Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide

By Jaclyn M. Downs, Author

Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine: Using Nutrigenomics to Solve ‘Unexplained’ Infertility is a groundbreaking book that offers innovative solutions to address the rising issue of fertility challenges worldwide. This book delves into the lesser-known root causes of oxidative stress that contribute to reproductive issues and provides actionable steps to enhance cell health, lower inflammation, balance nervous system functioning, and optimize genetic expression. This approach can help improve the outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) or support women in avoiding them altogether.

Key Topics Covered:

• Iron Dysregulation: Understanding the impact of iron on fertility and how to manage it effectively.
• Oxalates: The role of oxalates in causing inflammation and oxidative stress and how to reduce them.
• Mold/Mycotoxins: The adverse effects of mold and mycotoxins on reproductive health and strategies for detoxification.
• Phase 2 Liver Detoxification Pathways: How to optimize liver function for better detoxification and overall health.
• Fat Utilization: The importance of healthy fat metabolism for fertility and how to achieve it.
• Genetics, Epigenetics, and Nutrigenomics: An introductory guide to understanding genetic expression and its impact on fertility.
• Histamine Intolerance: The connection between histamine levels and fertility challenges, along with practical advice for managing histamine intolerance.

Actionable Steps: Each chapter provides easy-to-implement action steps that can be applied immediately to start improving fertility.

Why This Book Matters:

Enhancing Fertility through Functional Medicine: Using Nutrigenomics to Solve ‘Unexplained’ Infertility is an essential handbook for anyone seeking to achieve and maintain a healthy pregnancy. It offers lesser-known causes of fertility challenges that readers can investigate and provides practitioners with additional tools to add to their repertoire when other protocols have not been effective. This book provides clarity on why other protocols may not have worked and enables practitioners to customize protocols for each patient.

Publication Details:

Publisher: CRC Press

Publication Date: May 24, 2023

Language: English

ISBN: 9781032376776, 9781000836820