Recovering From Chronic Illness and How To Boost Pregnancy Success with Allison Samon
Oct 23, 2023
We’re digging into recovering from chronic illness while TTC.
The conventional medicine approach for dealing with chronic illness and autoimmune disease is to prescribe medication.
This approach has us chasing symptoms and does not address the underlying cause.
One of the themes we see with low AMH and high FSH is autoimmunity. One autoimmune disease will predispose you to another autoimmune disease.
We see so many people who have a chronic illness or autoimmunity and have been referred to IVF or donor eggs, and the retrieval or transfer has failed.
It is not about pushing your body and doing another IVF.
We’ve been led to believe that IVF is the fast track.
The real fast track addresses your health, so a functional approach is uniquely positioned to optimize pregnancy success.
Today, I’m excited to welcome Allison Samon to the podcast. Allison is a Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner who works virtually with people to get out of chronic illness, escape from mystery symptoms, and help re-design their lifestyle so they can be fit, energized, and pain-free in easy, fun, and sustainable ways.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- The conventional medicine approach for chronic illness and autoimmunity
- How working on food sensitivities, gut infections, and stressors can begin the healing process back to health and optimal fertility
- How to be your own advocate so that you can improve pregnancy success
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HIGHLIGHTS
3:12 WELCOME ALLISON SAMON
3:55 ALLISON’S JOURNEY WITH CHRONIC PAIN
- Despite extensive tests, doctors couldn’t identify the source of Allison’s pain
- Despite being repeatedly dismissed by doctors, the pain kept popping back up over ten years
- Allison’s discovery of the role of nutrition in healing her body
- Recognizing the impact of food was a game-changer.
- My whole mentality was that you can eat it if you’re not fat.
11:51 BIRTH CONTROL PILLS
- After missing period throughout her 20s, Allison finally got back her cycle after coming off the pill
- The effects of long-term birth control use on menstrual cycles and hormonal balance
17:31 LOOKING BENEATH THE SURFACE
- How dietary and lifestyle changes can improve fertility and overall health
- Your age is everything you’ve done to yourself until now.
- You can rejuvenate your body in a lot of ways.
- I did a complete overhaul of our health and our home in preparation for getting pregnant.
- Endocrine disruptors in your personal care products
24:43 OPTIMIZING YOUR FERTILITY NATURALLY
- A lot of people go straight to IVF before looking at diet and gut health
- Sugar is deadly for fertility.
- Every time you have an insulin surge, you’re causing more inflammation in your body
- Go back to basics: what are you putting in, on, and around your body?
- Being able to optimize your detoxification will help your fertility
31:05 THE FAST TRACK IS YOUR HEALTH
- It’s rare that if someone’s dealing with a fertility issue, both parents are in perfect health.
- Addressing nutrition, gut health, and environmental toxins can make a massive difference to your fertility
- You can’t skip the health piece.
- The functional nutrition piece is so empowering for a Type A person.
- You must prioritize mental and emotional wellbeing to improve overall health.
- The importance of elimination
36:53 ESSENTIAL PILLARS FOR FERTILITY & OVERALL HEALTH
- Starting with gut health
- The connection between leaky gut and food sensitivities
- Allison’s preferred approach to food sensitivity testing
- The role of adaptogens
45:09 GETTING STARTED
- Access the Chronic and Mystery Illness Recovery Roadmap - allisonsamon.com/roadmap
45:47 FINAL THOUGHTS
- Your body wants to heal.
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RESOURCES:
Fab Fertile Method - https://fabfertile.com/pages/what-we-do
Connect with Allison Samon
- Access the Chronic and Mystery Illness Recovery Roadmap - allisonsamon.com/roadmap
- Allison Samon's Website | AllisonSamonFunctionalNutritionist.com
Ultimate Guide to Getting Pregnant This Year If You Have Low AMH/High FSH
Top Fertility Supplements You Need To Get Pregnant This Year - Access your free guide at www.suppguideffl.com email to hello@fabfertile.ca to get your copy.
Eating for your fertility does not have to suck and it is not about deprivation. It’s about eating food that tastes amazing and nourishes your body as you prepare for pregnancy success.
I’m excited to announce that our Autumn Fertility Recipe Guide is ready! I worked with a chef/nutrition background to prepare these summer recipes. In this 5-day challenge you’ll learn how food impacts your body while enjoying delicious meals - no you will not be drinking green juice and starving! Start this challenge today with your partner.
Your free guide includes a meal plan, grocery shopping list and everything you need to get started with nourishing foods that improve your chances of pregnancy success.
I get this question all the time: Where should I start to optimize pregnancy success?
I developed the Fertility Preparation Bundle https://fabfertile.com/products/fertility-preparation-bundle so that you can quickly figure out how food impacts your health AND fertility (plus you'll also get three (3) of our most popular fertility supplements that will optimize egg health).
This 10-day plan is to figure out exactly how food is impacting your fertility. And no, you will not be drinking green juice and starving.
It’s GENUINELY what we recommend to our clients to help improve pregnancy success (especially if you have low AMH/high FSH).
Get started here https://fabfertile.com/products/fertility-preparation-bundle and use code LAUNCH15 to save 15%.
Get Pregnant Naturally | Related Episodes
- Episode 407: The Ultimate Diet For Egg And Sperm Health
- Episode 389: Want to get pregnant this year?
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During our call, we’ll be discussing what you have tried so far and where you’ve faced challenges. This can feel stressful but is designed to help us get to the root cause of your fertility issues and will help me to give you the best possible action plan at the end of the call. However, to reassure you – on this call we won’t be digging into the trauma associated with infertility/miscarriage/loss – rather we are focused on solutions and an ACTION PLAN as to how our Fab Fertile Method can help you get pregnant naturally.
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