Did you know? An oocyte contains more mitochondria than any other cell type. The average oocyte contains 100-600,000 mitochondria, compared to about 5,000 in a heart cell. Mitochondrial support is preconception care!
Preconception care with an emphasis on both egg and sperm quality can help support fertility, improve pregnancy outcomes, and decrease risk of miscarriage.
Preconception Care: Supporting Egg and Sperm Quality
Optimizing Egg Quality
Emphasis on mitochondrial health and antioxidant support
Serum lab testing can uncover clues about ovarian quality such as elevated cycle day 3 estradiol or follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Environmental toxin exposure can negatively impact egg quality and increase estrogen dominance and oxidative stress burden.
It can take up to 12 months for a follicle to be ovulated, so preconception care should start early!
Optimizing Sperm Quality
Over aromatization can decrease testosterone and increase estrogen, which can negatively impact sperm quality.
Increased inflammation and oxidative stress can damage sperm quality
Blood sugar imbalance and insulin resistance can damage sperm quality
Heavy metals readily accumulate in sperm and can significantly impact sperm quality and quantity
Sperm are continuously made, and lifestyle interventions can change sperm parameters within 3 months!
Dr. Liz Bartman
Director of Clinical Sciences and Education
Dr. Liz is a naturopathic doctor with over a decade’s worth of experience in functional medicine. She currently serves as the Director of Clinical Sciences and Education for an exciting new company called EndoAxis. Having worked in Urgent Care prior to opening her private practice, Dr. Liz is well-versed in conventional standards of care and enjoys bridging the gaps of treatments and research in both the conventional and functional fields to provide tailored, evidence-based therapies to her patients. She graduated from the National University of Naturopathic Medicine, followed by the completion of a 2-year residency in Portland, OR.
She maintains a practice in Salem, OR with a focus on hormone optimization and graceful aging through an epigenetic and nutrigenomic lens. She is finalizing her advanced certification in genetics and genomic medicine through Stanford and has sought additional training to broaden her professional pursuits in areas including advanced functional nutrition, nutrigenomics, environmental health, and botanical research.
Having previously worked as an educational consultant at Precision Analytical, she has educated and consulted with physicians from around the world on complex hormone cases and has spoken professionally about hormone health, environmental toxin impacts on health, and nutrigenomic medicine.
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