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Can your diet and lifestyle improve fertility?
Our everyday habits have a powerful influence on our health - shaping everything from our energy levels and mood to our long-term wellbeing. But could those same lifestyle choices also affect fertility? We spoke with nutritionist Helena Barham-Coppola to explore how factors such as diet, exercise, and stress may influence your chances of conceiving, and what you can do to better support your reproductive health.
TikTok’s ‘nonnamaxxing’ trend explained: here’s how living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing
The key to better wellbeing is acting like an Italian grandmother, according to social media’s “nonnamaxxing” trend. Proponents of the trend say that adopting the lifestyle habits of an Italian nonna will help improve your health and mental wellbeing. The core principles of the trend are simple: make time for your friends and loved ones, eat foods grown from your own garden and cook hearty meals at home. This latest trend borrows from lifestyle medicine research which shows the same practices being advocated by nonnamaxxing enthusiasts can not only add years to your life, but add life to your years. So instead of jumping on the nonnamaxxing bandwagon until the next trend rolls around, here are some examples of how you can adopt these habits for life.
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