WHAT TO EAT TO BALANCE HORMONES NATURALLY - MENSTRUAL PHASE

This post is 1 out of 4 posts that will teach you how to "Eat For Your Cycle" to help balance hormones naturally as well as foster a healthy gut and reduce inflammation. Recipes included.

Your cycle is a huge part of being a woman. It effects our daily routines, how we feel at any given time and so much more. It’s even more of an impact on our lives if we are one of the many women battling hormone driven conditions like endometriosis, PCOS, breast fibroids, painful cycles, chronic fatigue and much more.

But did you know that the foods you put in your body during each phase of your cycle can directly impact how you feel? The foods you choose to eat can help balance hormones naturally to help reduce many hormones driven conditions and all kinds of PMS related symptoms. It’s called Cycle Syncing or “Eating For Your Cycle.”

“Some of the best tools for supporting your hormones can be found on your plate.” -David Wolfe

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WHAT IS CYCLE SYNCING AND HOW CAN IT HELP YOU?

Cycle Syncing is essentially eating certain foods during each phase of your cycle to help promote a healthy balance in hormones, naturally. This in turn can reduce common symptoms that many of us battle such as mood swings, period pain, hormonal acne, cravings, stubborn weight gain, irregular cycles, infertility related to ovulation, a reduction of cysts and more.

In this series (4 posts total over the next 4 weeks), we will be discussing each phase of a woman’s cycle and the foods and lifestyle habits you can incorporate to help balance hormones and make you feel a hundred times better. This week we will discuss the Menstrual Phase (starting the first day of your period and ending on the last day). For additional more in-depth information on cycle syncing and recipes to support each cycle phase, I highly recommend the book “The Happy Hormone Guide” by Shannon Leparski.

Disclaimer: This is not a diet. It’s a lifestyle. These foods need to be included in your diet on a long-term basis in order to help maintain and support healthy hormones. The food lists included here does not mean to ‘only” eat these foods. It simply highlights to foods to include during this specific week to support your body.