okay Dr Mindy here and on this video we're going to talk about food we don't always talk
about fasting on this channel sometimes we talk about food especially foods that pair well with
fasting so I want to dive into hormone feasting foods I haven't talked about that in a while so
I'm going to show you what my favorites are and remember fast like a girl is ready for pre-order
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to a long fast one day your blood sugar going up and down we're in it together
okay hormone feasting I'm gonna make this really really simple for you okay women if you're cycling
when hormones go high we do not want to be in ketosis so this is the week before your period and
this is during ovulation now the week before your period it's really important to not be in ketosis
because you need glucose to be a little higher to make progesterone but the ovulation window this is
kind of a new one I've been talking about what I'm seeing is that because ketones are healing
and because with ketosis often comes autophagy a lot of women in their ovulation window are
noticing some serious detox reactions that are not so enjoyable so in fast like a girl I talk a lot
about how when hormones go high we want to bring our fast down and we want to step out of ketosis
so what does that leave you with that leaves you with what I call hormone feasting foods
and here's what they are they're really yummy so for starters my favorite food on the planet is a
sweet potato so all kinds of potatoes are great for both progesterone and estrogen but primarily
progesterone but even estrogen will benefit from them so they also feed different parts of your
microbiome so like did you know that like a purple potato a purple yam sweet potato will actually
go into the lower parts of your intestinal tract and feed the microbes down there whereas a white
potato will feed the microbes that are higher up in more in the small intestine how cool is that
that's why we want to vary these suckers now remember at ovulation we need good microbial
health because that's what breaks down estrogen and tests and testosterone and progesterone
the week before your period when progesterone is coming in we actually really want to see
cortisol stay down so if these foods make you feel good and they lower your cortisol then awesome
but they're also bringing glucose up and allowing your body to make progesterone easier
so all kinds of potatoes I tell you all that all kinds like when I go to the store I grab every
different variation I possibly can find the more unique the better if I haven't had it in a while
then I definitely want to make sure I have it so we love potatoes okay the other one and I don't
have it here are squashes so this is spaghetti acorn and butternut squash my absolute favorite
those root vegetables this would even go into carrots and beets any of those that you are
like coming from the ground those root vegetables are so good for progesterone so I would really
save the root vegetables for the hormone feasting foods you have the week before your period
estrogen I wouldn't lean into those as much but you still could if we put them under this category
of hormone feasting foods then you definitely want to look at the root vegetables during ovulation
and the week before your period okay next one you know it's funny in the ketogenic movement
we've had a lot of question about a lot of funny side conversations about do you fear fruit and
I just want to point out I want you to berry that fruit has so many benefits just because
we're trying to keep glucose down doesn't mean that we all of sudden panic and don't want to
eat fruit so berries are my favorite so berries are great for hormones so ovulation week before
your cycle let's load up on the berries we also know that progesterone loves citrus fruits
so I only had a meyer lemon from my tree but oranges are great grapefruits are wonderful lemons
and limes are good for those hormone feasting days and then also tropical fruits so bananas
bananas have a lot of potassium in them and potassium's really necessary for fasting
so if you think about it let's put this in context of what I've been teaching you all
let's say it's the week before your period you decide to come in with more tropical fruits you do
some bananas with that bring up that potassium well now once your period starts hopefully you
know what I teach you all is then to let's move in to more fasting more keto but you'll
be really well supplied with potassium which is going to help your fasting efforts
so this is where we can look at food as giving us the nutrients that are going to be helpful for the
the time after you eat that when we go into these deeper fasts so that's fruit okay last couple
things that i like to put into these hormone feasting days one of them is is beans so chickpeas
lentils are some of my favorite go ahead and put those in when you want to bring that glucose up
and doing it at ovulation doing it at at uh the week before your period that can be really good
beans have great qualities just like fruit we don't want to fear them lentils are my favorite
chickpeas are great so hummus could be amazing but any bean during that time would be amazing for
hormonal production and then the last one that you're probably already eating in your keto window
but I just want to point out that grass-fed beef can supply a lot of omegas I like mine
in jerky by the way go watch the video that i did on protein cycling I talk about how jerky has
more protein in it than just regular meat so but remember that that grass-fed beef is giving you
a good balance of omega-3,6 and 9 nutrients fatty acid nutrients that are helpful for hormonal
production so even though you can have it in your keto window doesn't mean you want to avoid it
when we're bringing those hormones up so bottom line let me for look at this for cycling women
what I want you to know is that when hormones go low you do keto you go fast that's amazing
but when hormones go high we want to make sure that we're moving out of ketosis and more into
these hormone feasting foods so that hopefully will help in fast like a girl I map it all out
I got recipes I got lists like you you all have asked so many questions that I put it all in
this book and I'm excited to get it to you so if you haven't pre-ordered it just go ahead and put
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in the comments my team will send you a link and let me know if you pre-ordered it I'm just so
grateful for all of you that have been supporting me through this book it's amazing how
many people have come out to support the concepts in this book so I appreciate you deeply okay
that's what I got for you hormone feasting foods and we're gonna do them when hormones go high
postmenopausal women if you haven't turned off already I know what you're thinking
what about me you just want to take that hormone feasting concept I just taught the cycling women
and you want to make sure that you do it at least once or twice a week you just don't have a whole
you just don't have a cycle to time it to um so no biggie in the new book there's a 30-day
fasting reset that you're going to be able to enjoy that you won't since you don't have a
cycle that's not cycle dependent so as always I hope that helps and happy hormone feasting