I talked to two ob-gyns and two mental health experts to find out what happens to menstruating people’s bodies and minds ...

Your period is just one part of a four-phase cycle that affects your mood, energy and even your mental clarity all month long ...

The current expectation is that every ovulatory menstrual cycle will have a luteal phase (the time from egg released until ...

A meta-analysis of 102 studies and 3,943 participants found no significant cognitive differences across menstrual phases.

Cycle syncing is a practice that involves changes to a person’s diet, exercise routine, and lifestyle habits to align with the different phases of the menstrual cycle. Since every person has a ...

“The menstrual cycle has four phases, governed by changes in hormones, and these phases include menstruation (aka your period), the follicular phase, ovulation and the luteal phase.” If a ...

The menstrual cycle and sexual desire are closely connected. Understanding how menstrual cycles impact sexual desire can help women feel more in control of their bodies and communicate better with ...

Menstrual cycle phase does not influence muscle protein synthesis or whole‐body myofibrillar proteolysis in response to resistance exercise. The Journal of Physiology , 2024; DOI: 10.1113 ...

and then performed heavy resistance training during two distinct phases of their menstrual cycles One was during their period, the “follicular” phase, and the other was during the “luteal ...

More information: Lauren M. Colenso‐Semple et al, Menstrual cycle phase does not influence muscle protein synthesis or whole‐body myofibrillar proteolysis in response to resistance exercise ...