How To Eat For Your Hormones with podcast guest

Basic dietary changes are step one to feeling better, no matter the condition or symptoms you have.

Everything comes from the same root cause: lack of the right nutrients, too many problematic foods, and being in a chronic stress state which will make your body act out. There’s always a reason and your body doesn’t lie.

In this episode, I’m thrilled to be sharing more about the foundational principles of how to improve your hormonal health and menstrual cycles. I’m diving deep into carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and all the controversial food groups. This season I’ll be creating more solo episodes like this, alongside episodes featuring some pretty spectacular guests, so get ready for all the goodness coming your way!

While I’m creating these episodes for the podcast, I’m also creating content for my brand new women’s hormone health certification program. It’s been a longtime goal of mine to turn my apprenticeship program into a certification program and I’ve finally done it! Applications open for the program on September 9th and we kick off in early October. If you want to get on the waitlist for this round or the 2022 program, click here to sign up.

Episode Highlights

The role of what we eat in hormonal imbalances, period problems, and fertility issues

Treating eating as a meditative practice

Why almost everyone will benefit from foundational dietary changes

Deprogramming around food

Eating better food instead of less food

The four foundational questions you absolutely have to start with

Why we hold such strong opinions about food

Tuning in to your body’s innate wisdom

Understanding the diversity of healthy body sizes

The connection between body fat and our hormones

Carbohydrate options, how much to eat, and the benefits to your body

Carbohydrates and your blood sugar

What your cravings might be telling you

Eating enough of the right fats

How you can start adding fats into your diet

What you need to know about omega-3 and omega-6

How protein benefits your body

Animal protein versus plant protein

There are no bad foods

Questions to ask yourself when it comes to dairy

How gluten interacts with your gut

Non-gut concerns associated with celiac disease

How fruits support your hormone health

Figuring out the underlying reasons for sugar cravings

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from this episode — and how Fix Your Period can help.

What is the gut-hormone connection?

The gut microbiome plays a direct role in hormone metabolism. The estrobolome — the collection of gut bacteria that metabolise estrogen — determines how much estrogen gets reabsorbed into circulation vs. excreted. Poor gut health leads to estrogen recirculation, driving estrogen dominance and worsening period symptoms.

How does leaky gut affect hormones?

Intestinal permeability (leaky gut) allows bacterial toxins (LPS) into the bloodstream, triggering systemic inflammation that disrupts hormone signalling, stresses the adrenal glands, and impairs thyroid function. Healing the gut lining is often a foundational step in addressing hormonal imbalances.

What are signs that gut health is affecting my period?

Signs include bloating that worsens before your period, estrogen dominance symptoms (heavy periods, clots, breast tenderness, PMS), irregular cycles, skin issues like hormonal acne, and mood disruption — particularly anxiety and depression around the luteal phase.

Is there an app that addresses the gut-hormone connection?

Yes. Fix Your Period's free assessment identifies gut-linked hormonal patterns. Fix Your Period Premium unlocks Nicole's gut health protocols, dedicated Period Pillars education on the gut-hormone axis, and Nicole.AI for personalised support.

How does nutrition support the gut-hormone axis?

Key strategies include increasing dietary fibre (which binds excess estrogen for excretion), eating fermented foods to diversify the microbiome, reducing inflammatory foods that damage the gut lining, and addressing specific dysbiosis or SIBO with targeted protocols.

How To Eat For Your Hormones

Episode Highlights

Resources Mentioned

How Fix Your Period Connects Gut Health to Your Hormones

Frequently Asked Questions