But once the women in my practice understand their bodies, hormones, and cycles-and achieve balance through functional nutrition-they can actually plan for creativity, collaboration, and communication. In addition, most women expect their bodies to feel and perform the same day in and day out. As an integrative nutritionist, my research shows that food, by treating the underlying causes of our conditions, rather than masking their symptoms, is the most powerful drug at our disposal. Hormones affect everything and it's time for women to have a user-friendly and natural solution to this issue. They want the vitality that they know is inside them somewhere. They want their bodies to let them live the lives they know they are meant to lead. They are in pain, fatigued, and often feel powerless in their own bodies. Their periods, fertility, moods, energy levels, and sex drives are out of whack. In my practice at FLO Living, for the past 10 years, I have seen women struggling with not only the quality of their hormonal balance, but also the quality of their lives – the two are inextricably linked. The BioCycle study (NIH 2009) showed that untreated, hormonal imbalances increase dramatically a woman's vulnerability to diseases of inflammation - heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and premature aging, not to mention a perpetual state of body suffering before these diseases even show up. More than 30 million women in the United States suffer from reproductive health issues, ranging from premenstrual syndrome and adrenal burnout to polycystic ovary syndrome and infertility. We have made huge progress in attaining autonomy over our reproductive health, but that very health is under siege from a hormonal standpoint. Women-and their bodies-are at a point of inflection. Cyclical Living: Women and an embodied definition of Powerįounder of and author of WomanCode

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