From Inflammation to Conception: Solving the Fertility Puzzle

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Fertility challenges are increasingly linked to lifestyle and environmental factors that go far beyond reproductive organs. Emerging science reveals that metabolic health, inflammation, diet, and exposure to environmental toxins all play a profound role in hormonal balance, egg and sperm quality, and even early embryo development. Key drivers of dysfunction—such as ultra-processed food, insulin resistance, gut imbalances, and mitochondrial damage—are rarely addressed in conventional fertility care, despite their deep impact. Paying attention to these overlooked root causes offers not only a powerful path to improving fertility but also the foundation for lifelong health in both parents and their future children. In this episode, I discuss, along with Kelly LeVeque, what we can do to improve our fertility, which ultimately impacts the future health of our children. Kelly LeVeque is a holistic nutritionist, celebrity health coach, the best-selling author of Body Love and Body Love Every Day, and most importantly, mom of three little boys. Kelly LeVeque is passionate about the science of human nutrition and is always guided by a practical and optimistic approach to wellness. Kelly helps clients improve their health, achieve goals, and develop sustainable habits to live a healthy and balanced life. Kelly is a regular contributor to numerous health, wellness, and lifestyle publications. This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers. Head to bioptimizers.com/hyman and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Full-length episodes can be found here: Fertility in Crisis: Exploring the Toxic Threats to Fertility and the Rise in Infertility The Fertility Crisis: Why it’s Happening and How to Fix it Boost Fertility Naturally: Top Foods to Eat

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the Dr. Hyman Show.
0:02.5	But if you have omega-3s at adequate levels, it lowers inflammation,
0:06.8	it lowers reproductive system inflammation, and it supports hormone function.
0:10.6	Now, if you're a guy and you have omega-3s in your diet or from supplements,
0:14.8	it affects sperm quality, sperm count, sperm motility, the amount of semen you make, your testosterone levels,
0:20.2	and even the rates
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0:55.1	thank you. Before we jump into today's episode, I'd like to note that while I wish I could help
0:59.4	everyone via my personal practice, there is simply not enough time for me to do this at scale.
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1:32.1	93.2% of Americans have some level of metabolic dysfunction,
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