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THE EFFECTS OF GLUTATHIONE ON INFERTILITY

Dr. Spence Pentland / Diet & Nutrition, Dr Spence Pentland, Egg Quality, Endometriosis, Male Factor Infertility, Miscarriage & Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Stress and Infertility, Unexplained Infertility

WHAT IS OXIDATIVE STRESS?

Oxidative stress has a well-established role in the cause of explained and unexplained infertility. Oxidative stress is an imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and protective antioxidants, and this influences the reproductive health of men and women. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), in excess, can cause disruption to normal cellular function and can damage cells (in particular mitochondria, & DNA of the sperm and egg) and tissues.

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) are increased by the consumption of sugars and oxidized vegetable oils,

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PREGNANT! – REVIEW OF CASE

Dr. Spence Pentland / Advanced Maternal Age, Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Lifestyle, Stress and Infertility

Jane started at Yinstill Sept 2018. She has been coming consistently since that time for regular acupuncture.

Our GOALS were to:
– regulate immune function (reduce inflammation / enhance infection-fighting),
– soothe emotions (relieve stress and anxiety, anger, fear, palpitations, vivid dreams, and depression)
– improve sleep (light, vivid dreams)
– regulate bladder issues (frequency, cloudy, infections, nocturia)
– improve digestion (gas, bloating, loose BM, fatigue after eating,

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GLUTATHIONE – The Primary Protector

Dr. Spence Pentland / Diet & Nutrition, Egg Quality, Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence), General Health, Male Factor Infertility, Stress and Infertility

Glutathione has many important functions in our body, and we will briefly discuss all of these here, but most importantly, it is the king of antioxidants! Unfortunately, our body has to manufacture Glutathione from other vitamins and minerals, so if we are not taking good care of ourselves glutathione levels can be deficient, and with this comes consequences.

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Role as an Antioxidant

If you can go back to high school biology you may remember that in order for a cell to create energy the mitochondria must produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Comprehensive Genetic Health Report

Dr. Spence Pentland / Diet & Nutrition, Dr Spence Pentland, General Health, Genetics, Lifestyle, Self-Care

Everyone’s first step into taking charge of their health and well-being should be a Comprehensive Genetic Health Report. This report gives you the blueprint to the foundations of your health so that you can make the necessary adjustments to support your current health conditions, and avoid challenges in the future.

As Rhonda Patrick states: “By learning more about ourselves, we can find out in what specific environmental and lifestyle contexts our genes can behave at their very best.

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Acupuncture Alters Sugar Metabolism & Gene Expression in PCOS

Dr. Spence Pentland / Genetics, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Recent research published in the journal NATURE concluded that low-frequency electroacupuncture with muscle contractions remodels epigenetic and transcriptional changes that elicit metabolic improvement[1]. In other words, after ONE electro-acupuncture treatment the authors reported a increase in whole body glucose (sugar) uptake, changes in the expression of over 2300 genes and changes in DNA methylation in over 7000 individual genes in the adipose (fat) tissue of women with PCOS.

So if ONE acupuncture treatment can manifest these kinds of changes in the sugar metabolism and fat tissue of women with PCOS,

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Sleep helps you lose weight

Dr. Spence Pentland / Diet & Nutrition, Dr Spence Pentland, General Health, Lifestyle, Men's Health, Self-Care, Women's Health

Sleep is important for many other things, including reducing your risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s, proper digestion, regulating inflammation, memory, slowing telomere shortening, and the list goes on.

There are 2 stages of sleep; 1. non-REM (which has 1, 2, and slow-wave stages) and 2. REM. Just to keep it simple, they are all important for different reasons.

Over 50% of our gene regulation is governed by our circadian rhythm, i.e.

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Being Fertile Tip #1: boosting testosterone will keep you alive longer

Dr. Spence Pentland / Male Factor Infertility, Men's Health

Interesting meta-analysis I came across today showed that men that increase their testosterone levels not only helps them improve their sperm production, but also helps them lose weight, increase insulin sensitivity (to reduce diabetes risk), and reduce total cholesterol and triglycerides (lowering risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality).

So dive in, do your research, figure out what you can do to increase your testosterone, and things you should stop doing that may be reducing your testosterone.

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Sometimes you just gotta say F#%K IT…

Dr. Spence Pentland / Dr Spence Pentland, Self-Care, Stress and Infertility

If you haven’t got there quite yet, then I am sure you have at least thought about it, or see the possibility out there on the horizon. ‘Screw it, I am sick of trying‘. On some level it feels freeing to say and feel this way I am sure, it may even be healing, maybe. Just the thought of being done with the struggle of infertility may seem euphoric. But alas, getting to this place doesn’t come so easily.

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Interview with Author of ‘Conquering Infertility’ -Alice Domar, Mind Body Fertility Expert

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Interview with Author of ‘Conquering Infertility’ -Alice Domar, Mind Body Fertility Expert

(47:04) Alice is clearly the leading expert when it comes to the mind-body-fertility connection. She presents resent research on the topic and discusses what she has seen and learned since the mid 1980’s when she started her journey working with infertility and how the mind-body influences this condition. The fertility APPS she has created (free) for both men and women are amazing and I encourage you to check them out after listening to this interview.
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