What I Eat Each Week to Keep My Hormones Happy

The Liver and Hormone Connection00:00:00

The speaker explains that the liver is the central station for hormone health, processing nutrients, making bile for fat digestion, and clearing excess estrogen. When the liver is sluggish, estrogen recycles back into the body, leading to PMS, heavy periods, and breakouts. She emphasizes that hormone trouble is often a liver and gut story rather than a failing body.

Animal Fats as Building Blocks00:03:05

The first food she never gives up is real, nourishing animal fat like butter, ghee, tallow, and egg yolks. She explains that the body needs fat and cholesterol to manufacture hormones, and that eating enough good fat keeps bile flowing so the liver can do its work.

Meat Stock for Gut Sealing00:04:30

Meat stock, made from raw meaty bones simmered for a couple of hours, is highlighted as foundational for sealing the gut lining with gelatin and collagen. A sealed gut provides stable ground for the liver and the rest of the body to function properly.

Fermented Foods for Microbiome Balance00:06:14

Fermented foods such as sauerkraut, milk kefir, and beet kvass bring beneficial bacteria to support a balanced microbiome. She recommends starting with small amounts like a teaspoon to gently feed good bacteria and support digestion and hormone clearance.

Liver-Supporting Foods and Organ Meats00:07:29

Specific foods for direct liver support include cooked beets, beet kvass, bitter greens like arugula, dandelion root and milk thistle teas, and organ meats especially liver. She suggests starting with desiccated liver capsules or hiding ground liver in regular meat, and emphasizes eating animal fat alongside organ meats for fat-soluble nutrient absorption.

Summary and Gentle Approach00:09:32

The speaker summarizes that animal fat and cooked beets get bile flowing, bitters and teas support the liver, and a sealed balanced gut takes the load off the system. She encourages viewers to start with just one food, like cooked beets or extra animal fat, and to measure progress over weeks and months rather than days.