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FFP 062 | Acupuncture for Fertility and Menstrual Cycle Health | Jani White 0

Jan 29, 2016

Jani is a senior acupuncture practitioner in London with over 17 years of experience in the field. Jani Specializes in acupuncture for fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth. She teaches courses in London for expecting parents, new parents, and prospective parents. She teaches about the importance of pre-conception care, how you can maximize your body’s capacity for normal conception, how to improve your chances with assisted conception and much more!

In today’s show, we talk about the role that acupuncture can play in improving menstrual health and fertility. Jani talks about the ways that acupuncture can be applied differently during the different phases of the menstrual cycle, and the powerful impact that acupuncture can have on fertility.

Topics discussed in today's episode

What does healthy menstruation look like?
How acupuncture can be applied to the menstrual cycle differently during the different phases of the menstrual cycle
The relationship between the lunar cycle and the menstrual cycle
What your menstrual cycle is telling you about your health
How is the menstrual cycle looked at in Chinese Medicine?
What are the phases of the menstrual cycle, and how does treatment differ based on the phase a woman is in?
What changes does a woman experience during ovulation?
How hormonal contraceptives impact a woman's menstrual cycle health
The way that hormonal contraceptives can mask menstrual problems and stall proper menstrual development if taken from a young age
How a woman's menstrual cycle health from menarche in the early years can impact her menstrual health in adulthood
What does a normal and healthy menstrual cycle look like?
What does a healthy period look like, and why menstrual pain and severe mood disturbances are not actually normal
Why do some women experience headaches at specific times during the menstrual cycle?
What is "unexplained infertility"?

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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by Sirc of (The Nock)

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FFP 061 | How to Conceive Naturally and Have a Healthy Pregnancy after 30 | Willow Buckley 0

Jan 22, 2016

Willow is a certified classical homeopath, labor doula, and prenatal yoga teacher. She has a Bachelor of Science in Neuropsychology. And she combined her holistic interests with her medical studies and ventured into homeopathy. For the last 8 years has helped families and individuals of all ages handle everything from anxiety and depression to morning sickness and sore throats. She is a huge proponent of the body’s power to heal itself and infuses nutrition with real food into her practice. And when became pregnant herself her focus shifted leading her down her current path as a prenatal, birth, and postpartum guide and co-author of the recently published book, How to Conceive Naturally and Have a Healthy Pregnancy After 30.

In today’s show, we talk about how to prepare for pregnancy before you start trying to conceive and why it’s important to do so! We will also be talking about what women need to know about having babies after age 30!

Topics discussed in today's episode

Why it is important for women to prepare for pregnancy for at least 3 months prior to conception
Epigenetics - how what women eat impacts the expression of their genes and their unborn children's genes as well
Why what women eat before they even become pregnant will have an impact on their children
The importance of preconception detoxification, and how the detoxification process may be different than what you think it would be
What is the connection between sugar, gluten, and infertility?
How can food sensitivities impact fertility?
The negative impact of alcohol on fertility
What foods women should eat preconception and during pregnancy to nourish the body and boost fertility
Why women who are trying to get pregnant should avoid low-fat diets at all costs
The benefits of raw dairy for fertility
The important role that protein plays during pregnancy and why it is important for women to get enough of it both before and during pregnancy
What does impact waiting to have a baby at an "advanced maternal age" (i.e. 30 and over) have on a woman's fertility and her ability to conceive and have a healthy pregnancy?

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You can connect with Willow on her website, and on Facebook!

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FFP 060 | Treating PCOS Without Fertility Drugs | Conceiving Naturally With PCOS | Dr. Katherine Sherif 0

Jan 15, 2016

Katherine is a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She is also Director of Jefferson Women’s Primary Care. Katherine became interested in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the 1990’s when she was studying insulin resistance. She started treating women with PCOS and in 2000, she established the country’s first academic program for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

In today’s show, we talk about PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), and how Katherine treats women with PCOS and helps them to conceive without fertility drugs!

