Dr. Alyssa Annello

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Dr. Alyssa Annello

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Integrity Natural Medicine utilizes a unique naturopathic and functional approach with a focus on truly changing lives.

01/13/2025

Supplements are supplemental to a health supportive lifestyle.

I like to say they can facilitate healing but they will not, on their own, help you reach your health goals.

In a world where most food is fake, the environment is full of chemicals, and sedentary lifestyles are normal, it takes some level of attention and awareness to be healthy.

01/12/2025

Of course that positive pregnancy test is important. What comes after the positive test is equally as important. Preconception care, optimizing your health, optimizing your fertility, addressing the root causes of unexplained infertility, all work to optimize the pregnancy and health of the baby.

The s***m and egg being optimally healthy, as well as the mother’s body being hormonally, metabolically, and nutritionally well are all the minimal basic recipe for a healthy baby and pregnancy.

It can sound like a lot, but it’s actually really simple, and easy.

In health,

Dr. A

09/14/2024

Heck, normal might not even be normal, let alone optimal.

Our health has declined so much over all over the last century and especially the last 5-6 decades. And it shows in the massive decline in fertility. Normal parameters are not ideal and in many cases people will still have symptoms or trouble conceiving in the normal range for various tests.

For example, the parameters for a semen analysis have changed and now the data is from the lowest 5th percentile of men who are able to conceive. This is far from optimal.

The couples I work with want to get pregnant, yes, but they also want to do what they can to have a healthy pregnancy and baby. Reaching optimal is important.

Optimal parameters are especially important for the following tests:

Thyroid
Cortisol
S*x hormones
S***m parameters
Ferritin
Vitamin D
Insulin

Optimal > normal > status quo

09/02/2024

It depends…on quite a few factors

1) What do you mean by “detox”/what kind of “detox”?
2) Is there a known environmental exposure impacting your fertility?
3) How long until you are trying to conceive?

“Detox” can mean a lot of different things to different people. A detox can be eating cleaner and getting processed foods out of your diet, generally this is not going to be detrimental to trying to conceive at the same time. Unless it’s a massive change and significant weight loss is taking place. Fat tissue is a place where your body will store toxicants, rapid fat loss can release these toxicants into the bloodstream. However, generally speaking changing your diet to a cleaner diet is a good thing.

Forms of “detox” that are more significant include fasting and chelation. Longer term fasting is going to cause rapid fat breakdown. Chelation is designed to pull toxicants out of your body, but with that come vital minerals important for development of baby, that will be drawn out of your body. These 2 forms of “detox” should be generally avoided if you are actively trying to conceive.

Which brings me to my next point, I have found the cause of some couples unexplained infertility to be exposure to environmental toxicants and a detox is necessary for their fertility to be rejuvenated. In these cases a proper “detox” with a pause in trying to conceive is important.

This brings me to my final point, if you plan on trying to conceive down the road and have time for a “detox” then it can be incredible for improving fertility and just optimizing health for a healthy pregnancy. In some cases, when delaying trying to conceive is necessary for the reasons explained above.

I don’t recommend doing any kind of significant detox (fasting or chelation) less than 6 months before trying to conceive. This goes for both men and women. Mobilizing toxicants out of storage tissues and into the blood stream isn’t a great idea when actively trying to get pregnant. Generally, changing your diet and cleaning up your environment is something anyone can do though.

08/05/2024

“Oh wow I didn’t know that!”

I’ll never forget when a client of mine was telling me about an appointment she had had with her doctor. She had just become pregnant through IVF, and her doctor was now outlining the extra ultrasounds and tests she would need, because of the risks associated with IVF. I remember he saying to me, “why didn’t he mention these things beforehand?”

Before reading on, I want to disclose that this client had gone on to have a healthy baby, and healthy babies and pregnancies are absolutely possible with IVF. However there are absolutely risks, and I want you to know what you can do about it.

