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Alisa Vitti
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February 2 - February 4, 2023
Diets, fitness trends, and skin care hacks are guaranteed to fall short if they don’t follow your natural cycle.
manipulate your biological systems for optimal performance, you need to biohack like a woman.
Produced primarily by the ovaries, but also in small amounts by the adrenal glands and fat cells,
participates in ovulation
responsible for thickening the uterine lining in anticipat...
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protects you from dementia, bone density loss, heart disease, and...
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kicks in around ovulation,
controlling and maintaining the buildup of the uterine lining in anticipation of a pregnancy.
egg isn’t fertilized, progesterone levels fall, and the lining is shed...
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counterbalances estrogen and promotes relaxation, improves sleep,...
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ovaries and adrenal glands,
associated with sex
slight surge during and immediately af...
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more sexual at the time you’re most likely t...
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pituitary gland in the brain,
stimulates ovarian follicles to mature.
can lead to infe...
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pituitary gland in the brain at ovulation,
triggers the release of a mature egg from an ovarian follicle.
consume carbohydrates, your body breaks them down and converts them into glucose
absorbed into the bloodstream.
pancreas secretes the hormone insulin in response to the amount of gluco...
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more glucose, more...
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When insulin levels are off balance, it can lead to blood sugar imbalance,
associated with menstrual irregularities and reduced fertility.
the body’s primary stress hormone.
Small doses of cortisol can be a good thing,
chronically high levels
disrupt ovu...
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decrease progesteron...
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sap your sex...
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cause fertility p...
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PREPARE
Follicular
7–10...
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begins directly after your bleed ends.
hormones are in a quiet phase, beginning to increase in concentration in the coming days.
shuttle FSH to your ovaries
help some of the eggs inside mature.
follicles swell in preparation.
Estrogen levels begin to rise
renewal of your uteri...
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follicular phase is a time of beginning, a fresh start.
PHASE 2: OPEN UP
3–4 Days
just a few days, a dramatic rise in estrogen, followed by a rise in luteinizing hormone (LH), stimulates one lucky follicle to mature fully and be released into one of the fallopian tubes.
uterine lining has grown lush and a host of protective immune system cells have sprouted.
sharp surge followed by a rapid decline in testosterone.
period of feeling social and co...
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WORK
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