Topics discussed in today's episode

What is Internal Medicine and how does an Internist differ from a regular doctor?
Why do women with PCOS often experience fragmented care?
Why a woman's menstrual cycle health is actually connected to her overall health
What is PCOS? And what are some of the common symptoms?
The relationship between testosterone, insulin resistance, and polycystic ovary syndrome
Why are women with PCOS often not getting diagnosed by their doctors or care providers?
Why hormonal contraceptives do not treat PCOS, and how this mode of treatment can be harmful to women in the long run
The connection between PCOS and diabetes and why it is so important to address this as early as possible
Why PCOS is often a precursor to type II diabetes
The relationship between PCOS and weight
The role that vitamin D plays in women's menstrual and overall health
Metformin and PCOS
How long does it typically take for women's periods to return after following Katherine's protocol?
The connection between acne and PCOS

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You can connect with Katherine on the Thomas Jefferson University web site!

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FFP 059 | Transitioning From a Vegan Diet | Learning to Listen to Your Cravings | Alexandra Jamieson 0

Jan 8, 2016

Alexandra has been a chef, an author and a functional nutrition coach for over a decade. She has written 4 books, most recently the #1 bestselling book Women, Food and Desire. She was featured in the movie Supersize Me. And after being vegan for over 10 years, Alex came out as not being vegan anymore and has since created a community around the idea of following your cravings to discover what they have to teach you. She also has an awesome podcast “The Cravecast” where she delves into the importance of following your cravings and so much more!

In today’s show, we talk about Alex’s transition from a vegan diet. Alex talks about the impact her diet had on her menstrual cycle and her libido, and what happened when she started incorporating meat again. We also talk about how we can all learn to listen to and honor our cravings, and why it is important to pay attention to what our body is telling us!

Topics discussed in today's episode

Alex’s transition from sugar addict to a whole foods vegan diet
Origins of the film Supersize me and how it all came about
What prompted Alex to start questioning her diet after 11 solid years of being a vegan
Why the concept of a “perfect diet” is problematic in general
Confessions of an ex-vegan - Alex shares her experience eating meat in secret before she "came out" publicly
The disconnect that happens between the moral stance of veganism and what a person's body may need physically to be healthy
The importance of having compassion for yourself
Alex shares the changes she noticed in her menstrual cycle after over a decade of being vegan, and how it changed when she reintroduced meat
How can a vegan diet impact your libido?
Are meat eaters destroying the planet?
How to tune into our cravings
The 4 root causes of cravings, and how to figure out what your body really needs

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You can connect with Alex on her website, and on Facebook and Twitter!

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FFP 058 | Post Pill Detox | Why You May Want to Detox Before Getting Pregnant | Dr. Aumatma Shah 0

Jan 1, 2016

Dr. Aumatma is a Naturopathic Doctor with a Master of Science (MS) in Nutrition who specializes in fertility and women’s health. She recently finished her Get Fertile Stay Fertile Telesummit. Where she interviewed 25 of the world’s top integrative fertility experts. Dr. Aumatma has also developed a 4-month fertility program that has 3 phases: detox, rebalance, and mind-body (energy work).

In today’s show, we talk about detoxification and the role it can play for women who are trying to conceive, some of the ways we can boost and preserve fertility as well as some of the challenges that are unique to women trying to conceive after age 40.

Topics discussed in today's episode

How effective is egg freezing as a way to preserve fertility?
What are some of the ways we can preserve our fertility in our 20s and 30s
Dietary changes to reduce stress on the body and improve fertility
What are the benefits of doing a detox before trying to conceive?
How long does it take for your natural hormone cycle to resume after coming off the hormonal control
What are the limitations of doing a short-term detox?
Why you shouldn’t be trying to get pregnant during a detox
The importance of clean air and water
How to reduce our daily xenoestrogen exposure
How to preserve and improve fertility over age 35
Mercier Therapy for fertility

Connect with Dr. Aumatma

You can connect with Dr. Aumatma on her website, via email!, and on Facebook and Twitter!