Advantages of seed cycling diet in menstrual dysfunctions: A review based explanation

The seed cycling/seed rotation diet is a new trend that claims to be effective for female menstrual dysfunctions such as irregular menstruation, cramps, infertility, menopausal symptoms (hot flashes, fatigue, etc.), and PCOS. higher prevalence of hormonal imbalance in women contributing factor all these dysfunctions. major hormones control menstruation females include progesterone, estrogen, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicular stimulating (FSH), simple their concentration the root cause variety problems. practice eating specific seeds during two main phases cycle (follicular luteal) promote healthy balance estrogen progesterone levels known diet. During stage consumption pumpkin flax advised luteal sunflower sesame this Recent studies have shown are rich phytoestrogen which polyphenol compound exerts mammalian estrogenic-like effect body. Similarly, first phase helps bind excess produced maintain homeostasis. Sesame seeds, high zinc lignans, thought help with phase, while vitamin E selenium aids in, increasing production liver detoxification estrogen. However, despite plenty anecdotal accounts its usefulness, scientific evidence back still weak or lacking.