Dr. Stacy Sims

But because women can get pregnant and pregnancy is not a health neutral state, it's a huge strain on the body.

Mm-hmm.

That is an extra layer of one of the things that sometimes decides I'm going to put this to the side because I'm going to keep you functioning.

I want to work on all of our other body functions.

We're going to shut off that side that's not sending out FSH and LH and making reproductive hormones.

But you don't need to clean out.

That's not how you clean out your system.

Taking the fiber out of those fruits and vegetables.

Taking away all the things that you need.

It feels more attainable to say I'm doing this crazy thing for three days than I'm going to make a life switch to just live a more preventive, anti-inflammatory lifestyle.

And first and foremost, we're gonna say that if you are trying to get pregnant, which by asking fertility, we're going to presume, we wanna make sure you have folic acid on board.

So folic acid is the essential component, one very important part in cell division, but it's essential for a baby when it comes to brain development and spinal cord development.

We call these neural tube defects.

And the reason why I'm bringing it up is that there's a lot of chatter about folic acid out there, but it is the only supplement, folic acid in its folic acid form,

that has proven to prevent these neural tube defects, such as your baby being born without a brain.

And interestingly, in today's world, a lot of foods are also fortified with folic acid, but these are some foods that are often processed and people are consuming less.

So we are having less consumption of folic acid in our diet, therefore making it even more important that we are supplementing with folic acid.

As Dr. Haver said, vitamin D, vitamin D is essential for your entire body.

But when it comes to hormone metabolism and fertility as well, we even see women who are going through IVF with donor eggs, and we know they're very good quality, have lower success rates if they have lower vitamin D levels.

This is something that almost everybody is deficient in.