For optimal fertility:
- Diet: Encourage a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Nutrient-dense foods support overall health and fertility
- Avoidance of Harmful Substances (eg toxin exposure): Encourage reducing exposure to environmental toxins and pollutants that might affect fertility. This includes minimizing exposure to smoking, alcohol, pesticides, chemicals, and radiation.
- Addressing Hormonal Imbalances (eg sex hormones and stress): Hormonal imbalances are the leading cause of infertility in people [ref]. Chronic stress can also impact reproductive hormones and fertility.
Given these factors, tests to consider for fertility include:
- Nutrient Zoomer - to assess current nutrient status in the serum (i.e., extracellular nutrients) and intracellular compartments (e.g., RBCs and WBCs).
- Nutrient Genetics - a nutrigenomics test assessing genetic SNPs that may affect one's nutrient status.
- Toxin Zoomer: assess for toxins associated with neural toxicity and total toxic body burden.
- Toxin Genetics: assess for genetic variants that may contribute to toxic body burden and bioaccumulation of toxins, leading to neural autoimmunity and neuraltoxicity.
- Hormone Zoomer - measures the status of steroid hormones in the human body, including patterns of imbalances and an assessment of metabolites (metabolized hormones).