With fertility challenges affecting roughly one in six people globally, reproductive endocrinologists say there are concrete steps men and women can take to support their reproductive health .

Newsweek spoke to three leading specialists on the most evidence-backed ways to protect fertility: optimizing lifestyle habits, reducing harmful exposures and supporting reproductive function through targeted nutrition and stress management.

1. Optimize Lifestyle Habits That Influence Hormones and Reproductive Function

Across specialists, everyday habits play a meaningful role in fertility.

“Tweaking your lifestyle factors is usually the first line of defense in preserving fertility in men and women,” Dr. Armando Hernandez-Rey, a reproductive endocrinologist at Conceptions Florida, told N

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