Today’s article comes to us from Certified Hormone Specialist and Holistic Nutritionist Paige Lindgren. You can find lifestyle tips and recipes in her debut cookbook, Sync & Savor: Cycle-Based ...

Menstruation is once again a hot topic on social media, thanks to a new health trend known as "cycle syncing." It involves aligning your diet and exercise habits to each phase of your menstrual cycle.

A 28-day wearable-sensor study of 26 healthy naturally menstruating women found that active energy expenditure varied across the menstrual cycle and was higher in the early follicular phase than the ...

As a medical student at the University of Copenhagen more than a decade ago, Jonas Ghouse learned about the hormones that fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle: the rhythmic variations of estrogen, ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. April 23, 2026 Add as ...

Period scooping sounds like something you would only hear in a biology lab, not while doom-scrolling TikTok. Yet earlier this year, videos claiming you can “scoop out” your period to avoid the mess ...