Andrew Huberman· PhD
Because, indeed, there are many interventions that we can all do and use to support our fertility.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Because, indeed, there are many interventions that we can all do and use to support our fertility.
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The typical recommendation, based on peer-reviewed studies that have shown significant improvements in egg quality-- that is chromosomal arrangements, that is the likelihood of fertility-- or pregnancy, rather-- the likelihood of sperm being forward fast swimmers as opposed to twitchers or immotile and having proper morphology-- all those measures has been demonstrated to be significantly improved by the ingestion of L-carnitine. How much L-carnitine? Well, that depends on how you're obtaining the L-carnitine. If you're obtaining it in capsule form, 1 to 3 grams per day of capsule form L-carnitine is what's been suggested to improve egg quality and sperm quality.
Now, 1 to 3 grams per day can be taken all at once or spread out throughout the 24-hour cycle. It can be taken with or without food. It does not seem to matter. And when taken for a period of 30 to 60 days, it does seem to significantly improve all the parameters that have been discussed for egg quality and sperm quality.
Carnitine supports female fertility