Hormone Balancing Diet For all Ages.
Having good general health and balanced hormones, depends on how well you look after yourself. Many Women are pressed for time, look after their family.have high employment demands, act as taxi drivers, and more!! Sometimes you forget to look after own unique needs.!!
Your Health is like a Tree with different symptoms attached to different branches. But beneath the Tree we find the roots, which feed and nourish the Tree.The nourishment the Tree receives, is shown in how well the leaves and blossoms on the branches grow and bloom.
A Few Symptoms Your Tree May Not Be Nourished:
If you change the underlying cause, many of your symptoms may go away. And once your Tree is healthy and fed well, only maintenance is needed to keep it that way.
Here are some simple steps to take to ensure a healthy balanced diet, which all the family will benefit from.
Eat at least 3 meals per day or 6 small meals. Don’t skip breakfast if rushed for time have a protein shake. This approach will keep blood sugars stable and stop the need to a sugar fix.
Think of color.
Follow a M.E.G.A. Diet, Plan =
A good quality multivitamin and mineral would form the foundation of your supplement program to make sure that you are getting a ‘little bit of everything’.
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The B vitamins are particularly important. First and foremost, they are needed by the liver to convert excess estrogen into weaker and less dangerous forms. One of the B vitamins, B6, has been shown to significantly reduce the intensity and duration of period pains. Vitamin B Complex is helpful in reducing pmt, breast tenderness, irritability, cramps and weight gain.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) Your body produces beneficial prostaglandins from essential fatty acids, which help to reduce period pains. They also have an anti-inflammatory response; Essential fatty acids (EFAS) are found in foods such as corn oil, fresh nuts and seeds, and safflower oil. It’s also known as omega 6 oil. They are necessary for the proper functioning of our hormones,
Vitamin E this is an important vitamin because it has been shown to relieve menstrual cramps in 70 percent of women within two menstrual cycles. It will also relieve excessive menstrual bleeding and prevent miscarriages. It also helps relieve night’s sweats and hot flushes. Best responses are with 400-800 mg daily. Oral contraceptives increase Vitamin E requirements. .
Vitamin C and bioflavonoid Vitamin C is one of the most important vitamins for immune function. Bioflavonoids are helpful with pain occurring around the time of your period because they help to relax smooth muscle and to prevent inflammation.
Vitamin C helps eliminate painful fibrocystic breast lumps, improves fertility, increases iron absorption and helps detoxify estrogen. Vitamin C may reduce the effectiveness of Oral contraceptives. Research has shown hot flushes are helped with Vitamin C 1000mgm once or twice daily.
Calcium Magnesium Supplements act as muscle relaxants and have been shown to have a beneficial effect on painful periods and lower back pain.
Calcium is nature’s tranquillizer and may ensure a good night’s sleep when combined with Omega fish oils. Women need 1000 mgm of calcium daily, and most get less than half this from their diet. A supplement with 2-1 of calcium and magnesium has been suggested.
Always try to get most of your fuel supplies from the food you eat!
Having good general health and balanced hormones, depends on how well you look after yourself. Many Women are pressed for time, look after their family.have high employment demands, act as taxi drivers, and more!! Sometimes you forget to look after own unique needs.!!
Your Health is like a Tree with different symptoms attached to different branches. But beneath the Tree we find the roots, which feed and nourish the Tree.The nourishment the Tree receives, is shown in how well the leaves and blossoms on the branches grow and bloom.
A Few Symptoms Your Tree May Not Be Nourished:
If you change the underlying cause, many of your symptoms may go away. And once your Tree is healthy and fed well, only maintenance is needed to keep it that way.
Here are some simple steps to take to ensure a healthy balanced diet, which all the family will benefit from.
- Eat Plenty of Fruit and Vegetables
- Eat Complex Carbohydrates such as whole grains, brown rice, oats and wholemeal bread.
- Buy organic foods, whenever possible.
