{"id":264,"date":"2011-04-08T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/08\/fertility-diet-why-no-chamomile-tea\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:09:19","slug":"fertility-diet-why-no-chamomile-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/08\/fertility-diet-why-no-chamomile-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertility Diet: Why No Chamomile Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/tea.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/tea.jpg\" width=\"171\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 171px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 171\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A few have written in and asked why chamomile tea is &#8220;off&#8221; our fertility diet list, and what if they have it just sometimes. Here&#8217;s my answer:<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re not trying to conceive or are pregnant, chamomile has a lot of wonderful, positive qualities, such as aiding digestion, easing inflammation, alleviating menstrual cramps, and easing nerves. However, the reason it is on our \u201cno\u201d list is that it can potentially stimulate the uterus and cause miscarriage, and my rule is that if something can potentially get in the way of conceiving or carrying a baby to term, it should be eliminated (temporarily, at least).<\/p>\n<p>That being said, however, with chamomile in tea form, you generally need to be drinking a LOT of it\u2014every day, all day long\u2014to inspire possible negative effect. A cup of chamomile tea here and there is probably just fine. Use your judgment. Do avoid any stronger medicinal version of chamomile, however, such as concentrated chamomile oil.<\/p>\n<p>Something else to keep in mind: Every person reacts differently to various foods and substances. It\u2019s hard to know how you, specifically, might react to a particular item, such as chamomile. Your uterus may be very sensitive or not at all. Unfortunately they rarely conduct medical studies on herbs because it\u2019s not worth the cost (herbs are not regulated by FDA the way drugs are in the US). This is why we err on the side of caution with food choices while TTC and pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>photo by: http:\/\/www.ifood.tv\/blog\/learn-to-speak-the-language-of-tea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few have written in and asked why chamomile tea is &#8220;off&#8221; our fertility diet list, and what if they have it just sometimes. Here&#8217;s my answer: When you\u2019re not trying to conceive or are pregnant, chamomile has a lot of wonderful, positive qualities, such as aiding digestion, easing inflammation, alleviating menstrual cramps, and easing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chamomile-tea","category-fertility-telesummit","entry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/tea.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/tea.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"baileycom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/author\/baileycom\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}