Dr. Mark Hyman

That means anti-malarian hormone.

And that's a test that measures your ovarian reserve.

Now, if it's low, does that mean you're infertile?

And how do I kind of check about the fertile years, right, that I have left?

So AMH is about the quantity of your eggs, not necessarily the quality.

Now, quality is influenced more by things you have control of, like inflammation, your mitochondrial lifestyle,

Your egg reserve is what you get.

When you're born, you have millions.

It dwindles to maybe 100,000 when you're in your puberty, and then it dwindles even further.

And by the time you're in your 30s, 40s, it's much lower.

But the quality can be influenced by things that you have control over that manage inflammation, your mitochondrial health, lifestyle.

If you have low MH, it doesn't mean you're hopeless.

You can still conceive with low numbers and it's possible to improve the quality of your eggs and actually have conception.

So don't, don't lose hope.

Men also, as I mentioned, you know, sperm is a big factor here in having a baby and that affects the quality of the embryo, the epigenetics, the

the way in which the sperm is developed is actually controlled by diet, lifestyle, toxins, all these things we're going to talk about with Dr. Michael Eisenberg from Stanford in the coming podcast.

So speaking of sperm and male fertility, male fertility matters more than people think.

People always think about the woman and doctors focus on the women, but you got to focus on the guys too.

And diet plays a big role in sperm quality and sperm health is affected by a lot of things.

Sugar, of course, alcohol, really bad.