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Monica Cox

Holistic Functional Fertility Health Coach

Specialty: Gut health and fertility connectionTopic: How gut health impacts fertility through inflammation and immune dysfunction

Key Insights

  • Leaky gut causes immune system to attack embryos as foreign agents
  • 90% of fertility issues stem from inflammation originating in gut and stress
  • Food intolerances must be identified individually rather than following generic fertility diets
  • Cellular health determines egg quality more than chronological age

Actionable Advice

  • Start by learning to say no and setting boundaries to reduce stress
  • Identify your specific food intolerances through testing
  • Increase food variety to 40+ different foods per week
  • Address gut health and inflammation before or alongside medical treatments

From This Conversation

Teachings 8

Perspectives 2

  • Fertility issues are your body's way of saying 'I'm not healthy enough to grow a human being right now - can you please take care of yourself first?'

    Monica Cox observed clients coming to her sicker after multiple IVF rounds because their bodies couldn't handle the drug overload on top of existing inflammation.

    15:32
  • Your body is a healing machine - if it wasn't, everyone would be dead by 25 given the stress, poor food, and lifestyle choices most people make

    Monica Cox emphasizes that bodies naturally heal and asking 'what will you do for me if I actually take care of you?' can unlock the body's healing potential for fertility.

    20:20

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