Meet Melissa Groves Melissa, RDN, LD is a functional and integrative dietitian specializing in women's health and hormones, particularly PCOS, fertility, and estrogen dominance issues. Her mission is to help women live healthy and symptom-free lives using whole-foods nutrition and lifestyle changes to overcome hormone imbalances during the childbearing years, perimenopause, and beyond. She uses a root-cause, food-first approach to help women regain regular menstrual cycles so they can optimize their fertility.  What we discuss on today’s episode: Why periods are important + what a normal period should look like Common period problems and what to do about them How to read female body signs like breast tenderness and cramping Causes for lowered fertility rates in women and men worldwide Root imbalances which may be impairing your chances of conception The ins and outs of ovulation : what you need to know Best and worst foods for fertility & MORE! Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/addictedtohealthy/message