The Power of Now: Healing, Hormones, and Hope on the Fertility Journey
The Fasting Method Podcast
Megan Ramos Nutrition Inc
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Episode #228
In this heartfelt solo episode, Megan Ramos opens up about the power of taking action today—not waiting for "Monday" or "after the holidays." She shares deeply personal stories of loved ones facing health challenges and reminds listeners that knowledge is power when it comes to protecting your health and future.
Megan also dives into a frequently-requested topic: how to prepare your body for in vitro fertilization (IVF). Drawing from her own journey and years of clinical experience, she explains key lab markers to assess, nutrition and fasting strategies, and how to create the best conditions for fertility and long-term health.
🎧 Tune in for a powerful mix of motivation, education, and compassion—plus practical, science-based guidance you can start applying right away.
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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Life updates and lessons from loved ones
05:43 Facing the holidays with knowledge and power
08:47 IVF and fertility preparation
11:23 Understanding prolactin, PCOS, and insulin resistance
16:31 Key hormone ratios (LH, FSH, progesterone, estradiol)
21:04 Thyroid and Hashimoto's testing
24:16 Gluten, dairy, and inflammation
27:36 Six-month fertility preparation plan
31:42 Micronutrients and supplements for egg/sperm quality
33:48 Adjusting fasting and carbs through your cycle
34:56 When to stop fasting before IVF
37:07 Fasting during pregnancy and postpartum
39:05 Closing thoughts & next month's preview
Disclaimer
This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. You should always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before doing any fasting, changing your diet, taking or adjusting any medication or supplements, or adopting any treatment for a health problem. The use of any other products or services purchased by you as a result of this podcast does not create a healthcare provider-patient relationship between you and any of the experts affiliated with this podcast. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You all have something so special right now that so many people walking around don't have. |
| 0:06.4 | You have knowledge. |
| 0:08.1 | You have knowledge that can give you power to really take control of your health. |
| 0:20.5 | Hi, everyone. It's Megan Ramos here with another episode of the Fasting Method podcast. |
| 0:26.9 | Today, I'm answering your questions. It's one of my favorite episodes, and it's actually |
| 0:32.0 | been a while since I've been here. So I do want to address the elephant in the room. Many of you know I had my son almost two years ago. |
| 0:40.3 | He'll actually be two later this week. This podcast is coming out just ahead of his second birthday. |
| 0:47.3 | He came into the world fast and furiously and very early. So we had a bit of a rough go. |
| 0:52.3 | At the start, it took me a while to sort of figure |
| 0:55.4 | everything out and adjust to life. I make sure he was okay and we're very fortunate. He's a thriving, |
| 1:02.0 | very thriving, very active, very wild little guy. So I got into a really good routine. I made an |
| 1:08.7 | announcement. I was coming back to the podcast regularly. And then |
| 1:12.8 | life kind of went a little bit sideways. And before I dive into today's Q&A questions and |
| 1:19.7 | explain sort of some of the background as to the theme of the questions I'm going to be addressing |
| 1:25.0 | in today's episode. I do want to share a little bit |
| 1:28.1 | about what life happened. I have four very special individuals in my life, in my family. |
| 1:35.0 | Some of them are not blood, but they are family nonetheless. And all of these individuals are |
| 1:41.3 | very highly educated people. They are on the younger side. There's a gentleman |
| 1:46.0 | in his 30s, woman in her early 40s, and then a couple of little bit older individuals, but |
| 1:53.0 | still young in their 60s and 70s. Very educated, very smart, very supportive of everything that I |
| 2:00.0 | do. And these individuals did not necessarily |
| 2:03.7 | have the best lifestyles. Many of them understood this. Actually, all of them really understood |
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