The Wellness Mama Podcast Root Causes of Infertility, Declining Sperm Count, and How to Fix It with Dr. Nashat Latib
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Nov 13, 2023 Nashat Latib, an ER physician turned functional medicine and regenerative fertility specialist, shares a root-cause approach to infertility. She explores stress, detox, and the 90–120 day preconception window. Conversations cover improving egg and sperm health, falling sperm counts, liver support, basal body temperature as a fertility tool, and practical lifestyle steps to boost reproductive readiness.
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Chronic Stress Directly Impairs Fertility
- Stress disrupts fertility by altering cortisol rhythms which interfere with sex hormone production, thyroid function, sleep, and cellular repair.
- Nashat Latib explains chronic stress shifts cortisol diurnal patterns that suppress reproductive hormone pathways and degrade fertility outcomes.
Use The 90 Day Preconception Window
- Optimize health in the 90–120 day preconception window to improve egg and sperm quality and influence the child's long-term health via epigenetics.
- Nashat Latib recommends targeted preconception changes because gametes remodel over ~90–120 days and switch epigenetic on/off DNA controls.
AMH And Egg Health Are Modifiable
- Egg health and AMH are not fixed; AMH can rise with targeted interventions and improved egg environment.
- Nashat Latib reports protocols that have quadrupled AMH and led to natural conception instead of donor eggs or IVF.
