Reduce your exposure to toxins to improve fertility - part 3

Submitted by mglenville on 31 May 2007 - 1:49am.

If you are decorating your home think about the different chemicals you might be exposed to. Since the 1960s all paints are lead-free, but if you are renovating an old house then you must be careful when scraping or burning off old paint. Take extra precautions, such as wearing a mask and have good ventilation or get a professional to do the job. Buy solvent-free paint to re-decorate. Also decorate at least three months before conception. Minimise the amount of other chemicals you use in your home (such as polish, bleach, detergents, air fresheners etc.).

In an ideal world, it would be better to have the house treatments done before you move in so that you are not living, breathing, eating and sleeping in a potentially toxic environment.

Do not have your home treated for woodworm while you are trying to conceive. If you need to have it treated, then wait for three months after the treatment to start trying. It was always thought that the chemicals used to treat the woodworm fall to safe levels after eight hours. But research in Germany has shown that house dust picks up the chemical and deposits it on food and kitchen surfaces. So you end up breathing and eating it.

Try not to use pesticides in your garden. If that is not possible then make sure you are not handling any pesticides yourself.

Avoid treating your pets with chemical flea sprays. Try the natural sprays which do not kill the fleas but repel them. If you have a pet with a chemical flea collar, then do not nuzzle the pet near to your face.

Also while you are trying to conceive minimise, where possible, your exposure to hair dyes and other chemicals which can be absorbed through the skin. You and your partner may be in a job that regularly exposes you to chemicals e.g. dry cleaners, hairdressers, nail salons and you will need to think about whether you can reduce the risk of exposure or whether you may have to change your occupation.

As inhabitants of an industrialised world we are being constantly bombarded by chemicals and it is not possible to control all of them but think about those which you can reduce or eliminate your exposure to.

For more information on women’s health see my website www.marilynglenville.com and ‘The Nutritional Health Handbook for Women’

Article written by Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD - Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine, a nutritionist, psychologist, author and broadcaster.

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Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine, a nutritionist, psychologist, author and broadcaster who obtained her doctorate from Cambridge University.

Dr Marilyn Glenville is the former Chair of the governing council for the British Association of Nutritional Therapists and former chair for Foresight the Association for the Promotion of Pre-conceptual Care. She is also a member of the Nutrition Society.

For over twenty years Dr Marilyn Glenville has studied and practised nutrition, both in the UK and in the USA, specialising in the natural approach to female hormone problems. She has had several papers published in scientific journals, frequently advises health professionals and often lectures at academic conferences held at The Medical Society and the Royal College of Physicians and The Royal College of Surgeons. She is also a popular international speaker. As a respected author on women's health care she gives regular talks on radio and has often appeared on television and in the press.

She is the author of eight internationally best selling books: including Natural Solutions to Infertility, Fat around the MIddle and The Nutritional Health Handbook for Women.

Dr Marilyn Glenville is a patron for The Daisy Network, a support group for premature menopause and is the editorial representative on the Food and Health Forum at the Royal Society of Medicine. With her special interest in the female hormone cycle Dr Glenville also works with women who are having menstrual problems including heavy periods, painful periods, irregular periods, pre-menstrual syndrome, fibroids, endometriosis etc. who would like to work on a nutritional approach to these problems.

Dr Glenville also helps couples who are having difficulty conceiving because of unexplained infertility, problems with the woman's cycle or problems with sperm count, motility etc.. She works with couples who are having recurrent miscarriages, small for dates or a problem with a previous pregnancy or who are preparing for IVF.

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