Whether your personal goal is to manage your weight for IVF treatments, control a health problem like PCOS, or learn how to fit healthy eating and activity into your lifestyle – our services will help you to create a unique plan utilizing a non-dieting, behavior-based approach and guide you through the lifestyle and behavior change process in a productive way.
Fertility And Nutrition 101
Nutrition links with fertility in many different ways:
- Being underweight can lead to anovulation, reduced estrogen levels, and increased miscarriage risks
- Obesity affects menstruation regularity
- Obesity can lead to ovulatory issues and diminished response to fertility drugs
- Obese women are at higher risk for miscarriage, gestational diabetes, hypertension, preeclampsia, or toxemia
- PCOS is linked with insulin resistance, which causes hormonal imbalances in the ovaries
- Hormonal imbalances can interrupt the normal cycle of ovulation
- Being overweight can upset the balance of sex hormones, with or without PCOS
- Excess abdominal fat can increase production of androgen levels, which must be consistent for normal ovulation and conception
- Excess body fat can trigger imbalances of the hypothalamus and pituitary hormones in the brain which are needed for normal ovulation
- Increased insulin levels due to either obesity or PCOS disrupt the balance of sex hormones in the ovaries, which can interfere with ovulation
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