Favorite Hormone Balancing Anti-Inflammatory Seed Mix

This seed mix is my favorite hormone balancing anti-inflammatory blend and here's why…

 
 

The deets on seeds:

  • They contain Vitamin E*, Omega 3- and Omega-6 fatty acids, which are essential for hormone production and ovarian follicular function. Also, Vitamin E is really good for the health of your skin.

    *Found in flax seeds, sesame, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds.

  • There are meaningful concentrations of zinc in pumpkin and sesame seeds, which helps to improve the formation of the corpus luteum, progesterone levels, and gets the endometrium prepped for implantation. Zinc also promotes proper growth and repair, improves immunity and supports normal digestion

  • Seeds are rich in selenium which supports ovulation and fertility, as well as liver detoxification phases. It also helps to increase immunity, and defends agains free radical damage and inflammation.

  • Flax and sesame are especially rich in lignans, which are converted to enterolactones in the presence of healthy gut flora, so they help keep your estrogen levels healthy.

  • Flax seeds are high in alphalinoleic acid (ALA), an Omega-3 fatty acid that the brain needs and is hugely anti-inflammatory. It’s high in both soluble and insolbue fiber, but low in carbohydrates, making it a really wonderful daily edition for the colon.

  • Just one ounce of sesame seeds count for 27% of your daily calcium intake. This is especially important in our peri and menopausal years because as estrogen declines so, too, does our bone strength.

The blend I'm sharing today is a perfect ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6, which is what we want for the anti-inflammatory effect. Often, we have that ratio flipped, and while Omega-6 isn’t inherently bad, it becomes inflammatory when we get more of it then we do Omega-3. 

The seed blend recipe:

  • 1+3/4 C flax seed 

  • 1/3 C sesame

  • 1/3 C pumpkin

  • 1/3 C sunflower

Grind in a coffee grinder and store in air tight contained in the fridge.

Note:  the flax seed needs to be broken to get the nutrition from them so grind them in a food processor or a coffee grinder before consuming them (or buy them already ground).

I make a batch up and throw 1-2 tbs in my smoothie or on top of oats or even over almond butter on whole grain toast just about every day. 

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