Fatigue, Weight Gain & Fertility: Expert Reveals Inflammation's Hidden Impact

• Dr. Shivika Gupta, Fertility Specialist at Birla Fertility & IVF, Gurgaon, highlights inflammation as a common thread in modern health and fertility challenges.
• Chronic low-grade inflammation, driven by metabolic stress, poor sleep, sedentary lifestyles, and ultra-processed foods, can damage cells and tissues.
• Persistent fatigue is an early sign, as inflammation interferes with mitochondrial function, causing constant drainage.
• Inflammation disrupts insulin sensitivity and encourages abdominal fat accumulation, making weight management difficult.
• It impacts female fertility by affecting hormone regulation, egg quality, ovulation, and the uterine environment, and in men, it damages sperm quality and DNA.