Estrogen dominance is a hormonal imbalance that affects many women, often without them realizing it. Symptoms can range from painful periods, mood swings, and fibroids to more serious concerns like breast cancer and thyroid issues. In Episode 4 of the Restorative Nourishment Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Magdalena Wszelaki, a hormone health expert and author of Overcoming Estrogen Dominance and Cooking for Hormone Balance. She shared her personal journey with estrogen-related health struggles and the crucial role diet plays in restoring balance.
One of the biggest culprits behind estrogen dominance is poor estrogen metabolism, which is heavily influenced by gut and liver health. When these systems are compromised—due to an inflammatory diet, processed foods, or environmental toxins—proper estrogen metabolism can become imbalanced, leading to unwanted symptoms. Magdalena emphasizes the importance of nutrient-dense, whole foods, particularly cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, and radishes, which support estrogen metabolism. She also highlights the need to do an elimination diet, removing dairy, gluten, soy, eggs, corn, and sugar to reduce inflammation and support hormone balance.
Full Blog Post: https://nourishingmeals.com/2025/03/episode-4-healing-estrogen-dominance-through-diet-and-detox-support-magdalena-wszelaki
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In Episode 3 of the Restorative Nourishment Podcast we're going be talking about how to upgrade your metabolism and increase your energy with a supercharged breakfast so you can function your best and live your life's purpose.
Learn the best timeframe to consume breakfast after waking, what the best ratio of macros is for sustained energy throughout the day, and different nutrient-dense breakfast options to include in your weekly meal planning.
Consuming a high-protein breakfast with at least 25 to 30 grams of protein, at least 10 grams of fiber, and around 30 grams of fat will help stabilize blood sugar throughout the day, keeping you focused, energized, and greatly reduce food cravings for sugar and refined carbs.
And what about cortisol, blood sugar imbalances, and balancing your circadian rhythm with breakfast? We will cover all of this and more here in Episode 3.
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More about May:
May Tom, RD is a registered dietician and certified Functional Medicine practitioner.
You can find her YouTube channel here: @maytomrd
May's Breakfast video mentioned in this podcast can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX_kaoLsJpg
May's high-protein high-fiber breakfast list plan: https://nourishingmeals.com/meal-plan/966/high-protein-breakfasts
Learn more about becoming a Nourishing Meals® member and get new breakfast recipe ideas: https://nourishingmeals.com/meal-planner/quick-tour
Link to the blog post associated with this podcast: https://nourishingmeals.com/2025/02/episode-3-supercharge-your-breakfast-and-increase-your-energy-levels-may-tom-rd
Learn more about breakfast, GLP-1, and blood sugar balancing here: https://nourishingmeals.com/2025/01/start-your-day-high-protein-high-fiber-meal
So many imbalances in our health stem from an imbalance in hormone levels. There are root causes to hormone imbalances, and Robin explains these top 10 hormone deal breakers in this podcast.
We are often led to believe that our estrogen, progesterone, testosterone levels, maybe even LH and FSH levels, are the most important to pay attention to. What happens when we pay attention to those hormones? Those are the hormones that are tested.
Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are our minor hormones. However, the hormones that we really need to be paying attention to are not the minor hormones, but the major hormones. You you can't run from the tiger and be all stressed out and make babies. You're either in digestion and reproduction mode, or you're in fight or flight mode.
Robin dives into these two major hormones in this podcast, how to fix them, and why they are causing imbalances in other hormones downstream.
Read the full post here: https://nourishingmeals.com/2025/01/episode-2-heal-your-hormones-robin-nielsen
Join the online hormone reset program here: https://bit.ly/hormonereset25
Welcome to the first episode of the Restorative Nourishment Podcast. This is your host, Alissa Segersten, functional medicine nutritionist and owner and founder of nourishingmeals.com, the meal planning solution for your unique dietary needs.
The purpose of this podcast is to help you go beyond the constraints of diet and help you tune into this innate wisdom you have to choose the foods that are right for you in each and every moment. We all have this innate ability to tune into this inner wisdom of our bodies and consume a diet that keeps us healthy, balanced and whole.
Diet and nutrition are absolutely foundational for restoring balance to the body so healing can take place, but it's often confusing to learn where to begin and what diet is best for you.
Part of this podcast is going to help to unravel these diet mysteries and help you choose continuously the foods and the diet that is right for you in each and every moment.
Additionally, without strong digestion, a healthy balanced gut microbiome, these are the trillions of bacteria and different microbes that inhabit your gut. The removal of foods your system is launching a reaction to. So these are your food sensitivity reactions to let's say gluten or dairy or corn or soy. This is what your immune system is perceiving as a threat and creating inflammation in your body. Without supporting your detox pathways, adding and missing nutrients, deep sleep, grounding and connection to the earth, as well as healthy relationships, healing can often become very challenging and often impaired.
Again, this podcast today is simply a brief overview of what's to come in the future.
Read the full blog post here: https://nourishingmeals.com/2025/01/episode-1-welcome-restorative-nourishment-podcast