The Happy Balance provides all the tools you need to get to know the unique miracle that is your body and hormones. The first step is to understand your body a little better with a crash guide to hormones; the second is to enjoy the delicious plant-based recipes in this book as part of a hormone-healthy lifestyle that will make you glow inside and out. You are welcome!
One of the amazing things about hormones is how much they affect us every day, from puberty through to menopause, and yet how little we know about them. In Chapter One, get to grips with this enigma with a brief guide to what hormones are, how they work and why it matters for our everyday health.
Chapter Two continues the hormone-health 101, introducing the basics of a hormone-healthy lifestyle, from gut health to reducing stress and limiting our exposure to toxins and pollutants. One of the key tenets of a hormone-healthy lifestyle is nutrition, and this chapter delves a little deeper into this, answering the question ‘What’s food got to do with it?’. Spoiler alert: a lot!
Start with the delicious plantbased recipes in Chapter Three, all designed to support your body at every stage of its monthly cycle as well as into perimenopause and menopause. You can jump in and choose your favourite recipe, or check out the meal plan (pages 194–197) for a guide to what a hormonehealthy week of meals could look like.
Fluctuating hormone levels mean that our nutritional, exercise and health needs vary at different times of the month. A simple way to optimise our health is to work in tune with these natural rhythms by adapting our diet and exercise regime accordingly. This is called ‘cycle syncing’. Should you want to try cycle syncing, each of the recipes in the book is flagged for the stage it best supports (see key opposite). For more information on cycle syncing, including how to cycle sync with irregular periods, see pages 39–44.
Hormones affect women throughout their lives. The most notable – and notorious – hormonal experience for many is perimenopause and menopause (see page 22). This book will equip you with the information you need not to fear these events, but to recognise them as a new stage in your body’s ingenious hormonal journey. If you are approaching perimenopause and menopause, the recipes in this book provide the best possible nutritional support as well as helping to reduce the often difficult symptoms of this transitional period.
The recipes in this book are all plant-based and suitable for a vegan diet. However, a hormone-healthy diet will look different from person to person, and non vegans can easily adapt the recipes in this book. Check out the information on fish, meat and dairy foods on pages 53–55 if you want to include these as part of your hormone-healthy diet.
Teff — an Ethiopian grain — should be a staple in any hormone-healthy diet and it’s subtle, delicate flavour makes it super versatile to cook with. From thick chocolate pancakes served with juicy cherries (Cherry Cacao Teff Pancakes, page 86), to this quick and easy, tummy happy, overnight porridge. It’s high in iron, magnesium and zinc – all key nutrients for optimal hormone health. Teff is also known for being fibre rich, promoting a healthy, thriving environment in your gut, vital for a flourishing body and happy mind. Paired with high-fat probiotic coconut yogurt, this recipe will help banish any unwelcome bloat from slightly out of whack hormones, boost energy levels and the immune system, setting you up for whatever the day may throw at you.
If you’re not a fennel fan, you’ve obviously never tried roasting it. After sitting in the oven for 30 minutes (at least), seasoned with sea salt flakes and cracked black pepper, the fennel becomes gooey and soft in between the layers and slightly crisp around the edges. It’s a real treat. From a health perspective, this delicious salad is a game changer. Broccoli sprouts are optional, as they can be tricky to get your hands on, however they are definitely worth mentioning as a hormone-balancing superhero ingredient to toss into salads. They contain sulforaphane, a fantastic compound that supports your liver through its natural detoxification process thus rebalancing oestrogen levels.
This is my kind of comfort food. Food that quite literally hugs you warm, making the madness of your everyday life mute, if only for a brief moment. It’s the type of food that not only makes your body feel good, but makes your soul overflow. Come the arrival of the colder seasons, I make a giant plant-based shepherd‘s pie at least once a week and pick away at the remains for the days that follow. From the skin saviour that is delicious sweet potato, to the protein-packed mushroom and Puy lentil filling, it really is healthy home cooking at its best.
Dessert doesn’t always have to be decadent layers of gateaux, cream-stuffed profiteroles or fancy crème brulée pots. Sometimes dessert is light, fresh and acts as the perfect full stop to a meal. Grilling up juicy nectarine halves is a fabulous way to look like you’ve made an effort, without really having to. Top with thick coconut yogurt, flaked almonds and a drizzle of hazelnut butter, and you have yourself a fool-proof barbecue pud, or an easy shared brunch side.
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