Planning a family? The overlooked connection between fertility and blood sugar
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Are you planning to start a family or looking to support your reproductive health? This week on the Diabetes Digital Podcast, we sit down with fertility-focused dietitian Ayla Palmer to explore the powerful link between blood sugar and fertility. From how insulin resistance can impact ovulation to the surprising ways glucose levels affect sperm health, we cover it all in this insightful episode.
Ayla shares practical tips on the best foods to support hormone balance, key supplements to consider (like inositol!), and simple lifestyle shifts that can improve fertility outcomes. Plus, we dive into whether acupuncture really helps with fertility and what small changes can make a big difference for both men and women.
If you're living with diabetes or prediabetes and want personalized support from a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist covered by insurance, visit diabetesdigital.co to connect with our culturally aware and weight-inclusive team.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | We are thrilled to have a dietitian guest with us today. |
| 0:09.2 | We have one of our colleagues, Aela Barmer, who is the founder, CEO of Fullwell, |
| 0:14.2 | the only nutritionist founded and formulated reproductive health supplement brand, |
| 0:19.3 | delivering comprehensive nutrition designed to safely |
| 0:22.0 | and effectively protect your fertility, nourish your body, and support your needs before |
| 0:26.8 | during and after pregnancy. |
| 0:28.8 | ELA has over 20 years of experience in fertility, nutrition, and has been enhancing the health |
| 0:34.2 | and empowerment of thousands of her clients, patients, peers, and mentees |
| 0:38.5 | at the intersection of nutritional science, functional medicine, and evidence-based holistic |
| 0:44.1 | solutions. We actually had Aela on our podcast in 2019. Time flies. It feels like it was yesterday. |
| 0:52.7 | We're so excited to have her back to talk about fertility and |
| 0:56.1 | specifically how it intersects with pre-diabetes and diabetes care. Ela, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:03.2 | Welcome to the Diabetes Digital podcast. I'm Wendy. And I'm Jess and we're best friends, |
| 1:08.8 | registered dieticians, and diabetes educators. |
| 1:11.5 | Through our telehealth platform, diabetesdigital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual |
| 1:17.0 | nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and prediabetes. |
| 1:20.4 | Visit diabetes digital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. |
| 1:24.8 | We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. Now, |
| 1:28.6 | let's get into today's episode. This podcast is brought to you by Hero Bread. As dietitians, |
| 1:37.1 | we're always on the hunt for store-bought foods that we can confidently recommend to our patients. |
| 1:41.9 | But here is the catch anything we recommend has to actually |
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