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

by Alisa Vitti

assurances: I am healing. Change is possible. I am getting better. My body is capable of fixing itself. The

We have a hard time appreciating our grown-up female bodies. We’re made to feel that female intuition is fickle. We suspect that our energy is unstable.

Sugar and chocolate cravings

Skipping meals

Oily skin

Acne or cystic acne

Body odor

Mood swings

PMS

Cramps

Depression

I believe in aligning daily with my hormones and using food as medicine to support them.

I believe in the power of my cycle and hormones and know that they need to be cared for, supported, and nurtured. I promise to pay attention to the signals my body gives me so that I can make small course corrections and avoid larger breakdowns down the road. I promise to use my body and health as a platform for creating an extraordinary life in which I’m living my purpose in the world.

Previous research has found that the more genetically dissimilar two partners are, the lower their rates of miscarriage and the greater their chances are of having a healthy baby as well as happier relationships, more satisfying sex, and a greater likelihood of female orgasm.

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.

• Fill your diet with plenty of vegetables from the brassica family: cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and all kinds of kale. Try to sneak at least one brassica-type vegetable into every meal throughout the day. Add them to smoothies and juices that you make, too.

It boils down to a very simple task: follow your appetite and live as a change agent. Ask yourself, What in my life gives me the greatest sense of pleasure and purpose?