The Holistic Fertility Show
Our holistic fertility podcast explores natural and integrative approaches to fertility. Through expert interviews and thoughtful discussions, we aim to empower listeners with knowledge about optimizing reproductive health through lifestyle, nutrition, acupuncture, and other holistic practices.
Episodes
184 episodes
Can nutritional changes improve your fertility outcome?
Eating the right foods improves fertility outcomes by reducing inflammation, balancing hormones, and protecting eggs and sperm from oxidative stress. Nutrient-rich choices like fatty fish (omega-3s), colorful fruits and vegetables (antioxidants...
Egg quality is one of the most important components of fertility success. What can be done to improve it?
Egg quality is one of the most important components of fertility success because the egg provides much of the cellular machinery needed for fertilization, early embryo development, and implantation. Without a healthy, competent egg, conception ...
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) - Does it work?
In reproductive medicine, platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is an emerging treatment that uses a patient’s own blood to concentrate platelets and growth factors that may help support tissue repair and regeneration. In fertility care, PRP may be pla...
Can Acupuncture Help the PCOS Patient Conceive?
Acupuncture offers promising support for women with PCOS who are trying to conceive. By helping to regulate hormonal imbalances, promote regular ovulation, and improve blood flow to the ovaries and uterus, acupuncture can address key cha...
Your egg quality can be improved and you can get and stay pregnant. DON'T LOSE HOPE!
A Truth No One Wants to HearIf you are a woman in your mid-to-late thirties or forties who is trying to conceive, you have likely been told that your age is working against you. Maybe a doctor checked your bloodwork, reviewed an u...
Can acupuncture improve IVF outcomes?
Acupuncture may help improve IVF outcomes by supporting healthy blood flow to the uterus and ovaries, reducing stress, and helping create a more receptive environment for implantation. Research and clinical fertility practices sugge...
Do you have PCOS? Trying to conceive? Listen to this!
For women with PCOS trying to conceive, N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) offers meaningful supportive benefits as part of an integrative fertility approach. This antioxidant supplement works by replenishing glutathione, the body’s master antioxid...
How Many Fertility Patients are Using Acupuncture as Part of Their Protocol?
In the United States, acupuncture is one of the most commonly used complementary therapies among infertility patients undergoing IVF. Published estimates suggest that 8% to 47% of couples add acupuncture to their IVF cycles, showing that...
Can egg/embryo quality be improved?
Research suggests that acupuncture may play a meaningful role in supporting egg and embryo quality, particularly for women undergoing fertility treatments. Studies have shown that acupuncture can improve blood flow to the ovaries, which enhance...
Male Infertility: Varicoceles, Sperm DNA fragmentation, Poor Sperm Parameters...What can be done?
Male factor infertility contributes to approximately 40-50% of all conception challenges and frequently involves issues such as low sperm count, reduced motility, abnormal morphology, or elevated DNA fragmentation that can impair fertilization ...
Having an Embryo Transfer? Worried about an ectopic pregnancy? You should be.
Ectopic pregnancy occurs when an embryo implants outside the uterus, most commonly in the fallopian tube. In the general, non-IVF population, ectopic pregnancy is typically reported at about 1–2% of pregnancies. In IVF pregnancies, studies and ...
Why miscarriage often comes down to oxygen!
Today, we're diving into a topic that might surprise you but could be a game-changer for many: oxygen deficiency as a hidden contributor to miscarriage. You might be wondering – what does oxygen have to do with holding onto a pregnancy?<...
Supporting the Energy and Quality of Your Eggs/Embryos
As women age, the tiny energy centers inside the eggs—called mitochondria—begin to function less efficiently. Because eggs require tremendous energy to mature properly, divide correctly, and support early embryo development, this decline can le...
Phone Consults Now Available
The Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness is a New York City–based complementary medicine fertility clinic specializing in supportive care for individuals and couples facing reproductive challenges. Now offering phone consultations worldwide...
The new reproductive medicine paradigm: Acupuncture, herbs and IVF
Welcome to the Fertility Hope Podcast, where we explore real solutions for building the family of your dreams. I’m your host, Mike Berkley, L.Ac., FABORM, founder and director of The Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness in New York City. Fo...
You Only Have Three Months to Improve Egg or Sperm Quality
The quality of your eggs and sperm is not fixed — it can be significantly improved, but the biological timeline is strict. Sperm take approximately 74 days (about three months) to fully develop from precursor cells to mature sperm re...
Is Inflammation Causing Your Fertility Challenge?
Welcome to The Holistic Fertility Show. Today we’re talking about inflammation—one of the hidden factors that may interfere with fertility, implantation, egg quality, sperm health, and healthy pregnancy outcomes.Inflammation can...
Sperm problems?
Male factor infertility is more common than many couples realize, and it can involve sperm count, motility, morphology, DNA fragmentation, hormones, inflammation, oxidative stress, varicocele, and lifestyle factors. In this episode, we’ll discu...
Can Herbal Medicine Really Improve Fertility Outcomes?
Welcome to today’s episode, where we explore how customized herbal medicine may support IVF outcomes by helping improve hormonal balance, the uterine environment, egg quality, implantation, and early pregnancy support. For many IVF ...
Can Low-Level light therapy improve egg/embryo quality?
Welcome to today’s episode, where we explore Low-Level Light Therapy, also known as LLLT, and its potential role in supporting egg and embryo quality. This gentle, non-invasive therapy uses specific wavelengths of light, including near-infrared...
Can sperm be Improved , or must you use donor sperm?
Welcome to today’s episode. We’re talking about how acupuncture and customized herbal medicine may support male fertility by helping improve sperm count, motility, morphology, liquefaction, and overall reproductive health. At The Be...
Are your egg cells running out of power? This occurs with aging and diminished ovarian reserve.
Imagine your body’s trillions of cells running on tiny internal power plants. These power plants are called mitochondria — the engines that turn food into usable energy. Now picture one single cell that carries the entire future of a new human ...
Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Shown to Assist IVF in Successful Outcomes
Welcome to today’s episode, where we explore how acupuncture and customized herbal medicine may support patients going through IVF. For many individuals and couples, IVF can feel physically demanding and emotionally overwhelming, and integrativ...
The Four Pillars of Fertility Enhancement. What You Can do Today!
Trying to conceive can feel like every door is a different specialist, a different supplement, a different opinion. In this week's episode, we open all four doors at once — acupuncture, low-level light therapy, targeted supplements, and custom ...
NAD+ Metabolism in Ovarian Aging & Female Fertility: A Comprehensive Briefing.
NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) plays a key role in female fertility by supporting mitochondrial function and cellular energy production in oocytes. Research shows that age-related declines in NAD+ contribute to reduced egg quality and...