Top 10 foods for your hormones
The studies
10 habits, ranked as in the video
- 1
Whole milk
Harvard followed 18,555 women. Full-fat dairy was linked to less ovulation trouble. Low-fat dairy was linked to more.
- 2
Olive oil
In the same women, swapping good fats like olive oil for trans fats was linked to more than double the ovulation trouble.
- 3
Avocado
The same study. Avocado is one of the good fats.
- 4
Lentils
Women who got more protein from plants like lentils had less ovulation trouble.
- 5
Spinach
Women who got more iron, from supplements and from plants like spinach, had less ovulation trouble.
- 6
Salmon
501 couples were followed for a year. Women who ate seafood 8 or more times a cycle had 60% better odds of conceiving. Couples who ate it had 22% more sex.
- 7
Tofu
315 women going through IVF. Those who ate soy had about 1.8 times the odds of a live birth.
- 8
Oatmeal
Harvard found diets heavy in fast, white carbs were linked to more ovulation trouble. Oats are a slow carb.
- 9
Spearmint tea
Women with PCOS drank it twice a day for 30 days. Their testosterone went down. A small study.
- 10
Cinnamon
In women with PCOS, cinnamon improved blood sugar markers, and periods came more often. Small studies.