Hormone balancing foods

spyro88
spyro88 Posts: 472 Member
edited August 2020 in Food and Nutrition
Ladies!

I've always suffered with the effects of hormonal imbalance, especially at that time of the month - mood swings, bad skin, weight gain etc etc. I'm sure many of you can relate.

I recently saw a mix which can be added to smoothies, yoghurts etc. which supposedly has ingredients which can help with the effects of female hormone imbalances.

I don't want to say the brand in case anyone thinks I am marketing for them, but it contains:
Baobab, Maca, Hibiscus, Amla berry, Beetroot, Shatavari.

Has anyone had any experience with using any of these as supplements, and did you experience any positive effects from them? I have researched all of the ingredients online, but I would also be curious to hear anyone's experiences.

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  • spyro88
    spyro88 Posts: 472 Member
    Diatonic12 wrote: »
    I don't know of any single food that's a miracle cure for hormones because genetics are a big part of the picture.

    For sure - I think it's not about a miracle cure but that some of these things are said to help with some of the symptoms
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    edited August 2020
    If you find out which ones work, report back. There's a neighbor down the road hiding in his garage. He's afraid to stay in the house because his wife is going through the change. He's ready to go hunting and plans to stay out in the woods as long as he can. She's taking a 'pause' while she reconsiders men and him and everything else. He does come over to our house for coffee. <3




  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    I've been researching st john's wort and some studies have shown it to be effective for pmdd but im still trying to learn more about it
  • Isca_1
    Isca_1 Posts: 124 Member
    I tried St John's Wort and it made me angrier/edgier. I stopped it. Lifting really heavy weights helps :) and having to apologize to my husband for a week straight...not sure how he puts up with me.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Did you check them out on Examine.com? That's the highly recommended research site that lists and researches different drugs and supplements.

    My vote (and I've never tried them) is that some supplements seem to help certain things but I would imagine you would have to try it yourself. I do know how awful bad symptoms of PMS are. For 10 years I paid a whole lot of money to doctors and drug companies to stop my migraines. Only thing that really worked was menopause.


    ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh relief.

    I find Examine woefully behind the research at times. For instance, Astaxanthin had nearly 400 studies on it before Examine reviewed it. Selfhacked is good too, but he recommends every supplement on the planet, also not feasible or advisable.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited September 2020
    Just a note. Some hormones (especially those involved with menstruation) are stored in body fat. So, when we lose weight, those hormones are released and that time of the month can be pretty rocky until our bodies figure out the new normal. My PMS symptoms chilled out after awhile, post weight loss, without supplements.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    This is a very controversial doc that I follow, but he has some valid points. Not enough talk about sleep and computer screens related to hormones is going on. Getting on a good sleep schedule and limiting screen time at night (or using blue blocking glasses or a blueblocking app -- there are tons of them -- I even have one on my screen all day at work) helps tremendously with regulating/balancing hormones.

    They are finding out more and more that the retina of the eye not only is a receptor for hormones, but there's even some indication that sex hormones might even, in part, be produced in the eye.

    Staying on a sleep schedule is vitally important. There's a watch company (MVMT) that sells really nice blue blocking glasses that are super stylish. Got my daughter a pair last year for X-Mas and it turned out to be her favorite gift. She was getting a ton of headaches at work and these glasses look great and helped her out a lot. They were like $99.
  • spyro88
    spyro88 Posts: 472 Member
    Thanks all, I will check out some of the online research sites mentioned.

    I don't really understand why 7 people "disagreed" with my original post when I was just asking a question and not making any statements either way?? You can always just write a post? I didn't say I believed one thing or another, and still don't, I was just curious to people's experiences :/

    Obviously weight loss, sleep, lifestyle changes are all helpful. I wasn't really asking for general suggestions or "No I haven't tried that but you could try...." - if so I would have posted a question asking for general suggestions to help with hormone/ PMS symptoms! :D

    I was just wondering if there was anyone who has actually tried these supplements and had any benefits - as many of you have pointed out the research evidence is limited but that doesn't mean there will be no one who found them helpful! Research is lacking on a lot of things, doesn't mean they are useless, just that research is lacking.

    Ah well. Thanks to those who responded constructively & helpfully!

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