Women's Hormone Health Journal
Evidence informed women's hormone health articles on PCOS, perimenopause, sleep, stress, nutrition, blood sugar and movement, for women 35 to 55 who want the mechanism rather than another list of rules.
- Written by Adri Daniel
- Evidence informed
- Updated monthly
Latest · Perimenopause · 8 min read
Why the weight will not move in perimenopause, and what actually changes it
The same plan that worked at thirty stops working at forty five. That is not failure, it is a different body with different requirements.
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PCOS · 8 min read
PCOS, acne and hair changes, what high androgens are telling you
Skin and hair changes are usually the symptoms women are most upset by and least often given a mechanism for.
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Hormone nutrition · 12 min · 28 July 2026
How to balance hormones naturally, a complete guide for women 35 to 55
Not a detox, not a supplement list. A calm, ordered guide to the five levers that move female hormones, and the sequence that makes them actually work.
Cycle and training · 7 min · 28 July 2026
Strength training after 40, the single best investment you can make
Two sessions a week changes your metabolism, your bones and your hormones more than any amount of extra cardio.
Hormone nutrition · 6 min · 21 July 2026
Bloating and hormones, when it is your cycle and when it is your gut
Bloating that arrives on a schedule is telling you something different from bloating that never leaves.
Hormone nutrition · 7 min · 21 July 2026
Blood sugar balance, the quiet foundation under every hormone
Before you change anything else, change the shape of your meals. Most hormone symptoms improve when glucose stops behaving like a rollercoaster.
Cortisol and sleep · 7 min · 14 July 2026
Cortisol and belly fat, what the stress hormone is really doing
Cortisol is not the villain it has become online. But a nervous system that never gets to stand down will quietly rearrange your body.
Cycle and training · 8 min · 7 July 2026
Cycle-aware training, without turning your calendar into a rulebook
Cycle syncing has been oversold. The useful part underneath it is real, and simpler than the charts suggest.
Hormone nutrition · 7 min · 23 June 2026
Protein for women over 35, the quietest change with the biggest return
Not a trend and not a shake habit. Protein is the input that makes almost every other hormonal change easier to hold.
Cortisol and sleep · 7 min · 9 June 2026
Why you wake at 3am, and what your body is trying to tell you
It is rarely random. Three in the morning is where blood sugar, cortisol and progesterone tend to hand over to each other.
Perimenopause · 8 min · 26 May 2026
Perimenopause, or something else? Reading the signals in your late thirties and forties
It rarely begins with hot flushes. It usually begins with sleep, mood and a body that stops responding to what always worked.
PCOS · 9 min · 12 May 2026
PCOS and insulin resistance, explained without the panic
Most PCOS advice starts with what to cut. This starts with what is actually happening to your blood sugar, and why that changes everything downstream.
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