Feed Your Flow Live & Unfiltered! Panel 4 S3E43
Eat for a Thriving Cycle: Gut Health, PMS Relief, Seed Cycling Research + Hormone-Friendly Nutrition | Period Besties
Stasha and Katie host a Period Besties panel on food, menstrual cycle health, and “undernourishment,” moderated by Jennifer Lang, with panelists Roxy (menstrual cycle nutritionist focused on the gut microbiome) and neurologist Leonie Kanzler of Two Moons. They discuss how inadequate intake, poor meal timing, low plant diversity, and impaired digestion/absorption can worsen PMS, missing periods, bloating, and period pain, including endometriosis symptoms. Leonie explains seed cycling (flax/pumpkin in the follicular phase; sesame/sunflower in the luteal phase), why seeds and vitex/chasteberry may support cycle regulation, and summarizes a Two Moons study of 40 women showing high willingness to recommend/continue and improvements in sleep, skin, and gut health. Roxy shares practical coaching strategies, fiber building, savory breakfasts, budget-friendly meals, and conversations about alcohol and caffeine, plus Q&A on macros, fish choices, SIBO/dysbiosis, ovulation, Mirena, ferritin, and bloating.
00:00 Welcome and Food Nerds
01:04 Moderator Intro and Audience Q&A
03:11 Meet the Panelists
06:17 Why Food Shapes Cycles
08:34 Undernourished and Gut Issues
14:37 Endometriosis and Diet Changes
18:23 Seed Cycling Explained
22:20 Study Results and Women’s Research Gap
29:01 Eating for a Healthy Cycle
38:31 Alcohol and Hormone Detox Talk
44:48 Opening Audience Questions
44:59 Alcohol Health Reversal
45:30 Liver Clearance Changes
46:57 Coffee Caffeine Pregnancy
48:29 Breast Cancer Alcohol Risk
50:14 Alcohol as Coping Tool
51:58 Macros for Hormones
53:00 Protein Fats Cholesterol
58:00 Fish Choices Mercury
01:02:40 Cycle Based Cravings
01:06:57 Affordable Healthy Eating
01:13:02 Bone Broth Zero Waste
01:18:00 Fiber Intake Microbiome
01:22:22 Microbiome Gene Power
01:23:16 Post Pill Ovulation Fixes
01:28:48 Seed Cycling and Vitex
01:32:54 Luteal Phase Gut Relief
01:38:49 Bloating and Mindful Eating
01:45:36 Mirena Endo and Ferritin
01:55:10 Iron Timing and Carbs
01:59:31 Wrap Up and Next Panels
02:02:07 Podcast Outro and Sponsors
Todays episode is sponsored by:
Period Coaching School and Katie Bressack Wellness.
Email us: [email protected]
Our Websites:
PeriodCoachingSchool.com
KatieBressack.com
Instagram and Facebook:
@StashaWashburn
@KatieBressack
Freebies:
Charting with Stasha https://ThePeriodCoach.com/etrc
Eating For Your Hormones Guide https://katiebressack.com/freegift/
Books:
The Revolution Will Be Bloody https://ThePeriodCoach.com/Revolution
Bloody Brilliant Business https://PeriodCoachingSchool.com/Bloody-Brilliant-Business-book
Eating For Your Hormones Recipe Book https://katiebressack.com/hormone-balancing-recipe-book/
Theme music composed, recorded, performed, engineered, mixed and mastered by Ted Wulfers 663 Sound