#102 Eating for Fertility with Dr Harriet Holme
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
On the show today we are talking about eating for fertility with Dr Harriet Holme, a Registered Nutritionist (with the AfN) and experienced paediatrician in the NHS.
After studying at Cambridge University, Dr Harriet worked in the NHS for over a decade, specialising in paediatric oncology. It’s this experience that gives nutrition advocates like myself and Harriet a unique perspective of the landscape and the interplay between nutrition and medicine.
Dr Harriet has authored two books 'Eating During Pregnancy', that she wrote to provide mums to be with credible information on pregnancy nutrition and ‘Postpartum Nutrition: An Expert’s Guide to Eating After a Baby’, to support new mums, and their journey through motherhood and weaning. Dr Harriet also has a number of virtual courses on nutrition on her website www.healthyeatingdr.com, the links to which are on the podcast show notes.
These are topics that I’m asked about a lot for the podcast so I’m delighted that Dr Harriet was able to talk with us and share her knowledge and experience with you all. On the show we talk about foods and supplements that may support your fertility
- Carbohydrates and the types that are more beneficial
- The importance of male fertility, sperm nourishment and lifestyle
- Dairy and soy and there links with fertility
- Fats and the importance of omega 3
- The environmental impact on fertility with a particular focus on pesticides and pollution
- Alcohol and supplements that you may want to consider
There’s also an article to support today’s podcast that you can find on the doctor’s kitchen website by clicking this link which lists some of the evidence base used for the recommendations and I hope you find it a useful resource for you and your loved ones.
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| 1:00.6 | recipes health lifestyle |
| 1:03.0 | Really the only downside of organic food is the cost and if that's something that you know you can afford |
| 1:08.8 | Then certainly while you know you're trying for a baby and the sort of you know the cellular changes |
| 1:14.4 | Matter just for three months or while you're trying if you could swap over to an organic diet |
| 1:19.4 | And I think that would be helpful and certainly you can't wash your fruit and vegetables really well |
| 1:27.0 | Welcome to the doctor's kitchen podcast |
| 1:32.0 | To show about food lifestyle medicine and how to improve your health today |
| 1:37.2 | I'm Dr. Rupert your host I'm a medical doctor I study nutrition and I'm a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle as medicine |
| 1:50.5 | Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of what allows you to lead your best life |
| 1:58.0 | on the show today we are talking about everything to do with eating for fertility with a colleague of mine Dr |
| 2:11.7 | Harriet harm she's also a regular contributor to the doctor's kitchen website |
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