- Eat Phytoestrgens . which mainly fall into the class of isoflavones found in legumes such as lentils, soya beans and chickpeas, lignans found in nearly all grains and vegetables, the best sources being flaxseeds (linseeds) and coumestans found in alfalfa and mung bean sprouts.
- Drink Plenty of Water, especially, spring or filtered water.
- Eat oily foods, including fish, nuts seeds, and oils.
- Increase your intake of fibre.
- Avoid additives ,preservatives, and artificial sweeteners.
Eat at least 3 meals per day or 6 small meals. Don’t skip breakfast if rushed for time have a protein shake. This approach will keep blood sugars stable and stop the need to a sugar fix.
Think of color.
- Red Yellow Green and Blue those are the colors I need to chew!!!
- Focus on portion size. Cup your hands in front of you. Believe it or not that is the size of your stomach!! Keep your meal portions to that size.
- Eat Protein at each meal. Eggs Fish Dairy Tofu all are good sources
- Cut down on High glycemic foods. These are cakes, pasta, and white bread. Concentrate on the Low Glycemic which includes most fruits and vegetables. Too many carbohydrates, can increase Estrogen Dominance Symptoms.
- Eat a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables daily. 5 servings about ½ per cup. Think color to get their powerful antioxidants. There are some great vegetable and fruit supplements if you are not getting enough.
- Eat Healthy Fats each day. Essential Fatty Acids Namely Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fats are needed to assist the body in many important functions. Great for the Brain and Nervous System. Remember many of these important Fats have been processed out of our foods.
- Protect your Body with Antioxidants. These combat cellular damage from free radicals, which can cause degenerative damage.
- Food is the best source, but you can’t always get enough in your diet. Plus our soils can be short of essential minerals. In New Zealand we are especially short of selenium in our soils. High quality supplements can provide significant protection.
- Whole food supplements are available and are an ideal choice.
Follow a M.E.G.A. Diet, Plan =
- Minerals.
- Essential fatty acids,
- Greens,
- Antioxidants.
A good quality multivitamin and mineral would form the foundation of your supplement program to make sure that you are getting a ‘little bit of everything’.
.
The B vitamins are particularly important. First and foremost, they are needed by the liver to convert excess estrogen into weaker and less dangerous forms. One of the B vitamins, B6, has been shown to significantly reduce the intensity and duration of period pains. Vitamin B Complex is helpful in reducing pmt, breast tenderness, irritability, cramps and weight gain.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) Your body produces beneficial prostaglandins from essential fatty acids, which help to reduce period pains. They also have an anti-inflammatory response; Essential fatty acids (EFAS) are found in foods such as corn oil, fresh nuts and seeds, and safflower oil. It’s also known as omega 6 oil. They are necessary for the proper functioning of our hormones,
Vitamin E this is an important vitamin because it has been shown to relieve menstrual cramps in 70 percent of women within two menstrual cycles. It will also relieve excessive menstrual bleeding and prevent miscarriages. It also helps relieve night’s sweats and hot flushes. Best responses are with 400-800 mg daily. Oral contraceptives increase Vitamin E requirements. .
Vitamin C and bioflavonoid Vitamin C is one of the most important vitamins for immune function. Bioflavonoids are helpful with pain occurring around the time of your period because they help to relax smooth muscle and to prevent inflammation.
Vitamin C helps eliminate painful fibrocystic breast lumps, improves fertility, increases iron absorption and helps detoxify estrogen. Vitamin C may reduce the effectiveness of Oral contraceptives. Research has shown hot flushes are helped with Vitamin C 1000mgm once or twice daily.
Calcium Magnesium Supplements act as muscle relaxants and have been shown to have a beneficial effect on painful periods and lower back pain.
Calcium is nature’s tranquillizer and may ensure a good night’s sleep when combined with Omega fish oils. Women need 1000 mgm of calcium daily, and most get less than half this from their diet. A supplement with 2-1 of calcium and magnesium has been suggested.
Always try to get most of your fuel supplies from the food you eat!