Your hormones are responsible for how you think, feel, and look.
A woman with balanced hormones is sharp and upbeat with a good memory.
She feels energetic without caffeine during the day, falls asleep quickly, and wakes refreshed.
She is blessed with a healthy appetite and maintains a desired weight with a good diet.
Her hair and skin glow.
She feels emotionally balanced and responds to stress with grace and reason.
When menstruating, her menses come and go with no or little PMS.
She has an active sex life.
She can maintain a full-term pregnancy.
When entering peri- or menopause, she slides into a new phase of life with ease.
If that doesn’t describe you, your hormones are imbalanced.
You are not alone.
Millions of women experience hormonal imbalance.
The good news is, you might rebalance your hormones naturally and resolve your symptoms.
I call it the three-legged stool that hormonal balance sits on.
3-day hormone balance diet.
Upon waking: Drink apple cider vinegar or lemon juice.
Believe it or not, acid reflux is a sign of low stomach acid, not excessive stomach acid.
That’s why I like to start my patients on a healthy acid hit in the morning.
Stomach acid is essential to the breakdown of vital nutrients.
We need certain trace minerals and vitamins for our glands to produce hormones.
Sufficient stomach acid will help absorb these nutrients.
Breakfast: Eat a PFF (protein, fat, and fiber) breakfast.
I’ve traveled to over 40 countries and discovered that healthy people around the globe only eat savory breakfasts.
To keep your hormones happy, you need good sugar balancenever feeling shaky, unfocused, moody when hungry.
Not craving carbs and sugar.
Not feeling constantly hungry even after just having eaten.
Hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia are both bad news for hormonal balance.
Women in my practice who follow this breakfast format feel grounded and focused.
They don’t need to snack before lunch.
They can easily reduce calories (especially those coming from sugar) without feeling deprived.
They don’t need sugar or caffeine to “pick them up” at 3 p.m.
In fact, many have reported even sleeping better too!
After breakfast: Sip tulsi tea.
This ancient ayurvedic tea is a wonderful tonic and adaptogen that will helpnourish your adrenals.
Tulsi tea can be purchased in most health stores, or in bulk online.
Overnight steeping will increase its medicinal properties.
If you must drink coffee, have it after a meal but never on an empty stomach.
Limit to no more than a cup per day.
Lunch: confirm it’s cruciferous & detoxifying.
They contain a potent ingredient calledDIMDi-indolyl-methane.
If you go to a salad bar, add beets.
Or make this Detoxing Beet and Carrot Salad.
I could not agree more.
To balance your hormones, sleep is just as important as food.
Your body cells regenerate and your liver detoxesbut only if you sleep well.
Keep dinner light and early.
I try not to eat after 6:30 p.m. unless I’m traveling or socializing with some night-owl friends.
Experiment and see how different you feel when you eat a light and early meal.
For a light and early dinner, I especially recommend soup.
Soups are quick to prepare and easy to digesta double win!
This green detox soupcontains more of those sulfur-rich cruciferous vegetables.
This three-ingredient soupcan be customized based on whatever ingredients you have on hand.
This carrot and miso soupcontains tons of fiber and gut-healing probiotics.
This immune-boosting soupis mushroom-y and perfect for winter.
One final note: Avoid eating sugar before bedtime.
