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What is Infertility?

Infertility is the term used to describe a couple that is unable to become pregnant following two years of unprotected intercourse. When the cause of infertility is unknown, nutritional supplements can be beneficial and often prove to be an effective solution. Research shows that the probability of conception can be doubled just by taking natural, side effect-free nutritional supplements.

More and more scientists are of the optionion that the drastic decrease in sperm quality and an egg's inability to stay attached to the uterine cavity and grow, are caused by increased global pollution. Accumulation of toxic substances in the pelvic cavity impedes the egg from attaching to the uterus and prevents pregnancy.

The below-mentioned nutritional supplements often neutralize the toxic effect of pollution and enhance a woman's probability of becoming pregnant. Both women and men should take the recommended nutritional supplements for the duration of the pregnancy, primarily with the welfare of the baby in mind.

Which natural ingredients can have an effect on infertility?

Beta-carotene, calcium ascorbate, vitamins B3, B5, B6, D3, E, lutein and folic acid, grape seed extract, N-acetylcysteine, tocotrienols, zinc, selenium, magnesium and calcium. For further effect combine with medical acupuncture.

What effects do these ingredients have?

  • Increase and double the chance of pregnancy.
  • Reduce risks due to complications of pregnancy.
  • Reduce risk of fetus damage.
  • Improve sperm quality (example from 5 to 65 million IE in 3 months).

For the reader with a deeper interest:

How do these ingredients work?

  • Treat and prevent vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
  • Reduce oxidative stress in both women and men.
  • Reduce inflammation.
  • Chelate and neutralize toxic metals such as mercury, arsenic, chromium, cadmium and boron.
  • N-acetylcysteine excretes, among other things, chemical toxins such as bromobenzene, klorobenzene, iodobenzene napthalene; benzyl chloride transforms to mercapturic acid by congregation with cysteine.
  • Cysteine derived N-acetylcysteine prevents cellular oxidative damage via two mechanisms: primarily as an antioxidant which neutralizes non-peroxyl radicals and then as a subtract for GSH synthesis.

The information above is based on more than 12,000 articles published in scientific journals and which are available at MEDLINE, the world’s largest medical database. Below you will find a few of them listed:

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