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Patients are often concerned with fertility issues. Seen here, Paul J. Husserl, MD, CLT, counsels a couple about successfully achieving their pregnancy goals. BY THOMAS CROCKER DR. HUSSERL † a Bellmore native and graduate of the town's John F. Kennedy High School — grew up listening to and watching his mother, a nutritionist, espouse the impor ta nce of nutrition t o overa l l hea lt h . T h i s ex per ience piqued his interest in science and led him to pursue a Bachelor of Science d e g r e e i n nu t r it i on a l s c i e n c e s a t Cornell University. "I found severa l of my most interest- ing undergraduate courses to be those that dea lt with the physica l chemistry of how the body brea ks down food, as well as how this relates to the body 's physiologic systems and fosters normal or abnorma l conditions," Dr. Husserl says. "In the field of OB-GY N, ma ny of t he cond itions I routi nely see i n pat ient s , such a s polyc y s t ic ov a r y syndrome [PCOS], are directly related to nutrition-associated abnorma lities, such as insulin resistance. "A nother exa mple of the interplay between nutrition and female health is that excess fat leads directly to elevated estrogen levels in women," Dr. Husserl continues. "Over time, high estrogen le ve l s c a n r e s u lt i n pr e c a nc er ou s proliferation of the tissues lining the Brings a Holistic Approach to Long Island Women's Health Care Group PC A UNIQUE MEDICAL CAREER PATH DEEPLY INFLUENCES THE WAY DR. HUSSERL, AN OB¡GYN, INTER ACTS WITH AND CARES FOR PATIENTS. Paul J. Husserl, MD, CLT, 0 6 0 6❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R S T O R Y

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