Alisa Vitti

that hormones seek balance and when you disrupt the endocrine system that governs them, you’ll present with a symptom, then another, then another, until you have a condition.

I believe that medicine of the future is going to be a hybrid form—one in which people take greater responsibility for their own health instead of relying exclusively on doctors to make them better when they get sick.

Here is a list of organic food must-haves for your shopping reference.

WomanCode Organic Food Essentials

•  Fruits: blueberries, strawberries, apples, melons, pears, peaches

•  Miscellaneous: celery, peppers, tomatoes

•  Root vegetables: potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash

•  Leafy green vegetables: all lettuces, kale, cabbage, spinach, other greens

•  Animal protein: beef, poultry, dairy, eggs

Another study found that overfed mouse pups developed signs of metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, obesity, and glucose intolerance) and passed some of these traits to future generations, which showed symptoms of metabolic syndrome even if they didn’t overeat.

So if your friend isn’t predisposed to PCOS, she can eat more fast food without suffering from weight gain and cystic acne than you can if you carry this genetic predisposition. And even within your own family, genes are expressed in different ways; although your sister didn’t struggle with infertility, for example, you still may.

In addition, scientists have determined that it takes on average seven years for your cells to regenerate, which is great news where you and your well-being are concerned, because it means that what you eat and do today will directly dictate the future quality of your health.

Acne or cystic acne

Bloating and water retention

The underlying causes of all hormonal problems work like a line of dominoes: when one part of your endocrine system is affected, the next collapses, and soon the one after that falls, and so on.

Mismanaged blood sugar

Overexertion of the adrenal glands

Congestion throughout the pathways of elimination

A lifestyle that works against the patterns of your menstrual cycle

Separation from your feminine energy