to totally CUT tim tams out, thats for sure. Today is easter sunday so I think I'll have some chocolate but not too much.
I have stopped low fat dairy, I have full fat if I have to or naturally low fat cheeses like Quark & ricotta. I heard skim was ok, as it is literally skimmed not messed with so I use organic skim milk for coffee and muslie. My Dh had a cancer scare a few years ago so we have been very conscious of eating organic or biodynamic since. We are in a co-op, it's fantastic. We spend less on food these days and almost every single thing in our fridge and cupboard is organic!
Another thing....
A while back I heard an expert talking about dairy and cancer on Radio national. She claimed a link between conventional dairy and breast cancer because of pesticides and the interaction with your hormones ie. estrogen, her advice was when it comes to dairy GO ORGANIC!! I figure it's not a bad idea.
Well, that was a long rant, sorry. Now, if they'd just make organic and trans fat free tim tam I'd be pretty happy but I'll just have to cope.
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