EP 79: Stress, Blood Sugar Balance, and Your Fertility

Jillian Greaves (MPH, RD, LDN) is a Functional Medicine Dietitian, Women's Health Specialist, podcast co-host, and founder of the highest-rated dietitian and functional nutrition business in Boston. She has been recognized across major publications such as Dr. Axe, Healthline and EatingWell for her transformative and unique approach to wellness. Jillian’s mission is not only to empower women to understand and treat the root causes of their health issues naturally, but also to guide them in breaking away from the pursuit of perfection in doing so.

It was early on in Jillian’s career when she realized the potentially damaging consequences of the “pill for every ill” approach traditional medicine often takes. After years of struggling with her own health, she realized that what she learned in her professional experience and her doctors’ orders to “just take birth control” were not enough to help her truly reverse her symptoms. Fueled by her own personal health challenges and frustration with being told that “everything looks normal” while her body was telling her otherwise, she decided to build her own private practice.

Through her private nutrition coaching and courses, Jillian has helped thousands of women – and counting – heal their gut and hormone symptoms while breaking away from dieting extremes through personalized and sustainable programs. Her unique approach to helping clients achieve whole-person health is focused on helping them foster empowering relationships with food and their bodies.

In this Episode

– Understanding the stress bucket 

– How under eating derails blood sugar balance and increases cortisol 

– Dangerous social media diet trends for hormones and fertility

– Understanding how the circadian rhythm impacts hormone production 

– Nutrition to boost egg quality and the importance of fermented foods 

– Debunking myths about AMH and your ability to get pregnant 

– Learning the line for what’s too much exercise for fertility

Connect with Lindsey:

Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility

Website: foodfreedomandfertility.com

Twitter: @lindseylusson