Good News, Chocolate Lovers: Your Favourite Treat is Fertility-Friendly

National Chocolate Day is Oct 28

  Why Chocolate is Fertility-Friendly   (+3 Recipes You’ll Want to Try) Adapted from original post: August 18, 2018 by Elizabeth Cherevaty With all this holiday chocolate lying about, you may be wondering whether chocolate fits into a healthy fertility diet? The sweet news: YES, my Well Conceived Fertility Diet I’ve developed for my clients (reflecting dozens of published medical journals, thousands of hours in clinical practice and all the ways I personally nourished myself before naturally conceiving my healthy baby at 39)…includes chocolate! The not-so-sweet news: the SUGAR part of the chocolate needs to be given the boot! The health benefits of dark chocolate and raw cacao beans are due to the minerals and antioxidants these products contain. In fact, raw cocoa … Read More

Well Conceived Woman: Exclusive Invitation to Fertility-Focused Women’s Circles

I’m delighted to share with you this exclusive invitation to join me for my brand new upcoming series of online womens’ circles, Well Conceived Woman (TM).  These LIVE online sessions are available exclusively to students of my Well Conceived Fertility program. (Get Well Conceived Fertility on SALE for a limited time). These small group workshops are centred around our shared intention: Connecting with your healthiest, happiest, strongest Self as you journey into motherhood. By joining Well Conceived Woman you’ll take home: Calm – Calm feelings come from calming thoughts, and calming thoughts come from calming beliefs. This session offers you tools to become aware of self-talk and limiting beliefs that can bring you down, and strategies to reverse the dark, downward … Read More

Well Conceived Fertility Now Available As An Online Course

The wait is over! My Well-Conceived Fertility bundle is finally here! If we’ve been connected for a while, you’ll know that I’m passionate about helping hopeful parents conceive healthy, happy babies. What you may not know is that I’ve created a special online course to teach moms- and dads-in-the-making how to become their most fertile selves AND increase the inheritance of health they will pass on to their future child. It’s called Well Conceived Fertility, and I’m delighted to announce she’s HERE: fully refreshed, completely updated, and infused with all the love, wisdom and insight I’ve poured in to help you bring your dream baby home to your arms. In Well Conceived Fertility, I’ve designed a 6-step journey to help … Read More

5 Ways to Boost Egg Quality & IVF Success

IVF Success, Well Conceived, Guelph Naturopath, Fertility

There’s a lot riding on an IVF cycle. Although IVF is the most advanced modern medical approach to infertility – and a godsend for thousands of now-parents – on average (assuming no other interventions such as the ones we’re about to discuss here) each couple has just about a 30% chance of bringing home a baby, after 4 IVF cycles. With each cycle costing an average of $15,000 – not to mention the physical and emotional toll of going through fertility treatments – we definitely want to make it count. Egg quality issues are among the top reasons for IVF failure. In this blog, we’re going to explore 5 ways to enhance follicle and egg quality in advance of IVF … Read More

3 Lessons I’ve Learned About Fertility

Integrative Fertility Expert, Dr. Elizabeth Cherevaty

Looking back on when I first started working with people with infertility as a new naturopathic doctor, there were a few things I didn’t realize would become so relevant to my practice – and my clients’ success. Thank Goodness for Toxicology One: I didn’t realize how grateful I’d be for having (somewhat blindly) chosen Biomedical Toxicology as my major in undergrad. I really didn’t know what it was – only that it was at the U of G, sounded “biology-related”, and had co-op (which my mom encouraged me to go for so that I could put myself through school – it worked!). Thank goodness for toxicology, which taught me that the human body is capable of releasing almost any toxin … Read More

Male Fertility: What You Need to Know

Factors like sperm quality relate to the DNA your child will receive and affect miscarriage risk

Although infertility affects 1 in 6 couples worldwide, with male and female factors each accounting for 50% of a couple’s potential issues, many couples don’t realize just how relevant a future father’s health today is to their overall chances of successful pregnancy. The Most Important Fact about Sperm The most important fact you need to know about sperm is that it takes 100 days to make them. Why is this fact so mind-blowing? It means that in just a few month’s time, a man can make changes in his health that will significantly change his sperm quality. In fact, we’ve seen men have their sperm count and quality improve drastically within 6 months of individualized naturopathic care. I’ve even had a fertility specialist ask what I’d … Read More

5 Research-Proven Fertility Tips – Helping Couples Conceive

I was at a conference last week focused on the latest & greatest of integrative fertility care – including medical and naturopathic perspectives. Here in Ontario we’re fortunate to be home to some of the world’s leading fertility doctors, including reproductive endocrinologists, andrologists, naturopathic and integrative physicians. 1. Chart Smart It was really quite cool to hear one of Toronto’s leading fertility specialists encouraging women to go back to those low-tech basics and track their cycles. The body doesn’t lie and since you need to know exactly when in a given cycle you can conceive, good old BBT (Basal Body Temperature) Charting will do the trick. Using a regular oral thermometer from the drugstore, take your temperature first thing in the morning … Read More