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The Fertility Dietitian | Functional Fertility Info in your Ears

Brooke Boskovich | CEO & Founder of The Fertility Dietitian

Brooke Boskovich is a Functional Medicine Dietitian specializing in Fertility and this is The Fertility Dietitian Podcast where she helps couples uncover the barriers that are preventing them from optimizing their fertility & teaches you how to work with your body to finally take home a healthy baby. Each week she will be diving into different topics on fertility and sharing her perspective on physiology, metabolic health, nutrition & lifestyle approaches that have helped hundreds of couples get

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29:10

Cholesterol and Fertility: How High and Low...

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2026/10/01

Cholesterol is one of those words that can immediately make you think, "I need to lower that." But cholesterol is also essential for fertility. Your body needs cholesterol to make reproductive hormones, build healthy cells, produce bile, and support vitamin D production. So what happens when cholesterol is too high—or potentially too low—when you're trying to conceive? In this episode, I'm breaking down what your cholesterol numbers can actually tell you about fertility, metabolic health, and

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24:10

Failed IVF 4 Times: What They Changed Before Getting...

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2026/09/17

After five years of fertility challenges, multiple pregnancy losses, and four failed IVF outcomes, Sarah and James were exhausted. They had been told to try another IVF cycle, but they still didn't understand why they were struggling to get pregnant or stay pregnant. Instead of immediately repeating the same treatment, they decided to pause IVF and take a deeper look at both partners' health. Five months later, they were pregnant naturally. This isn't a story about being anti-IVF. IVF can be an

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17:55

How Light Exposure Affects Egg Quality and Fertility

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2026/09/10

If you've been trying to improve your egg quality, you've probably heard me talk about sleep. Sleep is one of the foundations I come back to again and again because it affects blood sugar, inflammation, mitochondrial health, hormone signaling, nervous system regulation, and the environment your eggs are developing in. But there's another piece of sleep and fertility that gets far less attention: light and darkness. Your ovaries have a circadian clock, and that clock is heavily influenced by light

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26:28

Prepping for IVF: What to Do 3 Months Before Your...

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2026/08/27

If IVF is on the calendar, you may feel an enormous amount of pressure to start as quickly as possible. But starting faster doesn't necessarily mean getting to a healthy baby faster. After working with couples for almost a decade, I've seen what can happen when we take the time to investigate the barriers that may have been missed and intentionally prepare both partners before starting IVF. IVF is an incredible tool, and I'm not anti-IVF. But IVF is a treatment, not a comprehensive fertility workup

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17:02

Male Fertility Testing: 6 Things a Semen Analysis...

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2026/08/20

Male fertility is still one of the biggest blind spots in fertility care. Male factor infertility contributes to roughly 40–50% of infertility cases, yet I continue to see couples spend months or even years investigating the female partner while the male partner gets a basic semen analysis and little else. A semen analysis is important, but it is not a comprehensive assessment of male fertility. Sperm quality matters not only for getting pregnant, but for embryo development, staying pregnant, and

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16:47

The Fertility Vitamins You're Probably Missing: How...

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2026/07/23

If you've been told your fertility testing looks "normal" but you're still not getting pregnant, there's an important group of nutrients that may be getting overlooked. Vitamins A, D, E, and K play critical roles in egg quality, sperm health, implantation, immune function, hormone production, and your baby's earliest stages of development—yet they're rarely evaluated before fertility treatment begins. In this episode, I'm breaking down why these fat-soluble vitamins matter so much for fertility,

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16:55

The Long-Term Effects of Birth Control on Fertility,...

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2026/07/16

If you took hormonal birth control as a teenager—or spent years on the pill before trying to conceive—you were probably told it was safe, effective, and something you could simply stop when you were ready to get pregnant. What many women weren't given was the full picture of how long-term birth control use may influence gut health, nutrient status, immune function, hormones, bone health, and the environment where your eggs are maturing. This episode isn't about fear or blaming women for choosing

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15:02

Why Endometriosis Surgery Doesn't Fix Infertility:...

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2026/07/09

If you've been told that surgery is your only answer for endometriosis—or maybe you've already had excision surgery and you're still struggling to get pregnant—this episode is for you. Excision surgery can be one of the most valuable tools available for women with endometriosis when it's performed by a highly skilled surgeon. But surgery alone doesn't treat the underlying immune dysfunction, inflammation, or metabolic factors that influence how endometriosis behaves. In this episode, I'm breaking

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22:59

The Hidden Link Between Autoimmunity and Infertility

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2026/07/02

If you've been trying to conceive for months or even years and no one has talked to you about your immune system, this episode is for you. One of the biggest misconceptions in fertility is that autoimmune diseases only matter once they've been diagnosed. But the reality is that immune dysfunction often begins years before symptoms ever appear. During that time, chronic low-grade inflammation can quietly influence hormone production, egg quality, implantation, and your ability to maintain a healthy

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16:16

How Sarah Got Pregnant at 39 After 7 Years of...

