Eat Your Way To Fertility

Yes, and I'll be honest about how much. Nothing you eat will override a blocked tube or a sperm issue. What diet does affect is ovulation, cycle regularity and egg quality, mostly through blood sugar and insulin. That's a real lever — and it's one of the very few in this whole process you get to pull yourself.

Almost certainly not. Unless you have coeliac disease or a diagnosed intolerance, there's no good evidence that cutting dairy, gluten or soy helps you conceive. Soy is the one I'm asked about most, and the fear largely traces back to a misreading of some very old animal studies — moderate whole-food soy is fine. What cutting things out reliably does is shrink the variety in your diet, which is the opposite of what fertility nutrition is about.

Folate, in an active form, ideally started a few months before you're trying. That one is genuinely well supported. After that the evidence gets much thinner than the marketing does, and I've read a lot of labels charging a lot of money for ingredients doing very little. If you want the whole checklist, the free guide walks through the six things I'd look for before you spend anything.

For couples under 35 with nothing else going on, around half conceive within six months and roughly 80% within a year. Age shifts that more than any other single factor. The number I'd actually hold onto: if you're under 35 and it's been twelve months, or over 35 and it's been six, that's the point to get investigated rather than keep waiting.

Yes, and plenty of my readers are. Egg quality and metabolic health matter whichever route you're on — naturally, IUI or IVF. The book sits alongside your clinic's protocol rather than replacing any part of it, and there's nothing in it designed to conflict with treatment. If you're mid-cycle and unsure about something specific, check with your specialist.

It's flexibound — a hybrid between a paperback and a hardcover, so it lies flat on the bench while you cook. 248 pages, roughly 17 by 24 centimetres. ISBN 978-1-7637393-0-7.

Everywhere. I keep stock in Singapore and Australia, so orders in those two countries ship domestically — free, and fast. Singapore usually lands in 2–3 days via SingPost, Australia within 3–5 business days. Everywhere else is a flat $12 USD by courier from Singapore, usually under a week. No calculator, no nasty surprise at the last step.

Usually not. Most countries — including Australia, the US, the UK and New Zealand — don't charge duty on books. A few, notably the EU and Canada, may apply VAT or a handling fee on import. Those are set by your country rather than by me, and they'd be payable by you.