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Nutrition

Food and liquids are the body's primary source of energy and plays a huge part in your overall health. Ovia has several healthy recipes, tips, and tested recommendations for nutritional changes people can try. This also includes how nutrition may impact fertility, and foods to strengthen the body through certain health conditions, like getting pregnant.

A person looking out a window and wondering how to manage depression

Health and wellness | Mental health

Managing depression in everyday life: Helpful routines

Woman stands in the kitchen preparing some food

Disordered eating and fertility: Questions to ask yourself

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Male fertility

Nutrition to boost male fertility

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Healthy snack food alternatives

Image of a pile of prenatal vitamins.

Reproductive health

Do you really need to start taking prenatal vitamins before conception?

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Reproductive health

Foods to fix iron-deficiency anemia

A person holding prenatal supplements in their hand.

Health and wellness

What to look for in a prenatal supplement

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Pregnancy loss

Why might miscarriages happen: Common causes

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Pregnancy loss

Can I conceive after an ectopic pregnancy?

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9 nutrition tips when trying to conceive

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Health and wellness

Why do you keep hearing about “toxins”?

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Preconception health

Alternative therapies for fertility

A person talking to their male partner about fertility.

Trying to conceive (TTC) | Male fertility

Talking to a male partner about his fertility

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Proper hydration and fertility

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Reproductive health

Preparing your body for pregnancy

A vegetarian soup.

How fertility and vegetarian diets work

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Trying to conceive (TTC)

The ABCs of TTC: The acronyms you need to know when trying to conceive

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Preconception planning

Lights, camera, conception! A pre-pregnancy checklist

A woman drinking water.

Fertility tips: The importance of water

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Fertility tips: Go organic

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Male fertility

Four nutrition tips to improve male fertility

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Should you be taking a prenatal vitamin when TTC?

A glass with a green drink that has many nutrients to help with fertility.

The most important nutrients to include in your preconception diet

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Trying to conceive (TTC)

Seven things to avoid while TTC

A woman looking at vitamins and other supplements that may help boost her fertility.

Trying to conceive (TTC)

Five herbal supplements used to boost fertility

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Health and wellness

Trying to conceive in a bigger body

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Trying to conceive (TTC)

Trying to conceive in a smaller body

A woman drinking tea while looking up information on her computer about herbal remedies for fertility during ovulation.

Can herbal remedies help me get pregnant?

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The 24 weirdest fertility myths

A person looking up early symptoms of pregnancy on the phone while laying on the couch.

Trying to conceive (TTC) | Pregnancy tests

Am I seeing signs of early pregnancy?

A person talking on the phone while using their laptop to represent stress when trying to conceive.

Health and wellness | Mental health

Am I too stressed to get pregnant?

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18 tips to get pregnant faster that actually work

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Lifestyle changes that may boost your fertility to improve your chances of conceiving

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Best herbs for fertility

A plate of food with different foods to eat to help with fertility.

Nine nutritious foods to help boost your fertility

A woman cutting up vegetables in the kitchen to represent eating healthy to help fertility.

Trying to conceive (TTC) | Preconception health

A healthy lifestyle today can lead to a healthy pregnancy tomorrow: what you can do now

A person using a spoon to eat from a bowl of oats and strawberries to represent foods to eat while trying to conceive.

Nutrition to promote fertility

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Preconception health

From superfoods to smoking: what can help and hurt your fertility

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Difficulty getting pregnant

Getting pregnant: How long should it take?

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Health and wellness

Understanding abs

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Health and wellness | Exercise and movement

Four common workout injuries and how to avoid them

A woman cutting up fruit for her PCOS diet.

Eating well with PCOS

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Health and wellness | Exercise and movement

The importance of strength training

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Investigating the 2,000 calorie diet

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Five “superfoods” that might not be so super

A person making healthy drink to represent tracking food and drink when trying to conceive.

How to use Ovia Fertility

Tracking your food and drink intake with Ovia

Coconuts and coconut oil.

Coconut oil: the (controversial) crowd-pleaser

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Fertility recipes: honey, lemon, and ginger tea

A plate of cranberry orange scones from the article recipe.

Fertility recipes: cranberry orange scones with whole wheat flour and Greek yogurt

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Health and wellness | Mental health

Managing depression in everyday life: Helpful routines

A person at the grocery store trying to pick what they're going to buy.

Wild vs. farmed fish: unraveling the truth

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Health and wellness | Exercise and movement

A beginner’s guide to exercise: starting at square one

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It’s not easy getting greens: Six ways to get more vegetables in your life

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Health and wellness | Exercise and movement

How to start an exercise routine – and stick with it

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Health and wellness

Helpful facts about migraines

How to use Ovia Fertility

Getting started with Ovia: Your quick start guide

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From food pyramids to “MyPlate”: USDA food guides and what they mean for you

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Health and wellness

Oils are awesome: From olive to argan, the best oils you didn’t realize

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So you’ve decided to give up dairy…

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Health and wellness

What’s the deal with gluten?

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Seafood and mercury levels: What you should know

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Good for you or good for nothing? What you should know about taking a multivitamin

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Six meals to boost your greens

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Health and wellness

Low-dose aspirin: What’s the deal?

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Reproductive health | Reproductive issues and conditions

Endometriosis

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Nutritious salad dressing options

Fish, nuts, and seeds to represent foods in a diet that contain omega 3 and 6.

Are you getting your omegas? 

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Go green: Six ways to work more greens into your diet

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The good, the bad, the misunderstood: What you need to know about fats

A plate of salad with avocado, pomegranate, and jicama salad with creamy avocado dressing.

