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How research becomes understandable body guidance

BodySeasons turns checked research into guidance and reports that stay understandable in everyday life.

298

reviewed specialist sources

The foundation of our internal knowledge model.

96

studies & meta-analyses

with explicitly documented sample sizes.

171,500

participants

women, participants and couples across studies, NFP/Sensiplan and FABM data.

5

age groups

A body at 18 responds differently than at 38 or during menopause.

13

cycle profiles

From a natural cycle through hormonal contraception to menopause.

Symptoms

more than cycle day

Sleep, mood, energy, bleeding or temperature all give clues.

What sits behind the recommendations

A curated knowledge model connects research with real life: cycle, age, contraception, menopause and your own observations.

Cycle day is the starting point

A cycle day can give direction, but it does not explain by itself why a day feels easy or difficult.

Age and profile change context

Natural cycle, hormonal contraception and menopause are not treated as the same situation.

Your entries make it more tangible

Sleep, mood, energy and temperature show how your body is actually communicating today.

From specialist knowledge to everyday guidance

Guidance comes from checked research, careful weighting and a gentle translation into everyday language.

1

Check research

We review scientific work on cycle, sleep, movement, nutrition and common body responses.

2

Judge quality

Not every source carries the same weight. Studies, reviews and guidelines matter more than general web texts.

3

Add body context

Age, cycle profile and logged signals help keep a statement from becoming too generic.

4

Word it with care

The result is not a command or a diagnosis, but guidance that can support your day.

How we weigh sources

For us, it is not enough that a claim exists somewhere. What matters is how well it is supported.

Strongest: guidelines and reviews

When many studies have been evaluated together, or when an evidence-based guideline exists, that context carries special weight.

Next: peer-reviewed studies

Individual studies matter, but we look at their context: what was measured, in whom, and whether it fits the claim.

Single findings need support

When there is only limited material behind a claim, we handle it more carefully internally and do not turn it into a hard truth.

Web texts are not enough alone

Articles online can offer clues, but they do not replace a scientific basis for BodySeasons.

Your body is more than a calendar date

Cycle days are useful, but they do not explain everything. BodySeasons also considers the signals you enter yourself. That applies to daily body-related guidance and to reports.

Sleep & energy

Rest, resilience and recovery can feel different depending on the phase.

Mood & stress

Emotional patterns are not judged; they are treated as context.

Bleeding & temperature

Body signs can help show how a phase is currently presenting.

Sport & nutrition

Your entries help make guidance more practical and less generic.

Hormone pattern plus real-life signal

That does not make guidance medically absolute. It makes it more careful, more understandable and closer to what you actually feel.

What our analyses are built on

Our data foundation rests on the structured evaluation of peer-reviewed studies. We do not take them at face value: every source passes through our own assessment and weighting scheme before it becomes an everyday cue.

Among the largest studies and reviews we evaluated

  • Nelson et al. (2023): Fertility and Sterility, 42,684 women, age- and contraceptive-specific AMH reference values.
  • Vennberg Karlsson et al. (2021): Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 27,125 women, AMH under hormonal contraception.
  • Seifer, Baker & Leader (2011): Fertility and Sterility, 17,120 women, age-specific AMH values.
  • Boucai, Hollowell & Surks (2011): Thyroid, 15,277 people, thyroid (TSH) reference ranges.
  • Bauer et al. (2001): Annals of Internal Medicine, 9,704 women, thyroid and bone health.
  • SWAN cohort (Randolph, Sowers, Santoro et al.): estradiol and FSH across the menopausal transition.
  • Frank-Herrmann et al. (2007): Human Reproduction, the Sensiplan study by the NFP working group on cycle observation.

Our value is the interpretation, not the collection

Each study is graded by quality, matched against 13 cycle profiles and 5 age groups, and only then translated into an understandable cue. That turns around 300 individual sources into a consistent picture rather than a list of citations.

Last reviewed: June 2026 · BodySeasons does not provide diagnoses and is not a substitute for medical advice.

Openly explained without exposing the specialist model

We show how carefully BodySeasons works. The complete source list, internal weighting and exact rule boundaries remain part of our protected specialist model.

We do not publish the complete source list.
We do not show internal hormone values, weightings or rule boundaries.
We do not diagnose and do not replace medical advice.
We still explain clearly why our guidance and reports are not based on guesswork.

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