Episode 20
Using Seed Cycling for Hormonal Health, with Mel Kovacevic
Mel Kovacevic, founder of The Seed Cycle, is a Functional Nutrition and EFT Practitioner. With her expertise in functional nutrition, intuitive eating practices, and EFT Tapping, Mel has helped her clients overcome limiting beliefs and heal their relationship with food and their bodies.
Her current focus is on helping women restore hormone health using food as medicine, a subject about which she is deeply passionate. Mel's dedication to empowering women to reach their full potential is reflected in The Seed Cycle, which provides a done-for-you seed cycling solution delivered to customers' doorsteps every month.
IN THIS EPISODE, MEL SHARES:
How she discovered seed cycling.
Introducing seed cycling into her clinical nutrition treatment.
Finding an opportunity to make it easier for her clients to use seed cycling and her business ‘The Seed Cycle’ that was born from it.
What seed cycling is and how to do it.
Matching the seeds to a particular time in your cycle.
The way that phase 1 supports your oestrogen levels, phase 2 supports your progesterone levels.
Some of the key nutrients in each phase/seed.
The benefits seed cycling can have, including regulating our menstrual cycle.
How it’s not a quick fix. The importance of giving it 3-6 months of consistency to see the biggest difference.
Ways to incorporate the seeds, including homemade seed cycling tips.
Using seed cycling for a regular menstrual cycle vs an irregular one.
Matching your menstrual cycle to the moon cycle and the history of this being done.
Getting started with tracking your menstrual cycle. Written trackers vs apps.
Optimising your schedule to around your cycle, including work, exercise, nutrition, etc.
Plenty of tips for hormone health.
The importance of eating wholefoods and a quick and easy swap we can all make.
Why we need to decrease our stress and some of the ways we can bring down our cortisol levels.
Removing endocrine disrupting hormones from our lives.
The benefits of adding foods in, instead of taking foods out.
What age to start seed cycling and ways the seeds can benefit men and children too.
And so much more!
Learn more about Mel and The Seed Cycle via https://theseedcycle.com.au/ or follow their journey over on instagram @the_seed_cycle or facebook The Seed Cycle. You can find Mel’s personal / health related instagram via @melkovacevic_health.
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