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2026/06/25

If you've been told your age is the reason you can't get pregnant, that your eggs are "too old," or that IVF is your only option, this episode is for you. Today, I'm sharing one of my favorite client success stories because it highlights what's possible when we stop accepting "everything looks normal" as an answer and start investigating the real barriers standing in the way of fertility. Sarah and Mike (names changed for privacy) had been trying to conceive for seven years. They experienced two

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16:01

Why Your Hormones Are Low: The Mitochondrial...

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2026/06/18

If you've been trying to conceive for months or years, feel exhausted, and have been told your hormones are low, you may have been focusing on the wrong piece of the puzzle. Many women come to me with low testosterone, low metabolized cortisol, low energy, poor recovery, and low libido. They've tried supplements, changed their diet, and sometimes even pursued hormone replacement therapy, yet they still don't feel like themselves. In this episode of The Fertility Dietitian Podcast, we're exploring a

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15:04

5 Fertility Nutrition Mistakes Diet Culture Taught...

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2026/06/11

Diet culture has spent decades teaching women that eating less is better, fat is something to avoid, carbs are the enemy, and weight loss should always be the goal. But when you're trying to conceive, those messages can work against your body in ways you may not realize. Fertility isn't about shrinking yourself—it's about creating an environment where your body feels safe, nourished, and supported enough to reproduce. In this episode of The Fertility Dietitian Podcast, I'm breaking down five common

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15:34

PCOS (Now PMOS), Fertility & IVF: Why IVF Is Not Your...

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2026/06/04

If you've been diagnosed with PCOS—or what is now officially called PMOS—and you've been told IVF is your next step, this episode is for you. One of the biggest misconceptions in fertility care is that PMOS automatically means IVF. In reality, many women are never given a full explanation of what's actually driving their symptoms, irregular cycles, or fertility challenges before being referred straight to treatment. In this episode, we're breaking down the recent name change from PCOS to PMOS

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14:09

Fish Oil for Fertility: The Research on Egg Quality,...

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2026/05/28

When couples are trying to conceive, most of the conversation becomes about hormones, ovulation timing, medications, and procedures. But one of the biggest pieces of the fertility puzzle often gets overlooked: the environment your eggs are developing in. Your eggs are constantly responding to inflammation, nutrient status, oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, blood sugar balance, immune signaling, and the fats that literally make up every cell membrane in your body. In this episode, we're

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19:14

How to Improve Egg Quality Naturally: Habits That Are...

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2026/05/21

Your egg quality is not as fixed as you've been led to believe. Yes, age matters—biology is real—but it is only one piece of the fertility picture. Your ovaries are constantly responding to your internal environment: blood sugar, inflammation, stress hormones, nutrient status, sleep, and even your gut health. And that means something powerful: the daily habits you think are "normal" may actually be shaping the environment your eggs are developing in. In this episode, I'm walking you through the most

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15:12

Blood Sugar, Insulin, and Egg Quality: What Most...

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2026/05/14

If you are doing all of the right things but still not getting pregnant, this is a conversation you need to pay attention to. Blood sugar and insulin influence every step of the fertility process—from egg development and ovulation to implantation and early pregnancy. Yet this is one of the most overlooked fertility barriers I see because most women are either not tested properly or told their labs are "normal." The tricky part is that blood sugar dysregulation and insulin resistance can exist for

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12:09

Male Fertility Tips That Actually Improve Sperm...

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2026/05/07

If I was trying to get pregnant, one of the first conversations I would have wouldn't be about ovulation tracking or another supplement—it would be about sperm. Because the sperm your partner has today reflects how he has been living over the last 70 to 90 days. And if you're only focusing on the female side, you're missing half of the equation. In this episode, I'm walking you through exactly what I taught my own husband about his fertility so we could shorten our time to a healthy baby. These are

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18:56

Your Labs Are "Normal" But You're Not Getting...

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2026/04/30

A lot of couples are told their labs are "normal" and still find themselves stuck with unexplained infertility. But normal doesn't always mean optimal, especially when it comes to fertility. In this episode, we walk through the most common lab red flags she sees over and over again, why they matter, and what to do about them so you can stop guessing and start getting real answers. These lab markers are not random, and they are not just about general health. They tell us how safe the body feels, how

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21:24

Why Most IVF Cycles Fail and What You Need to Do...

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2026/04/23

If IVF has been suggested to you, or you have already been through it and it did not go the way you hoped, this episode is for you. Most IVF cycles do not fail randomly. They fail for predictable reasons, often because the foundation was never built before treatment started. IVF is not a magic fix. It is a tool, and tools only work as well as the environment they are used in. Brooke breaks down the biggest misconceptions about IVF, what is commonly missed in the conventional fertility process, and

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45:39

Failed IVF to Natural Pregnancy: How Lisa Got...

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2026/04/09

When you spend years being told that IVF is your only option, it can feel like your body has stopped being on your side. In this episode, I sit down with Lisa to talk through her four-year fertility journey, the testing that changed everything, and how she and her husband were finally able to conceive naturally after getting more individualized support. What I love most about Lisa's story is that it is proof that fertility care does not have to be extreme to be effective. We talk about the power of

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