WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source

Eat a snack within two and a half to three and a half hours of lunch. • Choose a nutrient-dense snack that will keep you satisfied until dinner. Some suggestions: rice crackers with avocado, hummus, or a slice of turkey breast;…

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Your pancreas reacts to the abundance of glucose in your bloodstream by releasing the hormone insulin. Insulin’s mission is to escort that glucose into your body’s cells, which use the glucose to replicate their DNA, divide, and make new cells. Some glucose also ends up in your liver, where it’s converted into glycogen, a form of energy your muscle

Skipping meals

Cramps • Heavy periods

Women who partner with their hormones live more efficiently and strategically. These women end up becoming the fullest expression of themselves and live as leaders and change-agents in their own lives and communities.

But if I put my body to work, a good portion of the glucose in the meal I just ate is immediately used to power my muscles instead of hanging around waiting to be redirected. 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.

all month, perhaps giving you the urge to clean your apartment from top to bottom, reconcile your online banking, or cook a week’s worth of meals at one time. You’ll also feel a need to nest on an internal level, perhaps paying extra attention to your self-care regimen, such as taking long, luxurious baths or simply relaxing with a book or a movie.

Don’t consume caffeine of any kind before eating breakfast.

PHASE 1: Follicular Phase Duration: 7–10 Days • Hormone focus. The hypothalamus signals your pituitary gland to send follicle-stimulating hormone to your ovaries, telling them to get ready to release another egg. Several egg follicles start to swell in preparation. Estrogen increases to thicken your uterine lining so that it can host an egg. • Body