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

by Alisa Vitti

Of course this makes sense: an apple is an apple and broccoli is broccoli no matter how you grow it, and it is extremely logical that the nutrient content—calories and vitamin content—would be the same. However, what is most definitely not the same is what you’re getting in addition to that commercially grown apple or broccoli that you’re eating. These foods contain pesticides, organophosphates, and other farming chemicals that wreak havoc on your delicate endocrine system, congesting your liver, acting like estrogen in your body (often referred to as xenoestrogens), and confusing the hormonal conversation your body needs to have to create balance and avoid symptoms and diseases.