A Huberman Lab podcast episode featuring Dr. Natalie Crawford, an OB/GYN and reproductive endocrinologist with training in nutrition. The episode introduces a broad discussion of female hormone health across the lifespan, including puberty timing, hormonal and non-hormonal birth control, measures of fertility (egg count), egg retrieval/freezing and IVF, and nutrition/supplementation for fertility and women's hormone health.
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Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast where we discuss science and science based tools for everyday life. I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. My guest today is Dr. Natalie Crawford. Dr. Natalie Crawford is a medical doctor specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility. She also holds a degree in nutrition science. Dr. Crawford runs a clinical practice, seeing patients daily as well as being actively involved in public education, both through social media and through her popular podcast entitled As A woman Today, Dr. Crawford teaches us about all aspects of female hormones and hormone health and fertility, beginning as far back as in utero, when we were still in our mother's womb, and extending as far forward as menopause. We discuss topics such as the timing of puberty and what the timing of puberty in girls means for their fertility. And we discuss birth control, both hormonal and non hormonal forms of birth control, and how birth control may or may not relate to long term fertility and different aspects of female health. We also talk extensively about measuring fertility, that is Egg count. We also talk about egg retrieval, AKA freezing one's eggs as well as in vitro fertilization. And we also take a deep dive into the popular and important topics of nutrition and supplementation as they relate to fertility, as they relate to pregnancy, but also how they relate to female hormone health generally. Indeed, Dr. Crawford provides us with a masterclass on female hormones and fertility, one that I know that all women ought to benefit from and that men would benefit from listening to as well. Before we begin, I'd like to emphasize that this podcast is separate from my teaching and research roles at Stanford. It is, however, part of my desire and effort to bring zero cost to consumer information about science and science related tools to the general public. In keeping with that theme, I'd like to thank the sponsors of today's podcast. Our first sponsor is Maui Nui Venison. Maui Nui Venison is the most nutrient dense and delicious red meat available. I've spoken before on this podcast, in solo episodes and with guests about the need to get approximately one gram of high quality protein per pound of body weight each day for optimal nutrition. There are many different ways that one can do that, but a key thing is to make sure that you're not doing that by ingesting excessive calories. Maui Nui Venison has the highest density of quality protein per calorie and it achieves that in delicious things like ground meats venison steaks, jerky and bone broth. I particularly like the ground venison. I make those into.
