FREE Mediterranean and Pro-Fertility Diet Handout for Patients.

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Course Description

There are thousands of studies on diet and human fertility. In this course we share the most important studies with you. You'll get an overview of the key studies on diet and fertility, and you'll walk away with all the resources you need to give your patients the best advice.
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Approved Continuing Education

This course has been pre-approved by the following regulators:

  • The College of Naturopaths of Ontario: This course has been approved for 5 Category A credits and 1.5 Pharmacology Credits. PLUS an additional 1 BONUS category A credit with bonus material (for a total of 7.5 Category A credits).

  • The Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists℠, the certifying board of the American Nutrition Association® (ANA®), designates this activity for a maximum of 6.5 continuing education credits for the Certified Nutrition Specialist®. This certification is valid until August 16th, 2024.

Course Objectives

This course provides a thorough review of the evidence in support of dietary patterns and nutritional factors that contribute to human fertility. This course focuses primarily on individuals with eggs and a uterus.

  • Support patients to optimize fertility outcomes in spontaneous conception and ART

  • Describe the recent research landscape regarding the relationship between diet and human fertility

  • Evaluate the quality of the scientific evidence on the relationship between diet and human fertility

  • Describe the role of individual macro- and micronutrients, dietary factors, and overall dietary patterns in human fertility

  • Make evidence-based nutritional recommendations to optimize an individual’s health through conception and pregnancy

  • Advise patients about specific foods related to fertility

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Pro-fertility Diet Handout - Free when you sign up for the course preview

  • 2

    BONUS: Recording of the May 14, 2022 Live session!

    • Video available! May 14, 2022 Live session

    • The research papers we covered in this session
  • 3

    LIVE SESSION Saturday May 14th, 3-4 PM EDT, 2022

    • Zoom link!
  • 4

    LIVE SESSION Thursday Dec 2, 8pm EST, 2021

    • Click here for the Zoom link for the live session!
  • 5

    Welcome!

  • 6

    Foundations in nutrition research for fertility

    • Video: Foundations in Nutrition Research and Fertility

    • Slides: Foundations in nutrition research for fertility

    • Video: Clinical Applications - Foundations in Nutrition Research and Fertility

    • Slides: Clinical Applications - Foundations in Nutrition Research and Fertility

  • 7

    The Big Picture: Dietary Patterns and Fertility

    • Video: Dietary Patterns and Fertility

    • Slides: Dietary Patterns and Fertility

    • Video: Clinical Applications - Dietary Patterns and Fertility

    • Slides: Clinical Applications - Dietary Patterns and Fertility

  • 8

    Macronutrients and Fertility

    • Video: Macronutrients and Fertility

    • Slides: Macronutrients and Fertility

    • Video: Clinical Applications - Macronutrients and Fertility

    • Slides: Clinical Applications - Macronutrients and Fertility

    • Glycemic Load of Sample Meal Plan

  • 9

    Micronutrients and Fertility

    • Video: Micronutrients and Fertility

    • Slides: Micronutrients and Fertility

    • Video: Clinical Applications Micronutrients and Fertility

    • Slides: Clinical Applications - Micronutrients and Fertility

  • 10

    Soy, Gluten, Dairy and so much more!

    • Video: Specific Foods and Fertility

    • Slides: Specific Foods and Fertility

  • 11

    Course References and Resources

    • List of Peer Reviewed References

  • 12

    Course Evaluation

    • Course Evaluation and Feedback

    • Final Quiz

    • Final Words

  • 13

    Chart Templates

    • Whole grains to support IVF outcomes and lining thickness

    • Soy Foods, IVF and live birth rates

  • 14

    Patient Handouts

    • Ten Page Diet Handout (for patients, blog posts, social media content)

What you will get:

With the purchase of this course, you will receive:

  • Access to this course for 1-year from the time of purchase

  • Access to periodic live sessions by the instructors with additional credits

  • Chart templates on whole grains and soy food intake with IVF

  • Downloadable slide deck for each module

  • Certificate of completion after full completion of the course within the 1 year period

  • Comprehensive list of course references

Instructors

Check out our team!

