9 Lessons1h 24m

Lifestyle Choices, From Diet To Supplements

All the data on lifestyle choices and their impact on fertility, including decisions around diet, exercise, drinking alcohol, caffeine consumption, smoking, recreational drugs, and using supplements.

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Experts you'll learn from

Dr. Chantel Cross

Associate Director
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Dr. Torie Comeaux Plowden

Assistant Division Director
Walter Reed Medical Center

Dr. Jorge Chavarro

Associate Professor
Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Christian M. Becker

Co-Director, Oxford BSGE Endometriosis Centre
Associate Professor, Oxford University
United Kingdom

Audrey Gaskins

Instructor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Peter Schlegel

Former President, ASRM
Professor, Urology
Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Meera Shah

Reproductive Fertility Specialist
Nova Fertility

Dr. Michael Eisenberg

Director, Male Fertility
Stanford School of Medicine

Dr. Lubna Pal

Fellowship Director
Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Peter Humaidan

Professor
Aarhus University
Denmark

Dr. Angela Aguilar

Past President
Philippine Society for Reproductive Medicine
Professor, University of the Philippines

Dr. Natan Bar-Chama

Director, Male Reproductive Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Daniel Dumesic

Professor of OBGYN
UCLA School of Medicine

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Course syllabus

  1. 3 min
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    1. Getting Started: Lifestyle Decisions & Fertility
  2. 12 min
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    1. Smoking and Fertility
    2. Coffee & Fertility
    3. Drinking Alcohol & Fertility
  3. 15 min
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    1. What is BMI?
    2. How Does BMI Influence Fertility?
    3. Delaying Treatment To Lose Weight
    4. Body Fat: Risks For Pregnancy & Offspring
  4. 5 min
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    1. The Basics of Fertility & Exercise
    2. Moderate Exercise
    3. Exercise For Men’s Fertility
  5. 8 min
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    1. Mediterranean Diet’s Impact on Fertility
    2. Profertility Diet
    3. Fast Food Diet
  6. 17 min
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    1. Carbohydrates & Fertility
    2. Meat’s Impact On Fertility
    3. Seafood & Fish For Fertility
    4. Dairy Consumption & Fertility
    5. Soy’s Impact on Fertility
    6. Fatty Acids
  7. 18 min
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    1. Vitamin D
    2. Folate, Folic Acid and B9
    3. Antioxidants & Fertility
  8. 3 min
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    1. BPA, Toxins, Pesticide and Phthalate Exposure
    2. Air Pollution
  9. 4 min
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    1. Lifestyle & Sperm DNA Fragmentation

What you'll learn

The lifestyle choices you make while trying to conceive can change your odds of pregnancy and the well-being of your offspring. In this guide, we cover the effects of coffee and alcohol consumption, as well as the positives and negatives of exercise. We also delve into the impact of specific diets and the benefits and risks of consuming meat, seafood, dairy, carbohydrates, and more. Additionally, we dispel the myths around which vitamins and supplements work or can inhibit your ability to conceive.