Paleo f(x) Grab Bag: Carbs, Sex Hormones, Type 1 Diabetes, and More | Mastering Nutrition #11
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The Importance of Carbohydrate Intake for Optimal Fertility
Hammond: Leptin is absolutely critical for fertility in males and females. It's not any more important in females than it is males, he says. You have to have the right amount of body fat, not too low, not too high, just right,. And by the same token, you need to have adequate carbohydrate intake to stimulate insulin. Hammond: If you're always chronically restricting carbohydrate to achieve really, really, really low levels of insulin, then it's always not the right time.
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