What sperm can tell you about your partner's health

About this episode

The episode discusses sperm health as a biomarker of overall health and features insights from experts in the field.

This week we're joined by Tristan Taylor, the founder of Mandrology, who is biohacking his way to sperm health. He explains why sperm quality is a biomarker of health, in the same way that heart rate and blood pressure is -- and what you can do to improve it. Meanwhile, Emma Whitney, director of embryology and genetics at The Evewell, explains why not all add-ons are made equal -- and why timelapse embryo imaging is one of the good ones. -- Hi, we're Emma and Gabby from BFN, the UK's biggest podcast about infertility and IVF. We're on our eighth series now, but at the beginning we shared our own IVF journeys. If you'd like to hear about them, go back to the first series of the podcast. You'll get to know us better that way, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Emma, Gabby

Guests: Tristan Taylor, Emma Whitney

Topics covered

• sperm health
• biomarkers
• IVF
• fertility
• embryology
• health

Keywords

• sperm quality
• health biomarkers
• IVF add-ons
• timelapse embryo imaging
• fertility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mandrology, The Evewell

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