Hazel Wallace: Yeah, absolutely. Cycle syncing has become quite, big in the last couple of years. Essentially, it's just about syncing your lifestyle to the faces of your menstrual cycle because as we mentioned, those different hormonal phases cause our body to have different needs be that sleep needs, nutritional needs.

Thank you, Hazel, for joining me on ZOE Science & Nutrition today. We've heard a lot today about how each of us has this unique body, whether a man or a woman. If you want to understand how to support your body with the best foods for you, then you may want to try ZOE's personalized nutrition program. You can get 10% off by going to joinzoe.com/podcast. Imagine a world where we are teaching young girls and women from puberty - this is what to expect, this is normal, this is not normal, this is when to ask for help. We would feel a lot more empowered,” Wallace stated. Hazel Wallace: Yeah, absolutely. And I think we know, obviously how powerful the link is between our gut and our brain and our gut and our immune system and all these other systems. So it makes sense that there's a link between our menstrual health and our gut. And you know, even when it comes to estrogen, we know that there's an.

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Health issues and also bone health issues. And this is because estrogen affects how our arteries dilate and expand. And so we get a sharp increase in blood pressure, which increases the risk of things like heart disease

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Jonathan Wolf: And so can you see that difference if you were a, I'm guessing probably not for the average person in the street, maybe, but if you are a, you know, sort of top end athlete, can you see differences in performance, different points in the cycle? Dr Hazel Wallace is the founder of The Food Medic, a medical doctor, registered associate nutritionist and personal trainer. Jonathan Wolf: Are there any other things that you, maybe there's not quite as much evidence, but you would guess you might be able to, to swap in instead?