Office Hours: Preparing Your Body for Pregnancy — Fertility, Nutrition & Hormones
Mark Hyman
26 ene 2026
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Replenish key nutrients after stopping birth control pill
The birth control pill depletes crucial vitamins and minerals like B6, folate, magnesium, B12, and zinc, which should be replenished when coming off it.
Utilize meditation to enhance fertility success rates
A Harvard program found that teaching people with infertility to meditate resulted in pregnancy rates as high as or higher than standard IVF treatment.
Reverse biological age through lifestyle changes
Through lifestyle changes that influence your epigenome, it's possible to become biologically younger even as you get chronologically older.
Utilize inositol to improve PCOS symptoms
A well-validated natural compound called inositol, particularly d-chiro-inositol or myo-inositol, can be very helpful for improving PCOS.
Address metabolic dysfunction to combat infertility rates
The primary reason for rising infertility rates is metabolic dysfunction, specifically issues with blood sugar and insulin, which is the main driver behind many chronic diseases.
Avoid touching receipts to protect hormones from BPA exposure
BPA, a significant endocrine disruptor, is present on credit card and gas station receipts, and you should avoid touching them to protect your hormones.
Improve egg quality despite low AMH levels through lifestyle changes
The AMH test measures the quantity of your eggs, not the quality, and you can still improve egg quality through lifestyle changes even with a low AMH number.
Prioritize liver as a top superfood for nutrient density
Organ meats like liver are the most nutrient-dense food on the planet, far surpassing even the most nutrient-dense vegetables.
Utilize homocysteine test for accurate folate deficiency assessment
A homocysteine test is a better indicator of functional folate deficiency than a standard folate test, and may require a specific form called methylfolate if you have the MTHFR gene.
Address nutritional roots of PCOS for better management
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is not fundamentally an ovarian problem but a nutritional syndrome related to the starch and sugar in our diet.
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