Women who have poor nutrition may not ovulate every cycle, even though they may be having a bleed at the end of the cycle. It is very important to note the correlation between good nutrition and fertility.
Women with anorexia usually are not ovulating normally, even though they may be having menstrual bleedings every month. When they learn the Ovulation Method, they realize that they are not experiencing their fertile phase, nor very small quantities of mucus, nor a faint sensation of
wetness. These women must be helped to improve their diet and increase the amount of protein in their food, or they will not have normal cycles.
People at extremes of weight, either disproportianately thin or obese, have highly irregular cycles. Athletes on strenuous exercise programs and those on "crash" diets, also have very irregular cycles.
Aside from weight, nutrition has been shown to affect the regularity of cycles. Avoid "empty" calories, heavily refined foods that lack vitamins and minerals.
