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The podcast discusses the increasing incidence of infertility globally and the role of environmental toxins, poor nutrition, and lifestyle factors in contributing to this crisis. Dr. Mark Hyman and guest Kelly LeVeque explain how endocrine-disrupting chemicals, known as 'forever chemicals,' can negatively impact fertility and how individuals can reduce their exposure within days by making simple changes.
They emphasize the importance of preparing for pregnancy through a holistic approach, including optimizing nutrient status, addressing underlying health issues, and reducing oxidative stress. The episode highlights the vital role of men in fertility and the impact of lifestyle choices on sperm quality and epigenetics.
LeVeque provides insights on selecting a prenatal vitamin with proper forms of nutrients like methylfolate, choline, and iron, and addresses the issue of postpartum depletion and the need for continued nutritional support during breastfeeding.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Environmental toxins, known as 'forever chemicals,' can negatively impact fertility, but individuals can reduce exposure through simple lifestyle changes.
- Both men and women play a crucial role in fertility, and optimizing men's health and sperm quality through diet and lifestyle is essential.
- Preparing for pregnancy through a holistic approach, including optimizing nutrient status, addressing underlying health issues, and reducing oxidative stress, is vital.
- Selecting a high-quality prenatal vitamin with proper forms of nutrients like methylfolate, choline, and iron is crucial for fetal development.
- Postpartum depletion and nutritional support during breastfeeding are important considerations for maternal health and infant development.
- Epigenetics plays a significant role in fertility and offspring health, and lifestyle choices can influence the epigenetic marks passed on to children.
- Individuals have control over many factors that impact fertility through their diet, lifestyle, and environmental exposure choices.
- Addressing fertility holistically through functional medicine can help identify and treat underlying issues contributing to infertility.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “Historically, infertility has been considered a women's issue, even though men are 50% of the equation. Kelly and I talk about how men can optimize their health and sperm quality through diet and lifestyle.“ by Mark Hyman
- “So first and foremost, the supplement industry is not regulated. So you want to look for something that has third party testing. I think that that's really important. You want to guarantee that what you're taking is in your multivitamin or your prenatal.“ by Kelly Leveck
- “It's not to shame people into getting healthy, but it's important to understand that if you're going to have children and you don't want to have kids who are sick or who have add or autism, or who have allergies or autoimmunity or obesity or worse, you need to think about how to actually optimize your health before the baby's born and before you get pregnant and optimize your own health first.“ by Mark Hyman
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The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.
Dr. Mark Hyman
2/28/24
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Kelly LeVeque is a holistic nutritionist, celebrity health coach, the best-selling author of Body Love and Body Love Every Day, and most importantly, mom of three little boys. Kelly LeVeque is passionate about the science of human nutrition and is always guided by a practical and optimistic approach to wellness. Kelly helps clients improve their health, achieve goals, and develop sustainable habits to live a healthy and balanced life. Kelly is a regular contributor to numerous health, wellness, and lifestyle publications.
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In this episode we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
- Why we’re seeing an increasing incidence of infertility (4:45 / 3:02)
- Environmental toxins and ways to limit exposure (10:04 / 8:21)
- Men’s health and fertility (13:02 / 11:19)
- Optimizing sperm quality at every age (16:32 / 14:49)
- Selecting a prenatal with methylfolate, not folic acid (21:41 / 19:58)
- Preparing for pregnancy (25:20 / 21:22)
- Epigenetics and pregnancy (30:45 / 26:48)
- Assessing prenatal supplement quality (39:19 / 35:22)
- Nutrition status and postpartum depletion and depression (45:22 / 41:25)
- Focusing on what you have control over (49:23 / 45:26)
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