Consuming fruits is believed to help increase fertility. The vitamins and minerals they contain can enhance the chances of pregnancy.
The fertility condition of both men and women can be influenced by various factors. One of them is consuming healthy and nutrient-rich food. Consuming too much processed food containing trans fats or excessively sweet food can disrupt fertility. Vegetables and fruits are the types of food that need to be consumed because they are rich in vitamins and minerals. Some types of fruit even have beneficial content to improve fertility conditions. Tired of consuming fruits in their whole form? Parents can process them into various kinds of snacks. Don’t worry, there are several easy snack recipes that can be made at home.
1. Fruit Oat Porridge
One of the healthy fruit snack recipes for promil (pregnancy program) that can be tried is fruit oat porridge. As the name suggests, this recipe consists of oats and various types of fruit that are good for fertility, such as kiwi, strawberry, mango, and apple. Kiwi has a higher vitamin C content compared to oranges.
Vitamin C functions as an antioxidant to prevent free radicals that can affect fertility conditions. Meanwhile, strawberries have folic acid content that is good for maintaining ovarian function and health. In addition, strawberries contain antioxidants that are good for protecting sperm from free radicals.
Apples contain vitamin C which is good for improving sperm quality, and mangoes contain folic acid and vitamin B6 which are good for regulating the menstrual cycle.
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Ingredients:
5 tablespoons of oatmeal
Honey (to taste)
200 ml of hot or warm water
½ kiwi ½ strawberry
½ mango
½ apple
Instructions:
Cut the fruits into smaller pieces, set aside.
Put 5 tablespoons of oatmeal into a bowl.
Add hot or warm water into the bowl containing the oatmeal. Stir until evenly mixed.
Then add honey to taste.
Add the fruit pieces on top of the prepared oatmeal porridge. The oatmeal porridge is ready to be served.
2. Tropical Green Smoothie
The following recipe is no less healthy and good for fertility. Consisting of spinach, apple, and honey pineapple, the tropical green smoothie snack is good for parents undergoing a fertility program.
Ingredients prepared:
10 grams of raw spinach leaves
1 Malang apple
25 grams of honey pineapple
2 cucumbers
Chia seeds as needed
Enough water
How to make:
Chop the fruits and vegetables to be processed and then wash until clean.
Put the chopped fruits and vegetables that have been cleaned into a blender.
Add enough water. Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Pour the smoothie into a bowl, add chia seeds on top.
The tropical green smoothie is ready to be served.
3. Wonderful Smoothie
As the name suggests, the wonderful smoothie is a healthy snack made from a mixture of fruits that are good for the fertility program of parents.
Ingredients prepared:
½ dragon fruit
1 banana
1 apple Enough pineapple
1 leaf of raw kale
Enough water
Chia seeds as needed
How to make:
Wash all fruits and vegetables.
Cut the fruits and vegetables Put dragon fruit, pineapple, apple, and kale into a blender. Then add water.
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Pour the smoothie into a bowl.
Add banana and chia seeds on top of the smoothie as a topping.
The wonderful smoothie is ready to be served. Well, parents, those are the healthy snack recipes made from a mixture of fruits and vegetables for the fertility program. Good luck, and may the fertility program you are undertaking run smoothly.
This article has been medically reviewed by Dr. Chitra Fatimah.
