Anna Wulff Nutrition

30/06/2025

30/06/2025

Amazing this study looked at the gut microbiota as a potential driver for PCOS.

30/06/2025

The Take Away message was: better follicular development and higher oocyte yield; no significant influence on fertilisation and blastocyst development; potential role in enhancing oocyte competence after vitrification, improving overall reproductive outcomes; very good profile of safety and tolerance

23/09/2024

September is PCOS awareness month! ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) can be a major driver for fertility issues. It’s a metabolic disorder, which affects at least 10 percent of women. PCOS is NEVER anyones fault, nothing you do causes it. So what’s the score with PCOS?

👉🏽 Raised androgen hormones (testosterone) can cause symptoms including acne around the jaw line and hair loss.
👉🏽 Irregular cycles and a lack of ovulation mean progesterone is not produced and oestrogen levels remain unopposed (raised).
👉🏽 Insulin resistance can cause weight gain, but you can have PCOS without extra weight.

PCOS patients are often advised to lose weight or eat less. This is unhelpful, because it’s very hard to lose weight with PCOS. This is because chronically raised insulin can cause our cells to become desensitised. Consequently they need higher levels of insulin in order to access body fat stores for energy. This means we can end up relying on carbs and snacks. Increased hunger, low energy and weight gain are symptoms of insulin resistance. You are not lazy or undisciplined!

What can you do to reduce insulin resistance:
💥 Strength/resistance training to build muscle
💥 Walking after meals, ideally for 20 minutes
💥 Avoid sugar and focus on whole grain carbs (no more than 1/4 portion of your plate)
💥 Include quality protein with every meal and snack (including breakfast)

Ultimately you need to address the source of the issue and optimise your individual metabolism. This is where I can support you.

⚡️ Gut health is key: watch out for symptoms like constipation, bloating, loose stools, diarrhoea or gastric reflux. Get in touch for a free 20 minutes discovery call to find out more.

23/04/2024

Ideally we get nutrients from the food we eat. In reality this doesn’t always work. If you can grow all your own produce on organic soil, which is left to rest every other year - absolutely, you can get your nutrients from food. For the rest of us, who shop predominantly in supermarkets, we need to face the fact that the produce we have access to, is nowhere near as nutrient dense, compared to the produce that our grandparents had access to in the 1950s to 1970s.

This is due to a number of factors, including
⚡️ Modern, intensive agricultural methods (the use of pesticides and chemicals)
⚡️Even organic produce has lost nutrient density, as soils are not left long enough to recover and monocultures leave soils depleted. .
⚡️ Over population means that food quality has suffered to facilitate quantity.
⚡️ Our western lifestyle involves consumption of many processed foods, which are low in nutrients.

The Organic Consumers Association published research on nutrient data from 1975 and 1997, noting a decline in vitamins and minerals from fresh vegetable produce. Iron has dropped by 37%, calcium has dropped by 27%, Vitamin C by 30%, Vitamin A by 21%. For example we’d have to eat eight oranges today, in order to get the same amount of Vitamin A that our grandparents got from eating a single orange.

Optimal vitamins and mineral status is key for fertility and pregnancy. And according to research, 90% of women trying for a baby, lack essential minerals and nutrients:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/05/trial-women-trying-for-baby-lack-essential-nutrients.

In my clinic nutrient levels can be determined via testing and supplements are individually tailored for clients.

Do get in touch with any questions.

22/04/2024

Ideally we get nutrients from the food we eat. In reality this doesn’t always work. If you can grow all your own produce on organic soil, which is left to rest every other year - absolutely, you can get your nutrients from food. For the rest of us, who shop predominantly in supermarkets, we need to face the fact that the produce we have access to, is nowhere near as nutrient dense, compared to the produce that our grandparents had access to in the 1950s to 1970s. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This is due to a number of factors, including
⚡️ Modern, intensive agricultural methods (the use of pesticides and chemicals)
⚡️Even organic produce has lost nutrient density, as soils are not left long enough to recover and monocultures leave soils depleted. .
⚡️ Over population means that food quality has suffered to facilitate quantity.
⚡️ Our western lifestyle involves consumption of many processed foods, which are low in nutrients.

The Organic Consumers Association published research on nutrient data from 1975 and 1997, noting a decline in vitamins and minerals from fresh vegetable produce. Iron has dropped by 37%, calcium has dropped by 27%, Vitamin C by 30%, Vitamin A by 21%. For example we’d have to eat eight oranges today, in order to get the same amount of Vitamin A that our grandparents got from eating a single orange.

Optimal vitamins and mineral status is key for fertility and pregnancy. And according to research, 90% of women trying for a baby, lack essential minerals and nutrients:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/05/trial-women-trying-for-baby-lack-essential-nutrients.

In my clinic nutrient levels can be determined via testing and supplements are individually tailored for clients.

Do get in touch with any questions.

