TWG - Episode 1 - The Endless Cycle... Period - a podcast by Courtney Hay & Shea Kinney

This episode of the Wise Gals podcast covers the taboo conversation surrounding periods!!! Shea and Courtney break down and simplify the details of the female menstrual cycle, hormones associated with your cycle, and how factors of our environment including stress and exercise can influence your period. Tune in to gain some insight about your period and develop a new appreciation for your body!!!

The information discussed in this episode was obtained from the following references;

Berga, S. L., & Berga, S. L. (1995). Stress and amenorrhea. Endocrinologist, 5(6), 416-421.

Eckerson, J. M. (2019). Energy and the nutritional needs of the exercising female Routledge.

Manore M.M. (2002). Dietary recommendations and athletic menstrual dysfunction. Sports Medicine, 32(14), 887-901.

Valsamakis, G., Chrousos, G., & Mastorakos, G. (2019). Stress, female reproduction and pregnancy. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 100, 48-57.

White, B., & Porterfield, S. (2013). Endocrine and reproductive physiology Elsevier Health Sciences.

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