Hormones play an important role in maintaining our health. Be it digestion, sex life or our mood, it is very important for us to have the correct hormones. When there is a hormonal imbalance in the body, many of its symptoms also appear. A healthy diet is also very important for healthy hormones. If you are not taking the right diet then the hormone level in your body can be up and down. To keep the hormones healthy or to balance them, you should make some changes in your lifestyle as well as take care of your diet.

What diet should you take to keep hormones healthy, this time Dietician Manpreet has shared information from his Instagram account. You can follow this diet daily for hormonal balance.

Start the day like this

Start your day with lukewarm water with cinnamon. Take some soaked nuts along with it. In nuts, you can take 3-4 raisins, 1 Brazil nut and 5 almonds. It helps balance your blood sugar levels, boost immunity, control insulin spikes, and improve thyroid function.

Breakfast

You can eat Fermented Millet Dosa for breakfast. It is considered very good for improving insulin sensitivity.

Mid-morning

Eat your favorite fruit. Put Haleem seeds on it and eat it. Take about 1/4 tsp of Haleem seeds. It contains phytochemicals that can help to overcome the problem of irregular periods.

Lunch

Eat sprouted lentils in lunch. This improves gut health. Not only this, but it also helps in boosting immunity, balancing insulin levels and weight loss.

Evening snack

Have a Cacao Antioxidant Smoothie as the evening snack. It lowers the level of stress hormones and increases serotonin (the happy hormone). You can make this smoothie very easily.

Ingredients required-

  • Cocoa nibs / unsweetened cocoa powder - 2 tsp
  • Banana - 1
  • Oats brain - 1 tbsp
  • Almond milk/Oats milk/Organic cow milk - 150ml
  • Chia seeds - 1 tsp
  • Almond butter - 1 tsp

Method to prepare

  • Blend everything.
  • Sprinkle chia seeds on top.
  • Your drink is ready.

Dinner

Eat sweet potato chaat for dinner. Apart from this, you can also make millet khichdi by adding spinach or bathua. It is a good source of magnesium and iron. By improving blood circulation, it helps in the production of melatonin.

Post dinner

Have chamomile tea after dinner. Add a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg to it. This reduces stress, improves insulin sensitivity and also promotes the release of sleep hormones.

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