How Your Dental Hygiene Can Affect Your Fertility (Don’t Worry, Acupuncture Can Help!)
When it comes to fertility, especially during pregnancy, our minds tend to focus on what to eat, how to prepare for the birth, what supplies and outlets are there to help care for the newborn, which hospital or facility to use, and pretty much everything under the sun, moon, and stars. However, one of the most neglected facts on...
Support Your Hormonal Health with Nuts and Seeds
Did you know that you could control your consumption of nuts and seeds to optimize your cycle and to improve your hormonal health? It’s all part of the concept of using food as medicine. Most of us know that the better quality ingredients you put into your body, the better your overall health will be. But seed cycling, as it’s...
Meditation to Improve Fertility Outcomes
The journey to motherhood can be a long and bumpy road. Some might even say that it’s less a journey and more of a race. Women are not only racing their own biological clocks, but also society’s preconceptions, the simultaneous trajectory of their peers who seem not to be struggling, and their own burning desire to start a family...
Improve Egg Quality with Omega-3
As we slowly move beyond the summer solstice, it’s impossible not to think about how the days are now getting shorter. Though the shift is nearly imperceptible, we know all too well that with each passing day, there is less and less summer left (despite that the season technically just started). This transition is hugely...
Miscarriages, Infertility, and Genetic Blood Clotting Disorders
Infertility issues and miscarriage can be caused by many causes and factors, such as chromosomal abnormalities, thyroid irregularities, structural issues, and even all the toxins around us. However, did you know that inherited thrombophilias (AKA, genetically-caused blood clots) can be a cause of miscarriage and unexplained...
Counting Eggs and Keeping Your Ovarian Reserve Healthy
Eggs are a symbol of hope, purity, fertility, and new life. To certain Asian cultures, the egg also represents good luck and wealth. And because you may be considering your own egg supply, we want to provide information about counting your eggs. Counting the Eggs in Our Ovarian Basket Women are born with about 2 million...
Meet Insulin and Cortisol and the Role They Play in Fertility
Let’s dive right in. Insulin Insulin does many things for our body, but is the vital hormone in control of our weight balance due to its close relationship with our blood sugar. Unfortunately, when our bodies become used to consuming processed foods, our Insulin develops a resistance. In turn, this causes our blood sugar to be...
Do You Know Your Fertility Hormone Acronyms?
Did you know that besides Estrogen and Progesterone, there are other fertility hormones? Because when you’re trying to start a family, AMH, FSH, LH, and TSH can be as equally as important! Let’s break them down. AMH (Anti-Müllerian Hormone) AMH is an indicator of how many eggs you have left, as well as their...