Dr. Stacy Sims

And there's a misstep in the liver and a misstep in the mitochondria, which is responsible for tapping into using free fatty acids with carbohydrate. So the body's having a higher level of blood glucose because the body doesn't know if it should store it or not. So when your partner gets tested, depends on how old she is and what phase of the menstrual cycle, or if she's well beyond that.

And there's a misstep in the liver and a misstep in the mitochondria, which is responsible for tapping into using free fatty acids with carbohydrate. So the body's having a higher level of blood glucose because the body doesn't know if it should store it or not. So when your partner gets tested, depends on how old she is and what phase of the menstrual cycle, or if she's well beyond that.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Well, the caveat there is ovulation. Is she ovulating or not?

Well, the caveat there is ovulation. Is she ovulating or not?

And unfortunately, we're seeing in the modern fertility literature that women are having more and more anovulatory cycles. But you won't necessarily know that because you'll still have a bleed.

And unfortunately, we're seeing in the modern fertility literature that women are having more and more anovulatory cycles. But you won't necessarily know that because you'll still have a bleed.

You don't ovulate.

You don't ovulate.

They're looking at a lot of the stress that's coming on today's society, the food system, a lot of the, um, I guess, trendy diets that are out there. A lot of women aren't eating enough to support their immune or their menstrual cycle function to allow the egg to actually develop, to then instigate ovulation. And it's not just an active women it's across the board.

They're looking at a lot of the stress that's coming on today's society, the food system, a lot of the, um, I guess, trendy diets that are out there. A lot of women aren't eating enough to support their immune or their menstrual cycle function to allow the egg to actually develop, to then instigate ovulation. And it's not just an active women it's across the board.

Luteal.

Luteal.

Yep.

Yep.

So right at that peak. 12 to 13. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. There. So this is where the immune system is really robust. And we're really resilient to stress. And we can have a lot of carbohydrate and protein intake, and we're not going to be that affected. We're more sensitive to glucose. It's going to be pulled into places it needs to be.

So right at that peak. 12 to 13. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. There. So this is where the immune system is really robust. And we're really resilient to stress. And we can have a lot of carbohydrate and protein intake, and we're not going to be that affected. We're more sensitive to glucose. It's going to be pulled into places it needs to be.

If we ovulate, after ovulation, like I said, progesterone comes up. It's only produced if we ovulate because progesterone is produced from the breakdown of the housing of the egg. Progesterone, like I said earlier, will hold everything in the blood. It will tell the body we need more blood glucose and we need that glucose to come to the endometrial lining. We also need more amino acids.

If we ovulate, after ovulation, like I said, progesterone comes up. It's only produced if we ovulate because progesterone is produced from the breakdown of the housing of the egg. Progesterone, like I said earlier, will hold everything in the blood. It will tell the body we need more blood glucose and we need that glucose to come to the endometrial lining. We also need more amino acids.