Now that you know what your menstrual cycle is and what the key hormones involved are, let's break down your menstrual cycle into 4 main phases:
1️⃣ Menstruation = Days 1-7
🌟 All of your hormones are at their lowest levels...
These are the 4 major players when it comes to your menstrual cycle hormones:
1️⃣ Estrogen helps to grow & mature your uterine lining + mature your eggs before ovulation
2️⃣ Progesterone controls the build up your your uterine lining +...
The average woman:
❣️ gets her first period at 11-12 years old
❣️ goes into menopause at 51 years old
❣️ has a lifespan of 81 years This means that we spend about 50% of our lives with regular menstrual cycles!!
Which means...
I love this analogy:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee? "Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You...
I've had a few patients ask me this over the last few weeks: how did you start working with fertility patients? This normally launches me into a few connecting stories and tirades, so I wanted to share the Coles...
Do you like smoothies?
Women are notorious for not eating enough protein on a daily basis.
I work with my patients a lot on their nutrition to ensure that they're fuelling themselves properly to get them through the day.
One of the...
Over the last week, I saw a lot of healthy patients come in with higher cholesterol and LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels. So we've been chatting a lot about nutritional strategies to help correct this.
Interestingly, healthy older adults who ate...
Do you know if you’re getting enough vitamin D?
Our bodies make vitamin D when exposed to sunlight BUT the winter months in Canada can be a tricky time to get enough sunlight on our skin. Studies consistently show that...
Starting on Mar 17 2020, I isolated myself with my family in an attempt to keep everyone safe. That was incredibly necessary (and still is to an extent) and I'm SUPER fortunate to have had the ability and resources...
I'm very excited to share this with you!
Dr. Jordan Robertson ND is my amazing colleague and clinic owner who also happens to be brilliant and is a BOSS of a woman who runs:
a super busy clinic
a super...
