Introduction to Nutrition Counseling
Fertility and Nutrition
Because medical research demonstrates a significant relationship between fertility and nutrition, the fertility doctors at Atlanta Center for Reproductive Medicine (ACRM) encourage patients to take advantage of opportunities for nutritional counseling and to optimize their nutrition to increase fertility. Focusing on fertility foods and a healthy fertility diet supports the body's capability to conceive and to maintain a successful pregnancy. For women with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome), weight loss and a healthy fertility diet can help reduce circulating insulin and restore reproductive function. Similarly, weight gain for underweight women can help restore fertility through nutritional support. Empowering patients to use nutrition to increase fertility is a key educational goal of nutritional counseling at Atlanta Center for Reproductive Medicine.
Paige Hall Espenship, RD
Atlanta Nutrition Counseling
With a broad background in nutrition counseling, Atlanta Licensed Dietitian Paige Hall Espenship, RD, earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Nutrition from Colorado State University and certification as Registered Dietitian from New York University, in NY, NY. Paige began her career in nutrition in May 2005 as a Registered Dietitian with Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA and as the Outpatient Nutrition Program Developer for the Emory Clinic, also in Atlanta, GA. Paige's focused interest in nutrition has taken her across the globe in researching other dietary issues in other cultures, including the study of Mediterranean Diet and Culture in Madrid, Spain, and Asian Diet and Culture in Thailand. Her experience also included work with the Cape Town Community Health Centers for Breastfeeding and HIV positive mothers in South Africa and the Vita Grant Research Project focusing on the Inner City Hispanic population in New York City. Paige holds licensure by the State of Georgia as a Licensed Dietitian.