About me

Hi, I am Alicia

Hormonal Nutrition Specialist. I teach women to sync their eating with the intelligence of their menstrual cycle.

My story

I started out of necessity

For years my body was a spiral of acne, fatigue and imbalances that affected my quality of life. I tried what almost everyone tries: stricter diets, more discipline, more guilt when it did not work.

What I had not understood is that my hormones go through three essential processes — producing, metabolizing and clearing out — and that food can support or work against each one of them. It was not a lack of discipline. It was a lack of context.

After six years reversing my own symptoms, I consolidated a method built on food as medicine — adjusted to each phase of the cycle, with no restrictions and no counting calories.

Today my mission is that other women do not take six years to discover the same thing. Nutricycle is that method, ordered and automated, so you do not have to keep count yourself.

Alicia Basurto, hormonal nutrition health coach, in her kitchen

Background

Where the method comes from

Certified Health Coach — Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN).
Nutrition Coaching — Nutritional Coaching Institute.
Holistic Health Coach Training specialized in the menstrual cycle — Arhanta Yoga.
Certified Yoga Teacher, 200-hour training.
Six years applying and adjusting the method on my own cycle before teaching it.
Working with women who have PMS, PCOS, hormonal acne, fatigue and irregular cycles.
More than 40 recipes developed and classified by phase of the cycle.

The right food at the right moment.

Alicia Basurto

The method

Three things I do not negotiate

Food as medicine
Every food chosen for what it does to your hormones, not for its calories.
Synced to your cycle
What your body needs changes every week. So does your plan.
No restrictive diets
No counting calories, no forbidding yourself food. You have already tried that road.

How the app applies it

Testimonials

Stories from women who already eat by phase

“I spent years blaming myself for having no discipline. It turned out I just needed to eat differently each week.”
Camila Restrepo
Medellín · Luteal phase
“The app tells me what to cook for the day of my cycle I am on. I stopped improvising and my mornings feel different.”
Valentina Ortiz
Ciudad de México · Follicular phase
“Hormonal acne was my biggest insecurity. Four months following the recipes by phase and my skin is another skin.”
Daniela Ruiz
Bogotá · Menstrual phase
“What I value most is that it forbids nothing. It teaches me when my body makes the most of each food.”
Mariana Peña
Lima · Ovulatory phase
“Understanding why I felt different each week lifted an enormous weight. I no longer fight with my body.”
Sofía Aguirre
Buenos Aires · Luteal phase
“The shopping list saves me the worst part. I get to the supermarket already knowing what my phase needs.”
Lucía Fernández
Santiago · Follicular phase
“I used to eat the same dinner all month. Now I match dinner to the phase and from the third week I sleep straight through.”
Regina Salazar
Guadalajara · Ovulatory phase
“The first days no longer floor me. I eat what suits them, warm up with broths and carry on with my week.”
Paulina Navarro
Ciudad de México · Menstrual phase
“The cravings in the week before stopped winning. It is not willpower, it is eating what that phase asks for.”
Fernanda Cruz
Monterrey · Luteal phase
“I started out of curiosity and stayed for the energy. I cook in twenty minutes with whatever the app suggests.”
Andrea Molina
Quito · Follicular phase
“It is the first food app that has never made me feel guilty. It explains the why, and you come to understand your body.”
Ximena Duarte
Puebla · Ovulatory phase
“I spent years blaming myself for having no discipline. It turned out I just needed to eat differently each week.”
Camila Restrepo
Medellín · Luteal phase
“The app tells me what to cook for the day of my cycle I am on. I stopped improvising and my mornings feel different.”
Valentina Ortiz
Ciudad de México · Follicular phase
“Hormonal acne was my biggest insecurity. Four months following the recipes by phase and my skin is another skin.”
Daniela Ruiz
Bogotá · Menstrual phase
“What I value most is that it forbids nothing. It teaches me when my body makes the most of each food.”
Mariana Peña
Lima · Ovulatory phase
“Understanding why I felt different each week lifted an enormous weight. I no longer fight with my body.”
Sofía Aguirre
Buenos Aires · Luteal phase
“The shopping list saves me the worst part. I get to the supermarket already knowing what my phase needs.”
Lucía Fernández
Santiago · Follicular phase
“I used to eat the same dinner all month. Now I match dinner to the phase and from the third week I sleep straight through.”
Regina Salazar
Guadalajara · Ovulatory phase
“The first days no longer floor me. I eat what suits them, warm up with broths and carry on with my week.”
Paulina Navarro
Ciudad de México · Menstrual phase
“The cravings in the week before stopped winning. It is not willpower, it is eating what that phase asks for.”
Fernanda Cruz
Monterrey · Luteal phase
“I started out of curiosity and stayed for the energy. I cook in twenty minutes with whatever the app suggests.”
Andrea Molina
Quito · Follicular phase
“It is the first food app that has never made me feel guilty. It explains the why, and you come to understand your body.”
Ximena Duarte
Puebla · Ovulatory phase
“I spent years blaming myself for having no discipline. It turned out I just needed to eat differently each week.”
Camila Restrepo
Medellín · Luteal phase
“The app tells me what to cook for the day of my cycle I am on. I stopped improvising and my mornings feel different.”
Valentina Ortiz
Ciudad de México · Follicular phase
“Hormonal acne was my biggest insecurity. Four months following the recipes by phase and my skin is another skin.”
Daniela Ruiz
Bogotá · Menstrual phase
“What I value most is that it forbids nothing. It teaches me when my body makes the most of each food.”
Mariana Peña
Lima · Ovulatory phase
“Understanding why I felt different each week lifted an enormous weight. I no longer fight with my body.”
Sofía Aguirre
Buenos Aires · Luteal phase
“The shopping list saves me the worst part. I get to the supermarket already knowing what my phase needs.”
Lucía Fernández
Santiago · Follicular phase
“I used to eat the same dinner all month. Now I match dinner to the phase and from the third week I sleep straight through.”
Regina Salazar
Guadalajara · Ovulatory phase
“The first days no longer floor me. I eat what suits them, warm up with broths and carry on with my week.”
Paulina Navarro
Ciudad de México · Menstrual phase
“The cravings in the week before stopped winning. It is not willpower, it is eating what that phase asks for.”
Fernanda Cruz
Monterrey · Luteal phase
“I started out of curiosity and stayed for the energy. I cook in twenty minutes with whatever the app suggests.”
Andrea Molina
Quito · Follicular phase
“It is the first food app that has never made me feel guilty. It explains the why, and you come to understand your body.”
Ximena Duarte
Puebla · Ovulatory phase