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Amanda Montalvo is a women’s health dietitian that helps women get to the root cause of hormone imbalances and have healthy menstrual cycles. Amanda started off her education in nutrition with the traditional route, but after dealing with her own health problems after getting off hormonal birth control she quickly realized the value of functional medicine. After healing her acne, balancing her hormones, and learning the value of her menstrual cycle, Amanda found her purpose—to help women create a body in balance and not settle for anything less. Podcast:

Mineral Quiz (find out if minerals are an issue for you): https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h

Protein waffles that support your hormones and your minerals? Yes please. If you’ve been trying to balance blood sugar, ...
20/07/2025

Protein waffles that support your hormones and your minerals? Yes please.

If you’ve been trying to balance blood sugar, reduce PMS, or support your thyroid, how you start your day matters.

These cottage cheese oat waffles are one of my go-to breakfasts for energy, satiety, and steady blood sugar—without the crash. My girls LOVE them and they can be frozen too!

👩🏽‍🍳Here’s the recipe:
-1 cup cottage cheese
-2 eggs
-1 cup rolled oats
-1 tsp baking powder
-½ tsp cinnamon
-1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
-Pinch of salt

👉🏼 Blend until smooth
👉🏼 Cook in a waffle maker until golden (makes ~4 waffles)

These provide about 12g of protein per waffle!

Mineral magic:
👉🏼Magnesium from oats → blood sugar + insulin support
👉🏼Calcium + phosphorus from cottage cheese → PMS + ovulation
👉🏼Potassium → adrenal + nervous system support
👉🏼Zinc → skin, hormones, and cycle repair

And since stable blood sugar = less cortisol chaos, your minerals stay more balanced too. Win-win. 🙌

📥 Want more meals like this to support your hormones naturally?
I’ve got a free Nourishing Week of Meals guide waiting for you.
✨ Comment or DM “MEALS” and I’ll send it your way!

Instead of jumping straight to lab testing, what if you started by tuning in to the information your body is already giv...
18/07/2025

Instead of jumping straight to lab testing, what if you started by tuning in to the information your body is already giving you?

Your cycle. Your sleep. Your mood. Your energy.

Our bodies are constantly communicating with us—and when we learn how to listen, we gain powerful insight into our hormone health.

Of course, I love lab testing (especially HTMA—that’s why I created Master Your Minerals). But the real magic happens when we combine internal awareness with external data.

Here’s how I guide clients to assess their hormone health at home—before ever ordering a single test:
🩸 Track your menstrual cycle
🌡 Monitor your basal body temperature (BBT)
💫 Evaluate your sleep, appetite, mood, and energy (S.A.M.E.)

These simple shifts build body literacy—and give you clarity on where your body might need more support.

📩 Want to start learning your body’s cues?
DM me “periods” and I’ll send you my free Healthy Period Starter Guide to walk you through it all.

You’re not broken. You just need the right tools to understand your body—and that’s what I’m here for!

If you’ve been told PCOS is just a hormone issue… think again.PCOS is rooted in metabolic dysfunction, which means your ...
05/07/2025

If you’ve been told PCOS is just a hormone issue… think again.

PCOS is rooted in metabolic dysfunction, which means your minerals matter—a lot.

If you’ve tried birth control or metformin but still deal with:
👉🏼 Irregular cycles
👉🏼 Cystic acne or hair loss
👉🏼 Fatigue + cravings
👉🏼 Trouble getting pregnant
…it’s time to look deeper.

Your minerals (like magnesium, potassium, iodine, and chromium) directly impact:
⚡ Blood sugar balance
🌸 Ovulation
🔥 Inflammation + androgens

Our client Emily went from 100+ day cycles to 30 days in just 3 months—all by replenishing her minerals the right way.

🎉 Biggest sale of the year is ON!
💰 Get $100 off Master Your Minerals with code SAVE100
⏰ Ends July 7 at 11:59pm EST

👇🏼 Comment or DM “MYM” to join us now!

After reviewing thousands of HTMA tests, I started seeing the same patterns again and again.Certain mineral imbalances s...
03/07/2025

After reviewing thousands of HTMA tests, I started seeing the same patterns again and again.

Certain mineral imbalances show up in nearly every woman dealing with:
🩸 PMS or painful periods
💩 Constipation, bloating, or reflux
🦋 Thyroid issues (hypo or hyper)
⚡️ Chronic fatigue and burnout
😩 Mood swings, low libido, or short luteal phases

Most of these women had already tried everything. But nothing was sticking — because their mineral foundation wasn’t there.

🧠 Your body can’t respond when it’s running on empty.
➡️ Your thyroid needs selenium
➡️ Your digestion needs sodium + potassium
➡️ Your liver needs zinc
➡️ Your hormones need magnesium

So how do we actually fix this?
We stop guessing and start testing.

Inside my newly updated Master Your Minerals 2.0 course, I’ll teach you how to:
🧪 Read your HTMA
📊 Spot the patterns linked to your symptoms
💥 Build a custom nutrition & supplement plan that supports your hormones, energy, and metabolism

Now through July 7 at 11:59pm EST, get $100 OFF!
🎉 Comment or DM MYM to get the link and use code SAVE100 at checkout.

