#75 Overcoming Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: Exercise & Body Weight for Fertility with Samantha Kellgren
Mastering Your Fertility
English - April 29, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 114 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness health lifestyle diet nutrition muscle exercise fitness weightloss functionalmedicine food Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In epsiode 75, I interview fertility health coach, Samantha Kellgren, about exercise for fertility and the importance of eating enough and maintaining adequate body fat to balance your cycle, maintain healthy hormones, and support a pregnancy. We also talk a lot about Samantha’s personal experience with hypothalamic amenorrhea and her journey of recovery that involved significant changes to her exercise and nutrition routines. In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why overdoing it on exercise and keeping body fat too low is so detrimental to fertility
Some of the red flags that might indicate a problem with your food or fitness habits
How you can find support to make changes in these areas to support your fertility
What type and amount of exercise is actually recommended for optimal fertility
What it was like for Samantha to make these changes and successfully overcome HA and have a beautiful healthy baby
You can find show notes for the episode and links to Samantha's website and social media at https://tinyfeet.co/my-podcast/75.
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