The things causing infertility are substantially complex.

Anecdotally I’ve seen multiple patients with infertility successfully get pregnant after dietary changes addressed at obesity. It got to the point that standard risk/benefit options of lifestyle changes meant including a discussion of increased fertility.

The dietary changes I discussed in addressing obesity meant changing from a toxic standard American diet to whole foods generally including meat, eggs, dairy, fish, some vegetables, low carb fruit/berries, and maybe some seeds and nuts. Sometimes it included forms of fasting.

We’d also address sleep, social factors, stress management, and toxin exposure.

So while toxic foods aren’t the only cause, eating a healthy diet in addition to some other changes made a tremendous change in fertility prior to the covid vaccine.

Also note the patients I was seeing usually had significant obesity which skews perspective.

I’m less sure about covid vaccines causing infertility, but it does make sense that it could. We have better data on it causing miscarriages, which it does particularly in the first trimester.

But the other vaccines that we give routinely have not been tested for impacting fertility so those could be adding to toxic burden. Or might be causing it directly. I know they have tested vaccines to directly cause infertility so in my mind that possibility exists. Considering that medical ethicists encourage doctors to lie in certain scenarios, such as in tackling climate change, I don’t trust what’s published anymore.

So who knows what all causes it. My solution: Eat healthy whole foods which for most people includes eating animal products. Build healthy relationships. Avoid toxins whether artificial chemical compounds or other things toxic to the mind such as television. Enjoy sex. And build a life that is meaningful whether you have children or not.

Might not work for everyone but it worked for me and my wife who are now quite busy with three children 5 and younger.

Testing ferritin levels in men has much greater potential for identifying risk factors than testing LDL-C

Arborist wood chips are the most abundant and cost effective carbon source/weed control/water retention strategy for soil regeneration in many places in the US. Works great in a home orchard setting.

When you can explain your critic’s viewpoint better than they can then you have “arrived”

While the one year experiment isn’t enough to convince me, the fact that it was based on the Inuit diet is enough to convince me that such a diet is healthy at least for some humans.

May not be for everyone. Also see Fred Provenza’s work on how other animals species vary what they eat despite being the same species. I suspect nutrient needs in humans vary as much as in other species.

The study is freely available on the internet

I wonder how much time has been wasted by putting a covid reel into phone trees. Call about any hospital or pharmacy and the first 30 seconds you have to listen to the recording about how they offer covid vaccines. There’s got to be a way around this….

Just meat diets Shown to be healthy long ago. Stefansson vilhjalmur saw that Inuit ate only meat. So later he checks himself in a hospital and eats just meat. Did this for a year. See “Prolonged meat diets with a study of kidney function and ketosis” published in the journal of Biological Chemistry 1930

John Kempf and the team at advancing eco agriculture have tremendous insights. He hosts the regenerative agriculture podcast.

State of medical ethics

I cannot blindly trust the medical profession to tell me the truth when medical ethicists promote lying to promote their version of moral superiority.

For example, in a paper titled “compulsory moral bio enhancement should be covert” the author states “If preventing ultimate harm requires lying, even by omission, then lie we must.”

This was written in 2017. Published 2018. Trustworthiness has not increased since then.

Sound money incentivizes properly managed ruminant grazing. Results in soil regeneration. Makes manufacturing (in)edible sugary chocolate graven images obsolete.

One of the best ways to honor the redemption inherent in Easter is by acknowledging how fiat food corrupts humanity

Makes me think of “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet.” by Nina Teicholz.

More accurate nutritional education resources in that one book than any of my medical school courses.

Been doing different patterns of fasting for the last seven years. Haven’t found any rational low time preference centered reason to change that. Mostly OMAD during the week now as I think having family meal with my wife and children daily is better. If I lived by myself I’d do quarterly fasts of at least 5 days duration. Have done 5 day fasts a number of times and felt well. When you feel like you’re fasting a long time, always remember that one guy that fasted over a year and revitalized his health.

Reminds me of “Models which explain well but predict poorly do not explain the right thing”

How would you propose those of us who have trained as and are licensed as medical doctors best provide value?

All religions have faults. Some are useful.

Much data supporting vegan diet comes from animals that eat their own poop to give a second shot at extracting maximal nutrients. Data doesn’t apply to humans. No one way of eating is the best for all members of an entire species.

Quit Facebook years ago. Very little Instagram use, mainly following health resources there. Now nostr is replacing Twitter. Progression inevitable.

I’m guessing she’s part of the reason for you resuming fasting. Children can be a great motivation for desiring long healthy life.

Agree. Learned tremendous amounts from both