Pure fun fertility stuff: I keep hearing anecdotes about pistachios being good for fertility, if both partners eat them. (And not the disgusting red-dyed ones, please.) In fact, last time I accidentally became pregnant, MAN FERTILITY and I had just come off a pistachio binge.
Pistachios are actually really nutritious: 2 oz has more potassium than a banana, also has significant amounts of vitamin B6, thiamine, magnesium, phosphorous, and copper--all fertility boosters.
Also, check this out from VegParadise: Pistachios trees are dioecious in nature, meaning that the sex of some trees is male and some female, and that both are needed for complete pollination.
And: The Queen of Sheba was convinced that pistachios were a powerful aphrodisiac and ordered the pistachio harvest of the best trees grown in Assyria to be used for her and her royal guests only.
Look for a deep, green color for the freshest nuts. I like the soaked, sprouted, gently dehydrated (more nutritious, easier to digest) organic ones (pictured above) from Jigsaw Health.
Go nuts!
another "folk" food is royal jelly, the food of the queen bee -- I've heard a few (anecdotal) stories. Any thoughts?
ReplyDeleteYes, I *have* heard that. Royal jelly at the very least is full of micronutrients, and in Chinese medicine it's recommended for fertility, in that it makes the queen fertile...
ReplyDeletep.s. I was at the MacDowell Colony and insisted we go to a health food store for me to stock up before I started my residency--so when I got off the bus in KEENE, the nice person picking me up took me to a great HFS. Are you that place near the bus station by any chance?