Unique Hammond, the founder of The Bean Protocol, suggests building up a tolerance for digesting beans and eventually including them in most meals. She says that as little as two tablespoons may be a good starting place.
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This is a great way to get your fiber in! This delicious smoothie option is very low in sugar and has an impressive amount of fiber. Feel free to make this a fat snack smoothie if you like by adding in some nut butter or more hemp seeds. You can also make it hormone healing compliant by pulling out the orange juice, and cinnamon. If trying to lose weight, less sweet potatoes or no sweet potato.
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Sarah-Violet Bliss chats about her health journey.
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I started to notice changes in my skin when I was 18. I had always been a “blusher” and anytime I was embarrassed or nervous, my whole face flushed red and would stay that way for hours.
My senior year of high school, I started developing little bumps all over my cheeks and forehead. I attributed these skin changes to being young and having raging hormones so, at that time, I treated my skin with topicals and over the counter products. Over the last 20 years, those little bumps and occasional flushes turned into full blown Rosacea. Name a product, and I have tried it! I literally tried everything: prescription topicals and pills, every “clean” product I could find to help tame the redness and lessen the pain. That’s one thing people may not consider about Rosacea; not only do you deal with "red face", but it HURTS! My skin felt like I had just returned from a month long vacation in the middle of the Sahara desert! It felt dry, sun and wind burned, sore. sensitive.
I am excited to present this blog collaboration with my client, Alaina, on fertility and the four stages each month. We had a lot of fun chatting about her journey healing her hormones and how The Bean Protocol supports this impressive monthly feat!
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Beans and the Luteal Phase
In the first half of this phase, estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone are all active. As iterated in past installments, the soluble fiber in beans will continue to help mitigate and eliminate any excess hormones in your system. Assuming estrogen has tapered off, our “hormonal high” fades away into “hormonal silence.” The end of our luteal phase is perhaps the most sensitive time in our cycle; this is when we may feel most prone to symptoms of PMS.