Nutritionist and fertility specialist Belinda Kirkpatrick joins our Ambassador Emma Sutherland to discuss male infertility, focusing in particular on sperm health.
Specialist reproductive health naturopath, Rhiannon Hardingham joins with our ambassador, Emma Sutherland, to discuss the beneficial role of conventional pathology testing when working with hormones and overall health, beyond the scope of fertility & reproductive health.
Dr. Andrea Huddleston returns with Dr. Damian Kristoff in part two of our podcast series on the biomechanics of reproductive health covering the final of 3 S’s - sugar, synthetic hormones and sleep and how their implications to women’s and reproductive health.
Emma Sutherland speaks with Belinda Kirkpatrick about male infertility and sperm health.
It's well established that sugar impacts metabolic health, but have you considered the impact to fertility?
When reviewing the potential impact of sugar intake on female reproductive health, factors to be considered include the various body systems, organs and tissues involved in (either or both) glucose metabolism and reproductive function, and the bidirectional functional relationships between many of them (covered in Part 1). Following on from these interconnections, how sugar can impact these body systems, organs and tissues, both individually and via their functional interconnection, and the clinical relevance of these effects also needs to be considered. This will be covered in Part 2.
The use of non-natural sweeteners, interchangeably known as artificial or intense sweeteners, is broad both geographically and in terms of the multitude of ingested substances they are incorporated in. Characterised as low caloric additives that act as sugar substitutes in predominantly ‘low-energy’ or ‘low sugar’ foods and drinks, their extensive and increasing use in recent decades is attributed to the increased prevalence of obesity and metabolic pathologies and consequent shift towards low carbohydrate/low sugar dietary patterns.
Have you heard of microchimerism? In today's podcast we learn what this is, and discuss the importance of healthy mitochondria for optimal fertility.