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

by Alisa Vitti

TCM provided a framework for understanding the interconnectedness of glands and organs in the body in ways endocrinology could not. If there’s a deficiency in one gland or organ, I learned, another will step in and overcompensate. This perspective allowed me to see the domino effect that can occur in the body: consistently poor diet or lifestyle choices can set off a chain reaction, and if you don’t correct those choices, your endocrine system is forced to work in ways it shouldn’t. This inevitably results in hormonal breakdown and causes the variety of symptoms that may have led you to pick up this book in the first place. While these first two fields—endocrinology and TCM—enabled me to understand how the endocrine system works, the question remained, How best to fix it? That’s where the functional nutrition piece came in. In my research, I came to see just how powerfully impactful food could be, not only in resolving symptoms in the short term, but in helping the body stay symptom-free in the long term. If poor food choices could lead to a state of hormonal collapse, then well-chosen foods contained the nutrients necessary to support hormonal health. Through my research and personal experimentation, it became clear that food would be the key “medicine” to be used in my protocol.