These Foods May Be Contributing To Your Hormonal Imbalance

If you’ve been trying to balance your hormones and regulate your menstrual cycle with healthy dietary changes like eating more green foods and eating more root vegetables, but you’re still not getting the results that you would like, then you probably need to implement this third step. You may be eating too many processed foods that are putting too much stress on your liver and adrenal glands.

Processed foods are foods that have physically or chemically transformed into another form of food such as grinding grains to make flour or modifying meat to extend its shelf life. 

Some people believe that as long as they are eating "healthy” they are not over-consuming processed foods, but many food products that are labeled all natural, organic, vegan, or gluten-free are still highly-processed. You don’t need to eliminate processed foods from your diet completely to balance your hormones and regulate your menstrual cycle, but you do need to set a limit on the amount of processed foods that you are consuming daily.

There are two reasons why eating too many processed foods tends to lead to a hormonal imbalance and irregular menstrual cycle…

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