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Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Mastery for Women's Health Professionals

FFP 628 | The Nutrient Gaps Behind Female Infertility

Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Mastery for Women's Health Professionals

Fertility Friday Radio | Fertility Awareness for Pregnancy and Hormone-free birth control

Alternative Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.8 β€’ 869 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode, Lisa breaks down the findings of a large cross-sectional study analyzing nutrient intake data from just under 4,000 women aged 18 to 44, drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The study compared dietary intake between women who self-reported infertility β€” defined as difficulty conceiving for at least one year β€” and women who had conceived within a 12-month period. Researchers examined 21 nutrients across both food-only and food-plus-supplement intake, revealing that women experiencing infertility had measurably lower intakes of several nutrients known to play a role in reproductive health, including vitamin A (retinol), vitamin E, vitamin K, lutein and zeaxanthin, selenium, vitamin C, and calcium. Lisa highlights that these nutritional gaps were significantly more pronounced in women between the ages of 35 and 44, a population commonly seen in fertility-focused clinical practice.Β 

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0:00.0

Whether you are a long-time listener or a newer listener, you probably already know by this point

0:05.5

how much I recommend beef liver as a regular part of your diet. The research is clear. These foods

0:12.9

are game changers for your fertility. We've covered the research on this show many, many times.

0:18.2

We've also covered the research in my books, The Fifth Vital Sign and

0:21.6

Real Food for Fertility. And after years of working with clients, I've seen firsthand how

0:27.8

incorporating nutrient-dense foods like liver in particular can improve fertility, can improve

0:34.2

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1:09.5

podcast, episode number 628.

1:18.5

In today's episode, we are going to be diving into key nutrients that are associated with

1:26.3

fertility and infertility. We're going to be looking at a recent study

1:31.0

of nearly 4,000 women between the ages of 18 and 44, and these results were divided between

1:39.0

women who were identified as fertile, meaning that they had a pregnancy within a 12-month

1:43.2

period versus the women who were reported to be infertile.

1:48.0

And as they defined infertility in this study, difficulty conceiving for at least one year.

1:54.0

So this study reveals some really interesting results about which key nutrients were associated with fertility.

2:02.4

So as always, correlation doesn't equal causation, but the more you know, the results,

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