This post is for all the ladies out there! For any of you who have struggled with Auntie Flo and her un-welcomed tag-a-longs: Mood swings, food cravings, and menstrual cramps-- you need look no further for a solution to your unwanted visitors... the answer lies within what you are eating! That's right ladies, it's time to eat our ways to hormonal health so that we can supercharge our energy and libido, balance our hormones and mood, and consequently, feel good all month long. If that sounds appealing to you, keep reading!
The information I'm about to share with you comes from Alisa Vitti's Woman Code: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge your Sex Drive, and Become a POWER SOURCE!
If you still get your periods, you're going to want to start this change in your eating habits a day after your period is over. If you've already been through menopause, you can start dietary changes beginning the first Sunday of the month. Hormones affect everything we do, so regardless of whether or not you still get your period, it's important to make sure you're feeding your body according to what it needs.
Week 1: Sprouted & Fermented Foods
The first week after your cycle ends, you want to make sure you're providing your body with the nutrients it needs for increasing estrogen during this time. Sprouted and fermented foods are important because they're loaded with nutrients, prebiotics, and something known as "indole-3-carbinol" which helps the body break down and remove excess estrogen from the body.
You'll want to eat things like: Kimchi, Sauerkraut, Broccoli, Sprouts, Bean, Alfalfa Sprouts, and Sprouted Ezekiel Bread.
Week 2: Raw Juices & Fresh Veggies
For your second week, it's necessary to have lots of raw vegetables and juices. You can make a juice with things like beets, kale, parsley, celery, lemon, and ginger. The possibilities are endless! Click here for some of my favorite juice recipes.
The reason for this is because all of those vegetables are full of antioxidants and will help your liver produce more of the super-antioxidant, glutathione. Glutathione helps the break-down and removal of excess estrogen from our system. While it can be taken in supplement form, it's best to induce the natural production of it in our bodies by eating lots of fresh veggies. You can also boost your natural glutathione levels with supplements like N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) and Alpha-lipoic-acid (ALA). For more tips on boosting your natural glutathione levels, check out this post.
Week 3: Greens & Grains
During the third week after your period, estrogen and progesterone levels are fluctuating and are on the rise and fall. You'll want to eat lots of greens and grains like quinoa and buckwheat. These foods are low on the glycemic index and won't spike your blood sugar, and are also building blocks for seratonin, which will help keep your mood in check when Auntie Flo comes-a-knockin'.
It's also important to eat leafy greens like bock choy, escerol, and kale which have a high-fiber content to clean estrogen and remove waste from the body.
Week 4: Healthy Fats & Root Vegetables (full of vitamin A)
Lastly, during week four, you're going to want to eat healthy fats and root vegetables. Healthy fats help provide your body with what it needs to manufacture the hormones it needs while improving mood and restoring energy. Root vegetables (especially the orange ones): Pumpkin, yams carrots, and beets are all packed with Vitamin A. Vitamin A is needed in the liver in largely stored amounts so that estrogen can be broken down.
If you've ever felt the slightest symptoms of PMS, it's time to eat your way to hormonal health so that you can begin looking and feeling great, all the time and release the superwoman within! Oh yeah!
I hope you found this post helpful, useful, and informative. I wish you all a fantastic week! xo
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