Summary of Neal Barnard’s Your Body in Balance

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview:The Westernized diet has spread all across the world, bringing along acne, diabetes, infertility, and cancer. It is time we change our diets for the better.

Neal Barnard’s Your Body in Balance  explains how the typical meat-reliant, processed food diet is affecting our health. While there are always new medications to help treat physical and emotional ailments, there is growing proof of the curing power of our diets. With simple steps such as cutting out meat and dairy; focusing on fruits, vegetables, and soy products; and exercising regularly, we can regulate our hormones and bodies to feel our best selves.

It may not be easy changing our diet, but the results speak for themselves - at the end of this journey, we will find ourselves energized, revitalized, and living longer and healthier lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669345480

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Summary of  Neal Barnard’s Your Body in Balance

Overview

The Westernized diet has spread all across the world, bringing along acne, diabetes, infertility, and cancer. It is time we change our diets for the better.

Neal Barnard’s Your Body in Balance  explains how the typical meat-reliant, processed food diet is affecting our health. While there are always new medications to help treat physical and emotional ailments, there is growing proof of the curing power of our diets. With simple steps such as cutting out meat and dairy; focusing on fruits, vegetables, and soy products; and exercising regularly, we can regulate our hormones and bodies to feel our best selves.

It may not be easy changing our diet, but the results speak for themselves - at the end of this journey, we will find ourselves energized, revitalized, and living longer and healthier lives.

Diet and Fertility

Diet changes can have massive impacts. For both men and women, it can even affect their fertility.

The most common reason for a female’s infertility is a lack of ovulation, meaning their ovaries won’t release an egg. For men, abnormalities of the testes, hormones, or ducts that carry the sperm can limit fertility. There can also be issues when the sperm and egg actually come together.

The more body fat you have, the more hormones you produce. However, this does not help with fertility, as studies have shown that being on the thinner side of a normal weight range helps a woman with her fertility. This is because fat cells cause hormones to malfunction.

When you have excess hormones, your liver filters your blood and removes them along with other toxins. One way to help your liver with this task is to eat more fiber, as it’s responsible for soaking up all those unwanted toxins in your liver.

Along with a high fiber, low fat diet, eliminating dairy can help with a woman’s fertility. The artificial insemination of cows can aggravate hormone problems, and the lactose in milk can also be