Being healthy and living healthily is an important element of human happiness. Being able to raise healthy generations is an important element of the happiness of the society. Today, it is known that staying healthy and raising healthy generations is becoming more difficult day by day with the rapid change in eating habits. Our current knowledge shows us that this effort must begin in the prenatal period. Considering that health and unhealthy can be transmitted through generations, mothers and fathers should know that they can transmit health to their babies with the care they take for their own health, as well as their genetic characteristics.
What we eat and what kind of eating habits we have have a great impact on our reproductive health.
Life today. Our reproductive health is rapidly deteriorating with the increase in stress, change in eating habits, adulterated foods, the spread of western-style nutrition called "fast-food", abandonment of natural and traditional nutrition, air, water and food pollution, and the increase in harmful habits such as smoking and alcohol. The incidence of many diseases, especially infertility problems, unhealthy pregnancies, miscarriages, babies with anomalies, allergies and cancer, is increasing rapidly. We should stay away from alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine and adulterated foods and review our diet and focus on healthy foods.
First of all, cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, tea, artificial sweeteners and cola drinks should be avoided. Harmful substances such as nicotine and tar in cigarettes negatively affect the structure and speed of sperm in men. Smoking and alcohol use are the leading causes of male infertility.
According to research, the nicotine in cigarettes causes an increase in genetic abnormalities in the woman's ovaries, and in parallel with this situation, even early menopause may occur.
Women who smoke become pregnant. Their survival rates are lower than those of non-smokers, and the risk of doing so is higher. Intrauterine growth retardation and fetal deaths are observed in babies of women who smoke during pregnancy, due to impaired placental circulation, and low birth weight babies are also observed. man is born. It has been shown that these babies are at a higher risk of developing childhood cancers.
Similarly, it is known that nutrition with adulterated and unnatural foods before and during pregnancy and exposure to intense radiation, including mobile phones and computers, can negatively affect the fetus in the womb. .
Alcohol, like cigarettes, is a serious threat to reproductive health in both men and women. While it reduces sperm motility and number in men, the incidence of organ anomalies, especially heart diseases, increases in the babies of couples who consume alcohol. Women who use alcohol have a lower chance of becoming pregnant than women who do not.
Scientific studies have shown that caffeine in coffee and cola drinks reduces pregnancy rates, especially in women, increases the risk of miscarriage during pregnancy, and negatively affects the birth weight of babies.
As much as we pay attention to how healthy the foods we eat and drink daily are, we should also be conscious of which foods we should specifically consume while preparing for pregnancy. It has been conclusively proven that folic acid intake, starting at least 45 days before pregnancy and continuing throughout pregnancy, reduces the risk of neural tube defects in the fetus, which are characterized by faulty development of the cerebrospinal system. It is recommended that women planning pregnancy take at least 400 micrograms of folic acid per day. It should not be forgotten that folic acid, which is abundant in green leafy vegetables, hazelnuts, almonds and legumes, is very important for a healthy pregnancy. Today, an important problem that negatively affects our health is genetically modified foods. Genetically modified foods such as corn, soy, canola and cotton cause an increase in many diseases, especially infertility, allergies and cancer. Studies have shown that these products, defined as GMOs, can disrupt the immune system and cause allergies and many immunological system diseases. There are approximately 1600 genetically modified foods in today's world. These products are used as additives, especially corn and soy. It is included in many products, including baby foods, desserts, biscuits and crackers, and instant soups. Studies have shown that genes modified during the process of extending the life of food can produce poisonous proteins, and insects and birds that eat these proteins die. In addition, chickens and other animals that consume feed obtained from GMO seeds, and the meat and dairy products obtained from them, also threaten our health. It is not possible to completely avoid GMO products in today's conditions. However, we must gain awareness of healthy nutrition by not consuming foods that are out of season, not using frozen foods, turning to natural products, questioning the products we buy carefully and taking care to consume foods without additives. Considering that the majority of GMO products are imported products, our administrators should also be more concerned about public health. They must be sensitive and take steps to protect public health by carefully inspecting such products and preventing them from entering the country.
It is our duty to properly educate and raise awareness of all members of society, especially our children and young people, starting from the family, about healthy nutrition.
Being healthy, living healthily. Stay healthy and wish to raise healthy generations in every aspect.
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