Increased risks have been found for the following in studies, when comparing IVF pregnancies to spontaneous pregnancies:
Gestational diabetes
Gestational high blood pressure/pre-eclampsia
Preterm birth
Low birth weight
Congenital defects particularly found in the eyes, heart, reproductive organs, and urinary system which includes the kidneys
Nervous System disorders such as neural tube defects
Higher BMI in baby later in life
Blood pressure issues in baby later in life
Glucose intolerance for baby later in life

What you can do, is understand that if you are having trouble getting pregnant you have some options. You can jump straight to IVF and risk the things listed above, or you can address the causes as to why you are having trouble conceiving and eliminate the need for IVF entirely, or at the very least maximize the likelihood of a successful IVF round by optimizing your health and minimize risks associated with IVF if you should need to move forward with that.

This post is intended to bring awareness to the real risks associated with IVF and empower you to seek help to optimize your fertility, pregnancy, and health of baby.

07/22/2024

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06/18/2024

Here’s the lowdown 👇👇

Folic acid is synthetic, it can jam up methylation pathways in the body and lead to accumulation of folic acid in the body.

This can happen from grain fortification and/or supplements that contain folic acid instead of folate.

While methylated folic acid doesn’t necessarily cause any issues, if you can’t methylate properly, this means you can’t utilize folic acid as efficiently and this can lead to fatigue, mood swings, depression, hair skin and nail changes, amongst other things.

So it’s best to take a more recognizable molecule.

Folate is necessary for cell division, and a developing baby is undergoing a massive amount of cell division.

03/30/2024

Focus on creating a health environment and following natures laws. Maybe there’s some learning to do maybe there’s some implementation that is necessary.

I know one thing is for sure you cannot ignore your environment and natures laws and expect to feel well or optimize your fertility.

03/12/2024

There is massive opportunity in comparing your labs to optimal vs comparing them to “normal”

I hear so often “my doctor said my labs are fine/normal/great” and when I look at the labs, there are absolutely clues as to why the couple is having trouble getting pregnant.

Always compare your labs to optimal, you won’t regret it!

In my Fertility Foundations Course you will have the opportunity to see optimal ranges and compare your labs to these. You’ll also understand what those results tell you. So you can start finding answers!

Stay tuned, course launch coming soon! ❤️

02/04/2024

The goal of what I’m about to say is not to create fear but rather foster awareness.

The goal of a majority of mainstream fertility clinics is to get you pregnant via IUI first then IVF and other procedures, with little if any effort put into actually helping you achieve optimal health and fertility beforehand.

Not only are there risks to mom and the pregnancy with IVF…

Ectopic pregnancy
Ovarian hyperstimulation
Mental emotional risks
Pre-eclampsia
Placental issues
Increased risk of c-section

Studies show there are risks to the baby…

Nervous system defects
Muscle and bone defects
Heart defects
Preterm birth
Low birthweight

The point of this is not to scare you away from IVF but rather help you understand that, IVF or not, optimizing your health is a necessity before getting pregnant.

My goal is never just to help you get that positive test, it’s to do everything we can to improve health outcomes for mom and baby.

01/15/2024

What are you investing your time and energy into this year?

12/15/2023

Let me let you in on a little secret…

This applies to most things in life but ESPECIALLY fertility.

Ever start something new, or embark on a journey to improve something in your life, wishing you started 6 months ago?

When you start a work out regimen, you don’t notice day to day changes but you notice the change when you compare day 1 to month 4.

When you start saving money, it doesn’t feel like much at first, but 4-6 months in, it can feel like a big accomplishment.

When you start putting thought into your diet, it may feel like a burden or inconvenient at first, but in 4 months time you will feel better, your energy may be improved, your skin may be clearer, and your mood may be better.

Now for the fertility impacts. It takes 3-4 months to optimize egg quality. You may not notice the changes right away, although my clients typically experience significant improvement in the first month. But despite not seeing changes right away your body is healing.

Remember it’s been years like this, and to think, in 4-6 months, years of imbalance can be improved if not reversed completely is pretty miraculous.

There’s no better time than now.

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