#178: Alisa Vitti: In The Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Alisa Vitti is a functional nutritionist and women’s hormone expert. W</span><span class= "s2">hen it comes to hormonal biochemistry, functional nutrition, endocrinology, epigenetics, and neuropsychology, she is an avid researcher. She spent the past 15 years studying, personally applying, and teaching how to stop hormonal chaos and get into hormonal flow. 15 years ago, she weighed 200 lbs. Her face, chest and back were covered in painful — and very unpretty — cystic acne. She only had my period twice a year. She was exhausted, depressed, and she had constant brain fog. She didn’t know what was wrong with me, but there was no mistaking this for normal. Finally, after 6 years of seeing doctor after doctor, specialist after specialist, while doing my own research on my mysterious symptoms, she discovered a condition that sounded exactly like what I was experiencing — polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).</span> <span class="s1">Her hormonal breakdown led me to living in the FLO.</span> <span class="s2">One of her most significant discoveries was that you and your body have cyclical needs. They shift as your hormones shift in your regular cycle. And they shift as you move from your teens to your twenties to your thirties and forties and beyond.</span></p> <p>[02:15] Hormonal health and what does that mean to you?</p> <p>[03:35] How historical amounts, unprecedented amounts of content that are dedicated to menstruation and women's hormonal awareness</p> <p>[06:37] Why women are being left out of medical fitness and nutrition research women in their reproductive years</p> <p>[09:03] The way all of this research is being done on men and postmenopausal women, but being marketed to women</p> <p>[13:23] Understand that we are very distinct based on our biological rhythms.</p> <p>[15:45] Its all about eating the right way, exercising the right times, organizing your workflow in a way that works for your brain changes</p> <p>[16:28] Success morning routines are really power morning routines</p>