Fertility recipes: avocado, pomegranate, and jicama salad with creamy avocado dressing

A person using the Ovia Fertility tracker on their cellphone device.

How to use Ovia Fertility

From cervical fluid to sleep: How tracking your body’s signs and symptoms can identify when you ovulate

Two plates of cauliflower rice with vegitables.

Fertility recipes: light cauliflower fried ‘rice’

Winter spinach salad in a bowl.

Fertility recipes: winter spinach salad with pomegranate, apple, and quinoa

A bowl of vegetarian lasagna with a spoon next to it, ready to eat.

Fertility recipes: vegetarian lasagna soup with zucchini and mushrooms

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Five vegetables for people who hate vegetables

Plate of tomato, basil, and garlic bruschetta from the article recipe.

Fertility recipes: classic tomato, basil, and garlic bruschetta

A tray of almond butter chocolate chip cookies.

Fertility recipes: almond butter chocolate chunk cookies

A bowl of curried carrot soup with garlic bread next to it.

Fertility recipes: curried carrot shorba

A plate of cucumber tomato salad.

Fertility recipes: cucumber salad with white wine vinaigrette

Chickpeas in a small container that can be a salad topping or eaten alone as a snack.

Fertility recipes: roasted chipotle, lime, and garlic chickpeas

A dish of zucchini tomato tian with three full tomatoes sitting next to it.

Fertility recipes: zucchini tomato tian with pine nuts

A healthy recipe of lamb, quinoa, and lentils, that can help boost fertility.

Health and wellness

Fertility recipes: Lamb koftas with date lentil quinoa and yogurt coconut creamed spinach

A kale salad made from a recipe, the salad is on a plate with a fork on it.

Fertility recipes: kale salad with pickled pumpkin, cilantro, and lime

A container of healthy truffle balls from the article's recipe.

Fertility recipes: avocado almond joy truffles

A red plate of sesame beef and stir fry.

Fertility recipes: sesame beef and vegetable stir fry with soy and ginger 

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Health and wellness | Exercise and movement

Five exercise myths busted

A bowl of lentils and kale with black rice and spices.

Fertility recipes: moroccan spiced lentils with kale and black rice 

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Increase fertility

Fertility recipes: gluten-free chocolate chip cookies

A blue bowl of roasted carrot soup.

Fertility recipes: garlicky roasted carrot soup

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Reproductive health | Menstruation

Can my diet help prevent PMS? Here are the details

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Fertility recipes: Crème brulee

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Reproductive health | Reproductive issues and conditions

Could I have PCOS?

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Health and wellness | Exercise and movement

How much exercise is too much?

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Trying to conceive (TTC) | Preconception health

What is anovulation?

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Reproductive health | Menstrual cycle health

Are my periods irregular?

Homemade chicken noodle soup made from a recipe.

Fertility recipes: chicken noodle soup

Pumpkin blueberry muffins in the oven.

Fertility recipes: pumpkin blueberry muffins

A mediterranean pasta made from a recipe

Fertility recipes: mediterranean pasta

A bowl of apple and pumpkin oatmeal.

Fertility recipes: apple and pumpkin oatmeal

Banana and berry oatmeal made from a recipe.

Fertility recipes: good, old fashioned, morning oatmeal

A plate of stir fry brussel sprouts with garlic.

Fertility recipes: stir fried garlic brussel sprouts

A bowl of Caramelized onion hummus.

Fertility recipes: caramelized onion hummus

A kale and cabbage salad with lemon.

Fertility recipes: kale and cabbage salad

A crock pot quinoa and veggie stew.

Fertility recipes: crock pot quinoa and veggie stew

A plate of chicken red Thai curry next to a drink.

Fertility recipes: chicken red Thai curry

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Health and wellness

Fertility recipes: simple and sweet potato burgers

A bowl of sweet potato soup with croutons made from this recipe.

Fertility recipes: sweet potato soup and cheese croutons

A bowl of butternut squash from this recipe with oranges next to the bowl on the table.

Fertility recipes: butternut squash barley risotto

Red plate with salmon and asparagus made from this salmon en papillote recipe.

Fertility recipes: salmon en papillote

A plate of roasted cauliflower salad next to a fork.

Fertility recipes: roasted cauliflower salad

Two cups of almond butter granola from a recipe.

Fertility recipes: almond butter granola

Two stuffed delicata squash on a plate from a recipe.

Fertility recipes: stuffed delicata squash

A mint, limeade mocktail in a clear glass with ice in it.

Fertility recipes: mint limeade mocktail

A plate of chocolate gingerbread brownies.

Fertility recipes: chocolate gingerbread brownies

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Reproductive health | Reproductive issues and conditions

PCOS

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Health and wellness

The meaning behind dark urine

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Reproductive health | Menstrual cycle health

Bloating: Helpful information and tips

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Health and wellness

Infrequent urination: What causes it and can it be avoided?

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Health and wellness

Increased thirst: Do you need to drink more water?

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Health and wellness

What really causes hiccups?

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Health and wellness

Hemorrhoids: What you should know

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Health and wellness

Smelling really good lately? Here’s why your body might be doing it

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Reproductive health | Reproductive issues and conditions

What is acid reflux?

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Health and wellness

Experiencing frequent infections? What your body might be trying to say

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Health and wellness

Fainting 101: Why does it happen?

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Health and wellness

The reasons behind excessive sweating

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Health and wellness

Cloudy or strong-smelling urine: Is it something to worry about?