Dr. Stacy Sims

And we know that women who get less sleep, they take longer to get pregnant.

They have higher rates of infertility.

We know that men who get less sleep have lower sperm parameters and lower testosterone levels.

So if we are saying, you, Stephen, what's one thing you might be able to do?

Well, are you sleeping well?

That's one of the first things you can start to do to say, am I getting seven to nine hours of good quality sleep?

That's not just time in bed because Mary Claire has her phone on her.

That is actual sleeping time.

And that makes a huge difference in trying to achieve hormonal health, which is really what we're all saying here is how do we get our body in the best, quote unquote, balance that we can, which means working with the different building blocks of our body in the most optimal way for as long as possible to be healthy.

They are not.

They are not.

Their cells are not fine, Stephen.

No.

No.

It can be a tool in the toolkit.

Most of the time, you know, most people are taking too high a dose of melatonin, which is actually doing more harm than good.

Well, it's actually shutting off part of the brain to be able to help control their circadian rhythm.

And then they're completely dependent upon it.

And it's such an artificial induction.

It's going to wear out of their system.