Dr. Lucky Sekhon

When you think about all categories of lifestyle interventions or measures.

So exercise, we usually say cardio, make sure you're raising your heart rate and moving your body.

It doesn't have to be perfect.

It doesn't have to be the perfect plan, but 150 minutes of cardio per week, whether that's a brisk walk or doing an exercise class.

But we live sedentary lives.

A lot of us are sitting at a computer in our office all day long, and we don't realize the effect that's having on our general health and our fertility.

Resistance training to build muscle will directly counteract insulin resistance.

right?

And so anything that's going to improve the environment where sperm is being created, just like what I said about the ovaries, it's the same thing, right?

When you think about diet for both male and female fertility, the Mediterranean style diet, it's rich in antioxidants.

Try to avoid processed foods.

Again, this is all common sense stuff, but it's important to bring this up because it's

you don't have to search too far online to see people do these crazy elimination diets or the carnivore diet or eliminating dairy and gluten just because someone on TikTok said to.

And I think that really burns people out to be needlessly restrictive, and it really robs them of their joy.

And I'm here to say that that actually doesn't make a difference and doesn't need to be done unless you're someone who has gluten intolerance or you're someone who's lactose intolerant.

You don't need to be cutting those things out completely.

Exactly.

And sleep is a big one that often doesn't get talked about.

You know, a lot of people aren't sleeping enough and that can lead to menstrual irregularities, irregular ovulation.

And it can change our metabolism.