Isabelle

You asked about how blood sugar spikes can take a toll on your reproductive health.Blood sugar spikes = fertility foe Balancing blood glucose is key for hormonal health and boosting your baby-making potential, ladies!

Here’s how blood sugar spikes can hamper fertility:

Hormonal Imbalance: it disrupts the delicate hormone balance needed for ovulation and regular menstrual cycles. This can lead to irregular periods and lack of ovulation.

Elevated Inflammation: When your blood sugar is all over the place, it can disrupt the balance of good bacteria in your gut. This allows harmful bacteria to take over, leading to inflammation. The inflammation can cause imbalances in estrogen and progesterone levels. Too much estrogen and not enough progesterone makes it harder for a fertilized egg to implant and increases the risk of miscarriage.

Egg & Sperm Quality: Oxidative stress from high glucose can damage eggs and sperm, impacting egg quality, sperm motility, and count, contributing to DNA damage- all crucial for conception.

More stress: It activates the body’s stress response system, increasing cortisol levels, contributing to mood swings, irritability, anxiety, and fatigue. Elevated cortisol can inhibit reproductive hormone production.

PCOS Connection: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is often accompanied by insulin resistance and high blood sugar, contributing to hormonal imbalances and reduced fertility.

The solution?

1. Have good quality protein, high fibre and fat with every meal (think low glycemic index (GI) foods that digest slowly)

2. Regular exercise, stress management, and adequate sleep.

3. Have a diet rich in gut-healing foods such as bone broth, fermented foods, probiotics, healthy fats, and fruits and vegetables.

4. If you’re craving high GI foods or a treat, have it before workout time.

5. Remove inflammatory foods from your diet. For example avoid refined grains, sugars, junk foods, dairy, processed and pre-packaged foods, and sugary drinks.

Share this with a friend who may find this info helpful as they navigate their fertility journey! Happy sugar-cutting!