Helping Your Hormones

Your body is designed to best absorb nutrients through food. Seed cycling can help restore your depleted nutrient stores & help promote the balance of progesterone and estrogen in your body so you can live your live to the fullest.

  • Seed cycling, flaxseed, estrogen support

    Flaxseed

    Lignans support estrogen balance. Omega-3 helps decrease inflammation. Iron helps replenish red blood cells.

  • Mood support, luteal phase, progesterone support

    Sesame Seed

    B-vitamins and calcium can help reduce fatigue, bloating, and mood swings. Iron may reduce PMS symptoms.

  • Pumpkin Seed

    Zinc supports ovulation and helps block excess androgens which may decrease hormonal acne. Magnesium helps with period cramps and mood.

  • Sunflower Seed

    Vitamin E and B6 support progesterone production and may relieve breast tenderness. Selenium supports the liver. Magnesium can help reduce menstrual migraines.

 

Understanding Your Hormones.

A hormonal imbalance is when your hormones are not being excreted, produced, or metabolized effectively. There is either too much of a hormone or too little. Your hormones rise and fall throughout your menstrual cycle but factors like being on the pill, coming off the pill, chronic stress, little sleep, poor gut health, unbalanced blood sugar & nutrient deficiencies can throw off your hormones.

For example, excess estrogen can trigger PMS & acne. The lignans in seeds help keep estrogen levels balanced. Too much testosterone can trigger acne because it increases sebum (oil) production. Seeds are filled with magnesium, zinc, and omega 3s which can help control acne. Low progesterone can trigger anxiety, irritability, insomnia or sadness in the second half of your cycle (your luteal phase). Vitamin E helps with progesterone production and B6 helps boost happy neurotransmitters.