Gut Health for Optimal Fertility

Gut Health for Optimal Fertility

Gut Health for Optimal Fertility Transcript

00:00:00 And I just want to start giving a very short introduction to myself as well, so that you know who I am and why I know all these things about the gut and also fertility. So I have a PhD in biomedicine where I have done a lot of research about the environment in the gut and what happens during development of different gut diseases. in the gut and what happens during development of different gut diseases. So I have really dived deep into the gut for many years and I have been doing

00:00:38 research at the university for six years in total. Besides that, I also have a personal story of amenorrhea. So that is the absence of the menstruation which I experienced when I was around my mid-20s around my mid-20s and also my sex hormones were very low. And the only help that I could get from the public healthcare system was that

00:01:12 they could give me some estrogen. But I didn't want that because I wanted to solve the root cause of my problem and I wanted to find out what are the reasons behind my low hormones and what can we do to find out what are the reasons behind my low hormones and what can we do about it. So I knew that I had to find an explanation and a solution for myself and

00:01:40 during this journey, I gained so much knowledge. I learned a lot about hormones, the menstrual cycle and also how it's connected to nutrition and to lifestyle. And during approximately three to six months, I got my period back and today my And during approximately three to six months, I got my period back and today my hormone

00:02:01 levels are very good. But this interest in hormones and especially also how we as women are affected by our changing hormone levels, it is still there. And because of that, I actually also have a lot of clients coming to me due to different hormonal problems. I also do a lot of hormone testing on women to get like a deeper understanding

00:02:24 I also do a lot of hormone testing on women to get like a deeper understanding of what actually happens with the hormones in their body and how we can solve their specific problems. So this was just briefly to tell you, besides knowing a lot about the digestion and gut health, I also have a broad understanding of hormones in our cycle and so on. And therefore, I also know like the connection between the gut and the

00:02:58 fertility. So today we are going to dive deeper into gut health and digestion because it's So today we are going to dive deeper into gut health and digestion because it's very important for fertility. I will tell you about that in a moment. So our digestive system is a long process that involves a lot of organs and big parts

00:03:19 of the body as is illustrated on this picture. So the foods enters the body through the mouth and then it goes all the way So the foods enters the body through the mouth and then it goes all the way down through the digestive tract and then leaving the body as stool. So I don't want to dive deep into this long and huge process. But one thing I want to mention is that in our digestive system, we have more than 100

00:03:54 trillion microorganisms. And this is what we call our gut microbiota. And this is what we call our gut microbiota. Maybe you heard about it already. So our gut microbiota, it helps with a lot of things. And I will not tell everything here. But these microorganisms in our gut, they help us digesting food that our body are not

00:04:21 capable of digesting itself. And that is something like fibers. Then they also have an important influence in controlling inflammation in our Then they also have an important influence in controlling inflammation in our body. They also affect our immune system, our hormone balance and nervous system. And all of this also has an influence on fertility, which I will explain more about now.

00:04:49 So first of all, I want to talk a bit about why is it that reproduction is not something that everyone can do all the time?

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[00:00:00] And I just want to start giving a very short introduction to myself as well, so that you know who I am and why I know all these things about the gut and also fertility. So I have a PhD in biomedicine where I have done a lot of research about the environment in the gut and what happens during development of different gut diseases. in the gut and what happens during development of different gut diseases. So I have really dived deep into the gut for many years and I have been doing [00:00:38] research at the university for six years in total. Besides that, I also have a personal story of amenorrhea. So that is the absence of the menstruation which I experienced when I was around my mid-20s around my mid-20s and also my sex hormones were very low. And the only help that I could get from the public healthcare system was that [00:01:12] they could give me some estrogen. But I didn't want that because I wanted to solve the root cause of my problem and I wanted to find out what are the reasons behind my low hormones and what can we do to find out what are the reasons behind my low hormones and what can we do about it. So I knew that I had to find an explanation and a solution for myself and [00:01:40] during this journey, I gained so much knowledge. I learned a lot about hormones, the menstrual cycle and also how it's connected to nutrition and to lifestyle. And during approximately three to six months, I got my period back and today my And during approximately three to six months, I got my period back and today my hormone [00:02:01] levels are very good. But this interest in hormones and especially also how we as women are affected by our changing hormone levels, it is still there. And because of that, I actually also have a lot of clients coming to me due to different hormonal problems. I also do a lot of hormone testing on women to get like a deeper understanding [00:02:24] I also do a lot of hormone testing on women to get like a deeper understanding of what actually happens with the hormones in their body and how we can solve their specific problems. So this was just briefly to tell you, besides knowing a lot about the digestion and gut health, I also have a broad understanding of hormones in our cycle and so on. And therefore, I also know like the connection between the gut and the [00:02:58] fertility. So today we are going to dive deeper into gut health and digestion because it's So today we are going to dive deeper into gut health and digestion because it's very important for fertility. I will tell you about that in a moment. So our digestive system is a long process that involves a lot of organs and big parts [00:03:19] of the body as is illustrated on this picture. So the foods enters the body through the mouth and then it goes all the way So the foods enters the body through the mouth and then it goes all the way down through the digestive tract and then leaving the body as stool. So I don't want to dive deep into this long and huge process. But one thing I want to mention is that in our digestive system, we have more than 100 [00:03:54] trillion microorganisms. And this is what we call our gut microbiota. And this is what we call our gut microbiota. Maybe you heard about it already. So our gut microbiota, it helps with a lot of things. And I will not tell everything here. But these microorganisms in our gut, they help us digesting food that our body are not [00:04:21] capable of digesting itself. And that is something like fibers. Then they also have an important influence in controlling inflammation in our Then they also have an important influence in controlling inflammation in our body. They also affect our immune system, our hormone balance and nervous system. And all of this also has an influence on fertility, which I will explain more about now. [00:04:49] So first of all, I want to talk a bit about why is it that reproduction is not something that everyone can do all the time?