by urbanspice | Nov 24, 2021 | Balancing Your Hormones, Fibroids, RECIPES
What should you eat when you have fibroids or want to prevent fibroids from growing back? Fibroids are benign tumors that form in the uterus. (Learn more here.) While the cause is unknown, we know several factors come into play including genetics, inflammation,...
by urbanspice | Jul 21, 2020 | Uncategorized, Balancing Your Hormones, Estrogen Dominance, Peri-menopause, RECIPES
Do you seed cycle? It’s an easy, low-cost way to balance hormones and regulate the timing of your period. Seed cycling involves alternating eating flax seeds and pumpkin seeds for the first 14 days of your cycle and then sunflower and sesame seeds for the second...
by urbanspice | Jan 22, 2020 | Detox, Gluten Free, Peri-menopause, RECIPES
I know the word “detox” or “cleanse” may conjure up images of restrictive, bland foods that don’t satisfy. By now you should know that that is not what I am about. And that is not what the Peri-Menopause Detox is about. I want you to...
by urbanspice | Jul 31, 2019 | Detox, Eating Healthy, Healthful Tips, Peri-menopause, RECIPES, Tips & Tricks, Tips and Tricks
We completed the first round of the Peri-Menopause Detox on Friday. Whoo-hoo! Round two starts next week! Are you in? At the end of each detox, I ask the detoxers to pick one new habit that they are going to stick to… for some it’s as...
by urbanspice | Mar 10, 2019 | Peri-menopause, RECIPES, Sleep, Stress
I went to a café the other day on my way to a meeting. It was a small one in a local grocery/sundry store. It’s in a sort of hippie town so it had the possibility of being a hidden gem. The menu wasn’t much but I was excited to see they had matcha...
by urbanspice | Jan 30, 2019 | Balancing Your Hormones, Detox, Eating Healthy, Gluten Free, RECIPES
I always fall in love with one of the recipes in my (Peri-) Menopause Detox. And I found the one this detox. It’s Quinoa with Mushroom, Arugula and Lemon. The base recipe comes from the Ottolenghi Cookbook (my favorite of all time!). I adapted...