08/04/2024

Today at approximately 7.50PM CET is a total solar eclipse. We won’t be able to see it in Europe, but energetically I believe it’s a powerful event and you might sense it too. The earth, moon and the sun will align perfectly, the moon will pass between earth and sun. Just imagining this excites me. Everyone’s interpretation is of course different, for me it signifies that something is coming to an end and a new beginning. Darkness and light, old and new, they belong together. For me it’s an invitation to shake off stuff/baggage I want to get rid of emotionally, realign, reset. Finding stability. I invite you to do the same, whatever struggle you are going through, today is a chance to move forward with lightness and positivity. I hope you are enjoying your day and feeling the strength radiated by the solar eclipse 🌝🌑🌎❤️

10/03/2024

08/03/2024

International Women’s Day​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Women should never be reduced to their ability to reproduce, but for those women who are experiencing fertility issues, we need to provide adequate support. We, as a society need to cultivate a culture that considers fertility awareness more openly, more naturally, more mainstream. With the ultimate goal to establish a more integrated model of women’s health care.

Women’s fertility struggles are never their own fault, never their mother’s fault. But we as a society are currently failing these women. It should be normal for girls and young women to talk openly about their cycles, about what’s happening or not happening - with girlfriends, parents, teachers and physicians. This could foster a generation of women who are able to understand their own cycles, interpret what their own bodies are trying to tell them. Currently fertility awareness becomes relevant only at the point when a woman needs help to get pregnant or help to avoid pregnancy. Positioning fertility awareness as an integral part of women’s healthcare, from an early age on could become a real game changer for women’s fertility journeys. It could also help pave the way for a smooth ride though menopause later in life.

So lets start the conversation now. If you feel that a chat about your cycles or any aspect of your fertility journey could help, don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.

05/03/2024

Choline is a relatively new kid on the block, in terms of research on nutrients. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Research on choline was established over the last 20 years, so there are still many health care professionals, who are unaware of it.

Why is choline important when TTC and during pregnancy?

👉🏽 Choline is a relative of the B Vitamins.
👉🏽 It’s similar to folate in its function.
👉🏽 It can foster normal brain development and help to prevent neural tube defects.

That’s why choline is critical very early in pregnancy.

But choline is also critical when you are TTC, it can:
⚡️improve egg and s***m health health,
⚡️improve ovarian function and
⚡️positively impact the percentage of antral follicles.

💥 Make sure your antenatal includes choline, plus boost your levels with dietary sources: egg yolks have high concentrations of choline. Do focus on organic eggs from free roaming hens.

💥 The recommended intake for pregnant women is 450mg of choline per day.

But two eggs (with the yolks!) only meet about half of a pregnant woman’s daily choline needs!

💥 Key factor: choline works in synergy with DHA to optimise fetal brain and eye development. Only animal foods combine these two nutrients packed together, top sources are egg yolks and seafood!

💥 You can get choline from vegetables, but you’d need close to 4 cups of broccoli OR 2 cups of beans OR 5.75 tbsp of peanut butter or 3.3 cups of tofu OR 2 cups of shiitake mushrooms (these are among the richest plant sources of choline) to match the choline content of a SINGLE egg yolk.

17/01/2024

Sent via ​​​​​​​​​Happy 2024! ​​​​​​​​​
January is in full swing, I can hear the word ‘detox’ everywhere!

Many are starting dietary eliminations - mostly cutting out alcohol or meat. Or they have started a specific diet (Keto or Paleo seem highly popular for weightloss, also fasting). Whist others have dug out the dusty gym kit and are working out on a daily basis with a newfound determination!

Yes, cutting out alcohol and quitting smoking is essential for fertility.

But, if you are on a fertility journey, I would recommend you reconsider any plans for a radical detox, random fasting, eliminating foods or rigorous exercise regimes.

Instead I would invite you to start the new year with the resolution to be kind to yourself. With a focus to have a positive dialogue with yourself and surround yourself with people who will be supportive of what you are going through.

Writing down one or two (minor!) things that you are grateful for, first thing when you wake up can help with maintaining a positive mindset through the day.

Fertility journeys can be tough and creating an environment for yourself that allows you to move through potential set backs is important.

I am not a counsellor, but I do provide a safe space for my clients emotions and I listen.

Making the right changes to your diet and lifestyle can increase your chances of conception. But changes need to be based on your individual health and not on dietary hacks that are currently trending.

Set up a free 20 minute Discovery Call via Zoom to find out more by mailing: annawulff1@icloud.com or get in touch with me via the Fertility Nutrition Centre UK on www.fertilitynutritioncentre.org.

25/05/2023

Selma‘s husband, Stephan Franz Sänger was also deported to Ausschwitz on 1st Oct 1944 and was murdered. There were tearful relatives present at the ceremony yesterday, that had flown in from the US, where Selma’s mother had managed to take refuge. It’s so important to be reminded of these horrors, especially the generations to come. . Growing up in Germany, where the is taught in depth at school, including a visit to a concentration camp, I am aware what happened. But to know that SS soldiers stomped up the very same stairs in our house, walked those same wooden floors, possible came into our flat - to deport and send innocent people to their death, does send shudders down my spine.