Estrogen is crucial and can be an extremely beneficial hormone. As Jaime said in this podcast, “It’s like a performance enhancing drug.”
Why? Because when women are in an estrogen-dominant part of their cycle, they become much more insulin sensitive, they recover better from workouts, and they have an increase in muscle growth.
But there’s a catch. We don’t want estrogen to stay around for too long. This is because when you have estrogen-dominance for too long, women may find they have heavier periods, sensitive breast tissue, and…
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