These seed cycling recipes are packed with hormone balancing powerhouse seeds like chia, flax, hemp, sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin seeds.
Hi, friends!
I can’t believe it’s been almost three years since I shared about seed cycling and how I healed my 5-year long amenorrhea.
I find hormones fascinating, a little bit like finding the unique code that needs to be cracked to unleash every woman’s potential for optimal health. Nowadays, I find myself talking to just about every single client about their hormones. I find myself educating on the pros and cons of birth control (based on what I learned in this is your brain on birth control book), empowering women to understand their fertility and take charge of their hormones.
And of course, using food and exercise changes to help women understand how they can stop fighting their hormones and make their hormones work for them.
One of the ways to use nutrition to help nudge your hormones in the right direction is seed cycling. I initially wrote about seed cycling in this post and I also posted a Seed Cycling Q & A post as well. Since I’ve been back on the seed cycling train (after a long break during pregnancy and breastfeeding) I wanted to share some of my favorite seed cycling recipes I’ve developed over the years with you today!
Note – generally I don’t recommend seed cycling if you are birth control or in menopause, just because it will be somewhat ineffective. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t try any of the recipes below! These recipes are still packed with inflammation-fighting and filling healthy fats that are bursting with nourishment, so even if you aren’t seed cycling, you can still make these healthy recipes!
Seed Cycling Recipes (To Balance Hormones Naturally)
Follicular Phase (First 14 Days)
These recipes are rich in flax seeds, hemp seeds, and chia seeds to support the first half of your cycle or the estrogen-dominant phase.
Supplies full dose of flax and hemp in two bites!
Supplies 1.3 tablespoons of ground flax and 1.3 tablespoons of hemp seed per muffin.
supplies 2 tablespoons ground flax per serving
Supplies 2 tablespoons of ground flax in each muffin!
Supplies 1T of ground flax per bar.
Supplies 2T ground flax, 1tsp chia seeds, 1T hempseed (you could easily increase the hemp seed in it though!)
Supplies 2 tablespoons of chia seeds per serving.
Supplies 2 tablespoons of chia seeds per serving.
Supplies 2-3 tablespoons of hemp hearts per serving.
Luteal Phase Recipes (Second 14 Days of Cycle)
These recipes include pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds to support the progesterone dominant half of your cycle.
Two tablespoons of sunflower seeds per serving and one teaspoon of pumpkin seeds.
1/2 tablespoons of sunflower seed butter per serving, I usually eat two muffins, so I get a full tablespoon
Supplies 3.5 tablespoons per bar of pumpkin seeds.
Supplies a little over 1 tablespoon of sunflower seed butter per slice.
Supplies a little over 1 tablespoon sunflower seed butter per serving.
Supplies 1 tablespoon tahini in two servings of this veggie-rich dip.
BONUS! My blogger friend Tina who I worked with as a nutrition client for a little while, also posted a bit about her experience seed cycling and a recipe round-up of her favorite recipes! So check that out as well.
- Ovulation Effects on Hunger, Training, and Nutrition Tips
- Recovering from 5 Years of Amenorrhea
- Post-Pill Amenorrhea Update (4 months later)
- Seed Cycling for amenorrhea, irregular cycles, and hormone balance
- How to Make Your Hormones Work For You (What to eat/how to train)
- Why Your Hormones Need Carbs
- Iron Foods, Functions, and Facts (related)
- What No One Told Me About Weaning Breastfeeding
- My friend Ashley wrote an ebook called Fit & Fertile (affiliate link)about her experience with Amenorrhea as a Group Fitness Instructor and what she did to get pregnant naturally. Her experience was different t n mine, but similar in some ways as well. Either way, it was a comforting read.
I will say I’m not a stickler about seed cycling. Some days I consume 1 Tbsp of the seed cycle mix, while other days I consume 3 Tbsp or more. Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Healthy and delicious are the only words!! I mean who would think that a combination of these seeds would be so useful. I recently advised my sister try this recipe and believe the result was amazing she was super happy after seeing the health benefits. She actually used the seeds from True Elements and she loved the quality as well.