{"id":367,"date":"2009-07-23T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/what-to-drink-when-trying-to-conceive-hint-water\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:16:32","slug":"what-to-drink-when-trying-to-conceive-hint-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/what-to-drink-when-trying-to-conceive-hint-water\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Drink When Trying to Conceive? (Hint: Water)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So, what should you drink when you\u2019re on a fertility diet?<\/p>\n

Because 70% of our bodies are made up of water and it\u2019s so good for our health, it\u2019s really important, especially when trying to conceive, that you drink plenty of clean, purified water\u2014I would say, almost exclusively.<\/p>\n

I emphasize \u201cpurified,\u201d because (very sadly) even bottled spring water can have crap in it (even PCPs<\/span>!). Yes, it\u2019s alarming, I know. Here\u2019s a quote from a recent article in Science News<\/a>: \u201c\u2026bottled water has been recalled due to contamination by arsenic, bromate<\/span>, cleaning compounds, mold and bacteria,\u201d subcommittee chairman Bart Stupak<\/span> (D-Mich.) noted.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t drink tap water either. Instead, go for bottled water that has gone through a process of \u201creverse osmosis\u201d or \u201cdistillation\u201d to purify it, or make sure you\u2019re using a really good filter over your tap water. Check EPA for guidelines and standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The other beverage that is good to consume as much as you want is herbal tea (no caffeine), although make sure the herb in question is not contra-indicated for fertility or pregnancy. (These are usually medicinal herbs like St. John\u2019s Wort and Echinacea<\/span>, which aren’t typically taken as teas.)<\/p>\n

Vegetable juice is also OK. If you\u2019re buying it at the supermarket, though, check labels to make sure there\u2019s nothing else in there. You\u2019d be surprised what gets added in!<\/p>\n

Also, stick with organic; you don\u2019t want chemicals and pesticides while trying to conceive. You get less bang for your nutritional buck if you drink vegetable juice from a bottle, even if it\u2019s been flash pasteurized, than if you made it yourself and drank it on the spot (always best), but it won\u2019t cause harm.<\/p>\n

What about fruit juice? you ask. Unless you water it down and drink less of it, the answer is No. Why? Because fruit juices tend to have too much concentrated levels of sugar. Better to eat the fruits whole.<\/p>\n

So that’s what I would stick to: purified water and herb tea. Drop everything else except for an occasional fresh veggie juice or shot of wheatgrass<\/span>. (Wheatgrass<\/span>, by the way, is said to clean the blood and help with cell regeneration. It\u2019s also a good source of chlorophyll and folic<\/span> acid.)<\/p>\n

What about all the other drinks out there? you ask. Drop them! I’ll get into this more in my next blog, but your body doesn<\/span>\u2019t need alcohol, coffee, caffeine, or any of those artificially-filled, processed beverages that populate supermarket shelves while you\u2019re trying to conceive. Your body needs purity, nourishment and health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, what should you drink when you\u2019re on a fertility diet? Because 70% of our bodies are made up of water and it\u2019s so good for our health, it\u2019s really important, especially when trying to conceive, that you drink plenty of clean, purified water\u2014I would say, almost exclusively. I emphasize \u201cpurified,\u201d because (very sadly) even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368,"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":[126,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-water","category-what-to-drink","entry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/resized_10-bottled-water.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/resized_10-bottled-water.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\/367","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=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertilekitchen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}