WomanCode: Unlocking Women's Health - A Holistic Approach to Hormone Balance, Fertility, and Wellness Through Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes

by Alisa Vitti

If there’s a deficiency in one gland or organ, I learned, another will step in and overcompensate.

Stabilize your blood sugar

Groningen University in the Netherlands show that how you eat and live actually gets passed down to at least one successive generation through this epigenetic process.

One study found that women who drank less wine had fewer cramps than those who drank more.

Unstable blood sugar is the most important underlying cause behind hormonal problems.

Exercise is a natural way of reducing the glucose load my body has to deal with so I won’t experience severe spikes and drops after a carb-heavy meal.

biologically speaking, there’s no such thing as willpower.

low blood sugar literally makes you hungry even if it’s the result of overeating. Your body can’t tell the difference.

people with elevated blood sugar are more likely to develop high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol levels and are more likely to be overweight than those with blood sugar levels in the healthy range, all of which also ups their cardiovascular risk.

In its early stages, adrenal fatigue is characterized by ongoing tiredness and a general lack of vitality.