![]() ![]() But the problem is folic acid is not actually found in nature. Now, as you know, I’m a great believer in dietary supplements. Well, what’s happened is that, as we’ve lost folates in the diet, and this started happening, we started to replace it with folic acid as the dietary supplement. And we well know that folate deficiencies result in neural tube defects and increased spontaneous abortions, things of this nature. And a big part of that problem with the food supply is that we’ve become deficient in folates. There’s a big problem with what we’ve done to our food supply. And this is one that I’m paying more and more attention to. So let’s look at some of those, and let’s start with the nutrition side. When we then start damaging the quality of the sperm, the quality of the eggs, the environment for the development of the fetus, now we start to have a lot more events for when nature to say, well, no, this is not working. Nature says we want healthy babies, as much as possible. I mean, and I’m being kind of, you know, harsh about this, but that’s the reality. So nature says, okay, there’s going to be a problem with this fetus, it’s better to protect the mother and not waste the resources on this fetus. And nature is doing this because there’s something wrong with the fetus. So most people don’t realize that even ignoring the whole issue of toxicity, a substantial portion of normal pregnancies are spontaneously aborted by the body. And I’ve broken it down into toxins that cause male infertility, toxins that cause female infertility, toxins that cause IVF failure, and toxins that cause damaged fetuses. So when we started looking at these toxins, it’s very clear that many of these toxins cause infertility. So it’s not just that we have more toxins, it’s that we’re also more susceptible to them. ![]() Number two is, we’ve made ourselves more susceptible to the toxins. So when we look at this, there’s kind of two big things I want to cover today that are critical. And as a matter of fact, we now know that the highest number of people ever are going for fertility treatment because there’s so much infertility. Now, why is that happening? It’s more than just choice. So when they asked me to look at fertility and toxins, I said, well, oh yeah, that should be real interesting, because we do know that fertility is decreasing. So up until that point, I hadn’t been paying much attention to it because I was focusing more on cardiovascular disease and diabetes and gout and dementia, all those things where we clearly have documentation of how bad toxins are as people get older. So about 6 years ago, I was invited by the Integrative Fertility Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, to give them a lecture on environmental toxins and fertility. Can you talk to us about why this is happening right now to us? So I just want to jump right into it and say I know more and more couples have a lot of friends that are finding conception difficult. Rebekah Kelley: Like, right here, and they’re actually by my bedside, and I really am excited to talk about what we can do about what’s happening right now with so many exposures to toxins. Joseph Pizzorno: Well, thank you so much for the invitation to chat with you again, and boy, this is such an important topic. Pizzorno is an expert in toxins and detoxification, and we’re absolutely thrilled to have him here today to talk about the consequences of chemically grown food. He’s the author of numerous books, including the Textbook of Natural Medicine, and most recently, The Toxin Solution. He’s a naturopathic physician, educator, researcher, and founding president of Bastyr University, and the current chair of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine. He’s a world-leading authority on science-based natural medicine. I’d also like to thank our lead sponsor, Village Green Apothecary, at .Ī little bit about Dr. Pizzorno, I want to remind everyone to subscribe and get all of our variety of casts in audio, video and transcription at. I’m your host, Rebekah Kelley, and today our topic will be The Impact of Toxins on Fertility with Dr. Rebekah Kelley: Welcome to the Humanized podcast, all about personalizing your health. ![]()
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