Seed are good dietary sources of lignans (phytoestrogens), essential fatty acids, zinc, magnesium, and vitamin E.
If you aren’t in the habit of eating seeds, here are some easy ways to add in flax seeds, pumpkin seed, chia seeds, hemp seeds, or sesame seeds to your day:
🥤 Add a scoop to your smoothie
🥣 Mix into yogurt
🥗 Toss into salad.
🍓 Sprinkle over toast, nut butter, and fresh fruit.
Recipe to Try
- Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats (from Harvest Table Nutrition)
Equipment
- 1 Mason jar or container with a lid
Ingredients
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ Tbsp maple syrup more if you want it sweeter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk of choice more if you like thinner overnight oats
- ½ cup oats (steel cut oats or large flake oats)
- 1 Tbsp pumpkin seeds, more for garnish
- 1 Tbsp hemp hearts optional
- 1 Tbsp ground flax optional
Instruction
- In a small bowl, add pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup and vanilla. Whisk to combine, making sure there are no lumps.
- To the same bowl, add milk, pumpkin seeds, hemp hearts and ground flax. Mix well to combine. Add the oats and mix again.
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Transfer to a mason jar or container with a lid.
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Chill in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight. Garnish with some extra pumpkin seeds. Enjoy!
Seeds are a powerful way to support your hormones naturally throughout your menstrual cycle. Not sure where to start? Grab our Seed Cycling handout for an easy guide on how to use seeds in each phase of your cycle! [link here]