Bibiana Garcia-Bailo, PhD (she/her)

Dr. García-Bailo is an Associate Professor in the School of Nutrition, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences in Tempe, Arizona, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is also Director of Research and Development at Nutrigenomix Inc. She received her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Toronto. Dr. García-Bailo’s research expertise centers on nutritional genomics and genetic testing for personalized nutrition, and she has taught higher education courses in this and other nutrition topics, as well as delivered numerous presentations to academic, health professional and government audiences worldwide. Dr. García-Bailo has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts in high-impact journals, and she has also co-written several book chapters and received several awards for her research work, including the 2014 Canadian Nutrition Society PhD Dissertation Research Award and the 2012 American Society for Nutrition Nutritional Sciences Council Research Award.

Alan Vu, ND (he/him)

Alan Vu, ND is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, and a Clinical and Academic Adjunct Faculty Member at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine since 2006, where he supervises in the teaching clinic, lectures, and does small group teaching. Alan is also a member of the Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society (CFAS) and a professional member of Fertility Matters Canada. He (along with Zeynep) ran a research study in collaboration with Hannam Fertility Centre examining the impact of a diet and lifestyle educational program on the quality of life, weight and stress measures in this population, which has been presented as posters at the conferences of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and the CFAS. Alan has also presented at CFAS' Pre-Conference Nursing Symposium. In his private practice at Hannam Fertility Centre, Alan focuses on an evidence-based approach to diet and lifestyle as well as stress management techniques to help patients optimize their health and fertility. Alan loves practicing in an integrative care model to help patients better navigate what can be a challenging and confusing situation.

Zeynep Uraz, ND (she/her)

Zeynep Uraz, ND is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, and an Associate Professor at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine where she teaches Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Integrative Fertility Course. Her private practice is in an integrative setting on-site at Hannam Fertility Centre where she works with individuals and couples to support them with their family building goals. She leads the fertility-focus shift at the Robert Schad Naturopathic (teaching) Clinic. Zeynep has had a variety of speaking engagements on the topic of infertility including at the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society Annual Meeting, Institute of Women's Health and Integrative Medicine and the national conference for the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors. She has conducted research on the topic of diet and lifestyle in fertility, and has presented her research findings at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology and the Canadian Fertility Society and Andrology. She is a member of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, a professional member of Fertility Matters Canada. She has been the Chair of Canadian Infertility Awareness Week from 2017-19. When working with patients, Zeynep believes in using an evidence-based approach and works with each patient's goals and needs to provide personalized care.

Course Reviews

See what our course participants have to say!

5 star rating

Exceptional, high-quality CE for the Evidence-based Natur...

Liz Dalglish

I signed up for this course as I knew that the quality of content would be top notch! Bibiana's academic background working in nutrition research coupled wit...

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I signed up for this course as I knew that the quality of content would be top notch! Bibiana's academic background working in nutrition research coupled with Alan and Zeynep clinical fertility expertise provided a deeply insightful experience. I feel I have a MUCH better grasp on what to prescribe to patients trying to conceive, with specific recommendations that are backed by research that I wasn't aware of prior to taking the course. I would definitely recommend this course material to any practitioner who strives to provide the best quality of care to their fertility patients but doesn't have the time or energy to do the deep dive into PubMed that this topic deserves, because frankly it's not as simple as giving the Mediterranean diet to everyone. You will learn lots about soy, bran and cold cereal (LOL, take the course and you'll get my joke) plus different diet paradigms and a thorough review of key vitamins to support fertility. There was also an amazing live session where you could earn extra CE credits and ask Bibiana, Zeynep and Alan about course material that I would highly recommend people take advantage of for future courses. I am super happy with my experience overall and look forward to the next CE available from A to Z Fertility!

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5 star rating

Great research based information

Morgan Hedges

There was great background information as well as practical recommendations based on the current research on nutrition and fertility. I also liked that ther...

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There was great background information as well as practical recommendations based on the current research on nutrition and fertility. I also liked that there were practical suggestions for patients, and that there was some discussion of how some nutritional information may be translated to different ethnicities.

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Lead your patients with confidence

You'll walk away from this course ready to give your patients the best advice on diet. You'll feel confident knowing that you're giving them the best dietary guidelines to give them the best chance of success on their fertility journey.
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