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allthingsgood:
Do they also have the same GDP and population to share the same resources as Nigeria

Although several factors affect can individual’s fertility, including age, weight, hormones, and nutrition, when trying to conceive, diet plays a crucial role in maintaining and boosting chances of getting pregnant.

According to studies, some foods can negatively impact reproductive health and should be avoided or minimised. Therefore, it is important to be mindful of your dietary choices to increase the chances of conception.

Without further ado, here are the foods you should avoid when trying to conceive.

Processed meats
Processed meats like sausages, hot dogs, bacon, and ham have been proven to affect the chance of pregnancy or fertilization rates in their partners.

These meats are often high in saturated fats, sodium, and preservatives like nitrates which lead to inflammation and impaired sperm quality and ovulation.

A study involving men who consumed processed meat found that lower sperm quality, count, and motility are linked to large consumption of processed meat.

So instead of processed meat opt for lean meats like chicken, turkey, and tofu.

Alcohol
When trying to conceive, it is advisable to avoid alcohol. Consumption of alcohol even light drinking can disrupt hormone levels and reduce fertility.

According to a study, heavy consumption of alcohol can lead to low sex drive, poor sexual performance, and low-quality sperm in men.

In women, ovulation, menstrual cycle, and reproductive hormones can be affected.

Also, alcohol has been linked to having a child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Due to the effects of alcohol during conception and childbirth, it is advisable to avoid it when trying to procreate.

Bakery products
Bakery products such as cookies, cakes, muffins, and pastries are the major sources of trans fat in the human diet.

Several studies have proven trans fat and saturated fat are associated with poorer fertility outcomes.

In a 2007 study, it was found that consumption of these bakery products can increase infertility and ovulatory disorder by 73%.


It might be hard to let go as they tend to be a go-to snack but you can start small. Start by minimising your consumption then slowly incorporate healthy carbs into your diet.

Healthy carbs include beans, avocados, fruits and nuts.

Sugar-sweetened drinks
When trying to conceive you need to minimize or cut off sugar-sweetened drinks including soda, beverages, and energy drinks.

Sugar-sweetened beverages, particularly sodas and energy drinks have the worst effect on fertility, compared to diet sodas and fruit juice.


Another study found that high consumption of sugary beverages was associated with a lower total number of mature and fertilized eggs among women during IVF.

Refined carbohydrates and sugar
Refined carbohydrates like bread, pasta, and white rice are some of the foods that should be minimised during conception.

Eating these foods has been linked to reduced fertility. However, regular consumption of refined carbohydrates is particularly associated with obesity.

Meanwhile, obesity has been associated with a higher incidence of infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and pregnancy complications.

So to enhance fertility, consider changing your diet to healthier, fertility-friendly options.

While it may seem like many foods are off-limits, some nutritious foods can boost your fertility.

Beremx:
#istandwithNLC

Nigerian workers deserve better pay

DataCrab:
Hello Nairalanders, I was trying to use USSD to recharge 100k airtime for myself to purchase 1TB 1 year data plan earlier this morning but i mistakenly omitted the second digit of the number (i put 9 instead of 8 😭) and the thing now is that the number is not mine. I've been calling the person since morning, phone rang for some time but has been switched off since. Please how can i go about recovering my money? UBA said they can't help me that I'll have to report to the network provider of the person and i don't know which network the person uses, i only know their phone number (the one i mistakenly recharged for)

Melagros:
COMRADES, tinubu is adopting IMF policies because he is clueless and apc has nothing to offer Nigerians at all

yesloaded:
Now a content creator

kafeii123:
Its either the CBN wants to indirectly stoke fire in the polity...or the improperly educated politicians' children that have been smuggled into the CBN's staffing are now beginning to show the stupidity in emefiele's cowardice throughout Buhari's tenure. The law the Legislative houses have passed are not senseless...they clearly stated the people who should pay the said levies, and it is businesses that really rely on and will be most benefited by a more secure Internet. The law can then be recommended to be amended so that other ministries that have to do with cybersecurity are carried along in its use.. e.g. NITDA... Nigerian Computer Society, Nigerian Mathematical Society, Nigerian Society Electrical/Computer Engineers etc. for funding activities that will help strengthen Nigeria's internet security architecture...so that our organisation's website stop being hacked high school children from China and Indonesia amongst others.

