FEMALE HOMONE BALANCE BY SEEDS

You are in the pre-menopause stage.

Your mood is erratic? Sometimes happy, sometimes irritable, crying for no reason.

Do you have insomnia, tossing and turning, having trouble falling asleep at night?

Do you have hot flashes, sweats and chills at night?

Are your menstrual cycles (MMS) irregular?

In the early stage of perimenopause, I had a hormonal imbalance and I had all the above symptoms even though I was a person with good emotional balance and slept well. Then, I have applied the method of BALANCE FEMALE HORMONES WITH SEEDS, it has helped my hormones to balance, my mood swings stopped, I have slept well again, no more hot flashes and chills at night and my MMS is regular.

The practice of eating specific seeds to support the key hormones of each phase in the menstrual cycle which I have learned from Dr. Jolene Brighten, Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine.

• In Follicular Phase – Ovulation (Days 1-14): eat 1-2 tablespoons each of raw, fresh ground flaxseeds and pumpkin seeds -> boost estrogen.
• In Ovulation-Luteal Phase (Days 15-28): eat 1-2 tablespoons each of raw, fresh ground sunflower and sesame seeds -> boost progesterone.

If you ovulate at a different time in your cycle then switch the seeds accordingly. If your period comes regularly at a different time (e.g. 26 days instead of 28) then switch the seeds accordingly.

To use seed method, you need to know a few things. You’ll be tracking your menstrual cycle and changing your seeds to match the phase you are in. Day one is the first day you experience your period. That will be the day you begin the follicular phase seeds and you’ll continue through ovulation or day 14.

The practice is quite simple, beginning the first day of your cycle you’ll eat 1-2 tablespoons of fresh ground flaxseeds and raw pumpkin seeds, which supports both estrogen production and metabolism. It’s a great way to create balanced estrogen, which is key during the follicular phase.

Following ovulation, you will switch to 1-2 tablespoons each of raw sunflower and sesame seeds. For the purpose of seed rotation, I generally change to these seeds at day 14 of the period cycle (my period cycle is 28 days), but if you’re tracking your ovulation then you can switch seeds the day following ovulation. Sunflower and sesame seeds support progesterone levels, which is the key hormone during the luteal phase (the phase following ovulation until your next period).

For some women, it can take up to 3 months to really notice an effect, although most of women typically note some improvement after their first month.