Dr. Labib Ghulmiyyah: How to Improve Sperm Count and Fertility Naturally | TUH #251

About this video

Brecka interviews maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. Labib Ghulmiyyah about fertility as a thousand-day journey from before conception through a child’s first two years. Ghulmiyyah argues lifestyle, plastics and chemical exposure, stress, migration, and sleep debt contribute to declining sperm counts and fertility rates, and discusses the gut microbiome in pregnancy, skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding, European versus US infant formula, and the FDA’s lifting of the hormone therapy black-box warning. Both men frame preconception health as programming the next generation’s healthspan.

Key takeaways

• Ghulmiyyah claims sperm counts and fertility rates are declining year over year, with lifestyle and chemical exposure as contributors
• Ghulmiyyah argues healthspan starts in the womb, with the maternal environment shaping later disease risk
• Ghulmiyyah presents pregnancy as a thousand-day window, not a nine-month event
• Brecka and Ghulmiyyah discuss gut flora as predictive of many health traits and relevant to pregnancy

Episode details: published March 10, 2026 · 6K views · 1:09:34 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Gary Brecka is a commercial health figure, not a physician. The claims described are Brecka’s or his guests’, presented for education — not medical advice and not endorsed by Self Growth Videos. Consult a qualified professional before changing your own health practices.

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