Leaving the whole thing to whoever becomes the NSA is too much power....which is not good. We will get there.

ManOfSon:
Sorry for the insult. But I'm trying always to understand why Nigerians (like the itiboribo that issued that insult) find it hard to hold their opinions on issues they know nothing about? I can't think of any other group that gleefully advertises their ignorance and lack of education every day for the world to see. They have no shame. They're also the loudest and most uncouth doing this while their equally ignorant friends clap and celebrate them.

BuyMeBanger:
Then that would've been that, this is our nation we're talking about here.

Umueme:
If this is really going to strengthen the naira and not just a wishful grope in the dark, then it's a welcome development

#MyOpinion

AceRoyal:
Don't they pay income tax?
Don't they pay tax on every bank transaction, etc?
What is the government giving in return for the multiple taxation of her citizens?
What will the government give in return for taxing IT professionals if this silly idea eventually comes to light?

So everyone that criticise this government is Ipob?
This shows how mentally myopic you are.

Damn!

EleventhWeirdo:
See this joke of an imp vomiting sh!!t. Do you have facts to counter the need for regulation or shut your empty brain up like that your fellow clown who has been put to his level. Didirin feeling funky. Only on Nairaland will you see f00ls self parading as intellectuals and senselessly jumping on mentions.

EleventhWeirdo:
A riffraff telling me to keep quiet? Only on Nairaland lol. So what's spectacular about the IT profession that it cannot be regulated, taxed, and brought under government's purview for inclusive governance and strategic pursuits? Don't they have a register that captures IT professionals in places like the UK, Europe for administrative and national security purposes? How do you prosecute hacking/cyber criminality if you don't have even have the particulars of computer professionals in the country? Can you use your akpu brain for once, Mr. ip0b?

Thundafireseun:

Google is still ur best friend….

Meanwhile lemme park here 1st

garfield1:
The state police being advocated here in Nigeria is where the state will have one single police for that state being controlled by the governor.itvis better each settlement get theirs to suit their own peculiarities

garfield1:
It is better the president alone uses them to witch hunt than for governors to do same.it will be too much for the citizenry to take.eveb the governors have some form of control over the police esp in elections but once they fail in securing their states,they blame it on lack of state policing...

In any case,what we need is community policing or the type of state police that exists in America where each town,settlement or city operates it's own police answerable to the town council led by a mayor and then the state have its own police and the federal have FBI.i think the east has something similar where each town esp anambra has its vigilante service that is answerable to each town union led by the king and the PG.the governor will have little or no control over them except in anambra vigilante service or bakassi boys.i think Nigeria should adopt that method

aikyg:
Waawu! She sounds really angry. However no matter how angry you are, you should not ascribe the the attack by a few individuals to the whole Hausa tribe.

lailo:
Bobrisky has been jailed.
Nobody screamed "we are being targeted".
It is not APC trying to take out people who worked for LP in last election.
I'm sure Bobrisky would have even worked for Tinubu.
No noise of victim mentality anywhere.
His own trybe's men president, EFCC chairman and court judge jailed him, all of them Yorubas.
The matter has no tribal insinuation.
But let the niggarr come from the yeast, all hell will be let loose. What a cursed tribe
Yoruba lagba........
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helinues:
Those they have hyped in the past, where are they today if not in the oblivion.

Whatever they touch much surely die

blamingthedevil:
Peter obi has a way of embarrassing the obedients, they will hype him to the heavens,

Call him intelligent and so on, but when it's time to show intelligence you get this embarrassment

LegendHero:
Let me ask you a question.

If Tinubu start erecting boreholes across the SE, will that make him win the SE in 2027?

LegendHero:
Let me ask you a question.

If Tinubu start erecting boreholes across the SE, will that make him win the SE in 2027?