Your Fertility Isn’t Broken, But the System Might Be with Illie Pt. 2

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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261: Illie is back for part two! We’re getting real about her fertility journey, and how a very uncomfortable experience at the fertility clinic inspired her to take a more holistic approach to getting pregnant - and why she ultimately opted out of IVF. If you loved part one, you have to hear this. Topics Discussed: → The real tea on lead and heavy metals in food → Affordable ways to get health testing → What to test for if you’re having trouble getting pregnant → The hormones that impact your fertility → Why fertility isn’t always a marker of health Sponsored By: → FPOO | Get your free $39 bottle for just $1 and taste the difference freshness makes at https://www.GetFresh324.com. → Lineage Provisions | Try their delicious beef tallow at https://www.lineageprovisions.com and use the code REALFOODOLOGY for 10% off. → MASA Chips | Go to https://www.MASAChips.com/Realfoodology and use code Realfoodology for 25% off your first order. → CURED | Right now, CURED Nutrition is offering my listeners an exclusive 20% off Serenity Gummies with a monthly subscription. Just head to https://www.curednutrition.com/REALFOODOLOGY and use the code REALFOODOLOGY at checkout. → Paleovalley | Save at 15% at https://www.paleovalley.com/realfoodology and use code REALFOODOLOGY. Timestamps: → 00:00 - Introduction → 03:48 - When Will The Food System Change? → 07:26 - Lead and Heavy Metals → 15:18 - Biomarker Testing → 17:50 - Illie’s Fertility Journey → 21:38 - What To Test For When You’re Trying → 31:43 - Fertility, IVF + Health → 35:37 - Are Fertility Clinics Shady? Check Out: → Instagram | Iliriana Balaj → Instagram | Live Healthillie Check Out Courtney: → LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE → Check Out My new FREE Grocery Guide! → @realfoodology → www.realfoodology.com → My Immune Supplement by 2x4 → Air Dr Air Purifier → AquaTru Water Filter → EWG Tap Water DatabaseProduced By: Drake Peterson

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the Real Foodology podcast. My body is prioritizing survival over fertility. Yeah. And now I have to just change my body to be like, no, like we were in a safe place. And like we can procreate. And I'm not forcing my body to do something that it clearly is not ready to do. Yeah. So it gives me a lot of peace in my journey that I'm not like in that desperate mode. I'm like, I need to force a baby right now.
0:21.6	Yeah.
0:22.0	Like I can really just like live and like enjoy, you know.
0:26.8	Hello, friends.
0:27.8	Welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology podcast.
0:30.7	Today's guest is a repeat guest and also a dear friend of mine,
0:35.0	Ili Bala.
0:35.9	You probably know her on Instagram is healthfully towards the end.
0:39.3	We talk about her fertility journey. So you're definitely going to want to stick around for that.
0:44.8	And yeah, she's just amazing. I love I love Ily so much. And we just had so much fun recording this.
0:49.4	So I hope you enjoy the episode as much as we enjoyed recording it. If you're loving the podcast, if you
0:54.7	could take a moment to rate and review, it really does help the show a lot and it takes about two
1:00.2	seconds. Also, if you are enjoying this particular episode and you want to tag me at Real Foodology
1:05.4	and tag at Healthily, that's Health I-L-L-I-E. Please do so.
1:11.3	We'd love to see your tags and we would love to repost you. So I hope you enjoy the episode. Thanks, y'all. This was a long episode. So we split this into two parts. This is part two. Like many of us, I'm eating healthier. And that's why I love good olive oil. And by good, I mean fresh. Olive oil packs the most flavor and
1:29.1	healthiest nutrients when it's fresh from the farm. And that's the problem with supermarket
1:33.3	olive oils. They're not fresh. They can sit on the shelf for many months growing stale. That's why
1:38.6	I get my olive oil direct from small award-winning farms thanks to a fellow named T.J. Robinson,
1:43.2	also known as the olive oil
1:44.5	hunter. When I tasted T.J.'s farm-fresh oils, I fell in love with their vibrant grassy flavors.
1:50.2	They are incredibly delicious on salad. Veggies, pasta, meat, fish, you name it. They also make
1:55.6	great gifts. As an introduction to his fresh-pressed olive oil club, T.J. is willing to send you a full-size,
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