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Eating to conceive

“OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR SPERM HEALTH, AND THEREFORE HE SHOULD SUPPLEMENT WITH THESE.”

“Is your diet really as healthy as you think it is?” asks Nicqui Grant, a registered dietician with a special interest in fertility based in Gauteng. Chances are that if you eat a lot of take-aways, ready-made meals (which are loaded with additives, salt and sugar) or processed foods, your diet could do with a major overhaul.

“If the food you’re eating has a long list of ingredients on the label, you shouldn’t be eating it,” Nicqui cautions.

“Try eating things that just have

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