A free app that tracks your menstrual cycle through four phases. To impact health and well-being hormone research and tailoring nutrition and exercise. In addition to Insights into external factors such as COVID, bone health and mood changes. You don’t need to be female to download this one!
If you have a Long Term Health Condition (LTHC) your menstrual cycle could be having an impact on your condition. This easy-to-use app will help you monitor this. Track alongside your chronic symptoms.
FITR Women splits our cycles into four phases based on an average period and cycle length, with phase one being the last day of your period.
For each phase hormone levels are explained. Looking at oestrogen (controls the reproductive system), progesterone (helps regulate cycles) and their effects on the body.
This then leads to the types of exercise activities that are good for you. Before progressing on to nutritional guidance, to keep us well. Allowing body and mind to recover, and move forward.
Each phase has a blog or description linked to it. So you can research what is relevant to you. Simple to use. Track flow levels and up to 20 emotions and physical symptoms. Complete daily instead of just managing your dates and actual period.
Insights for health and well-being currently include:
COVID-19 Quick tips
Avoiding Infection
The effect of temperature
These change and evolve all the time. There's a great Facebook page to like with over 1.4K followers. This has yet more tips, research and easy-to-follow guidance. Sleep is a regular feature — something crucial to those with LTHCs. Tart Cherry juice comes highly recommended. Painful periods also feature.
Why should men download this app?
Men can learn a lot from this app if willing to give it a try. Supporting someone you love or care for. Working through this would be a fantastic way to communicate openly about symptoms and emotions. A great resource to help Dads support their daughters is to have an open conversation without embarrassment. Women too! Some are worse than men.
Summary
As athlete Eilish McColgan said:’Considering almost half the population menstruate every month, it seems odd to me that it's still such a taboo subject in 2022’(.https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/61752427.amp)
There's a need for change. Let’s talk—learn —improve —support —make progress —research and deal with these hormones calmly and naturally. Using the combination of nutrition and exercise. Avoiding adverse effects by not pushing our bodies into something they cannot manage. The FITR Women app supports and compliments sleep and pain management plans.
Fitr Woman App