Conventional medicine told me the solution was a pill.💊Birth control for my period.💊Antibiotics and cream for my skin.💊S...
01/07/2025

Conventional medicine told me the solution was a pill.
💊Birth control for my period.
💊Antibiotics and cream for my skin.
💊Synthroid for my thyroid.
💊Metformin for my blood sugar.

But no one asked: what’s actually causing all these symptoms?
Spoiler: it wasn’t a hormone problem.
It was a mineral imbalance.

15 years ago, I was struggling with PCOS, painful periods, acne, constipation, anxiety, and weight gain — all after being a “healthy” athlete. The prescriptions didn’t help. They made me feel worse.

Once I discovered mineral testing and started healing at the root, everything changed:
💫 My period came back
💫 My acne cleared
💫 My energy returned
💫 My hormones balanced naturally

That’s why I created Master Your Minerals 2.0 — to teach you how to interpret your HTMA test and create your own custom protocol to support your hormones, energy, mood, and metabolism.

Now through July 7th at 11:59pm EST, get $100 OFF!
🎉

Ready to finally understand your body and feel better?
👇 Comment or DM MYM to get started!

✨Mineral case study: constipation + bloating edition!⁠Sara struggled with digestive issues for years. She’d try gut prot...
28/06/2025

✨Mineral case study: constipation + bloating edition!⁠
Sara struggled with digestive issues for years. She’d try gut protocols and get short-term relief… only to end up right back where she started—bloated, constipated, and frustrated.⁠

What changed? She addressed her mineral foundation.⁠

Her HTMA showed that she was depleted across the board—sodium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, cobalt—all crucial for digestion, stomach acid, and motility.⁠

Instead of jumping into another protocol, she focused on simple daily habits: ⁠
🌿 Prioritizing sleep
🥔 Eating consistent, nourishing meals
🧂 Getting enough potassium + sodium⁠

Slowly but surely, her bowel movements became regular, easier to pass, and more satisfying.⁠

👉 If you’ve been stuck in the gut protocol loop with no lasting results, you might be missing this foundational piece.⁠

Join me on June 29th at 2pm EST to learn how to use HTMA to get real results—without burning out your body or your bank account. (Replay will be sent the next day!)⁠

🎟️ comment or dm RSVP to save your seat!!

3 surprising signs your minerals are to blame for your hormone issues(that you’ve probably been overlooking)1️⃣You crash...
19/06/2025

3 surprising signs your minerals are to blame for your hormone issues
(that you’ve probably been overlooking)

1️⃣You crash every afternoon — no matter how clean you eat.
Minerals like sodium and potassium regulate blood sugar + energy.
If you’re wiped by 2pm, it’s not just your sleep — it’s your minerals.

2️⃣Your PMS hits hard… even though your labs are “normal.”
Painful irregular periods, mood swings, short luteal phases, missing ovulation — these all worsen when your magnesium, calcium, and copper are out of balance.

3️⃣You’re bloated or constipated — but you’ve “tried everything.”
Poor digestion = poor mineral absorption.
When you don’t have the minerals you need it causes a sluggish gut, low stomach acid, and
endless bloating.

Minerals are the foundation of hormone health.

💻I’m teaching a free live training on Sunday, June 29 @ 2pm EST:
Minerals & Hormones: Simplifying and Streamlining Your Healing Journey

🙋🏽‍♀️Comment or DM RSVP and I’ll send you the link to join!

17/12/2021
The second step when it comes to addressing period and hormone problems is tracking metrics! Lab tests are helpful and s...
04/12/2020

The second step when it comes to addressing period and hormone problems is tracking metrics!

Lab tests are helpful and something I use with all of my clients; however, it's important to identify helpful metrics that you can look at daily to assess your health and hormones.

As women, we have our menstrual cycles, which give us a ton of information. Here are some areas to track:
-Length of your entire cycle: ideally, this is 26-34 days--on average, it is closer to 29-30 days for most women.
-The length of your period ideally it's 3-7 days. Longer than 7 days can indicate that ovulation may not have occurred or a hormone imbalance.
-Heaviness of your period, clotting
-Tracking ovulation is the most important marker for women's health since we only make progesterone when we ovulate. You can track if ovulation has occurred by using the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM). My favorite FAM resources are . You can also use strips to confirm ovulation and adequate progesterone.
- Length of luteal phase- ideally, this is 12-16 days
-Any symptoms you experience throughout your cycle (spotting, acne, mood changes, breast tenderness, energy, digestion, etc.)

Basal Body Temperature (BBT)

This is your temperature first thing in the morning before you get out of bed, at rest. This keeps it from being impacted by digestion, stress, movement, etc. ⁣
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Menstruating women's body temperature will increase during the second half of their cycle after ovulation occurs and will be lowest during the 2nd and 3rd day of your period (typically). ⁣

Ideally, you want the first half of your cycle to be 97.6F on average and the second half to be 98.4F on average. ⁣

Low BBT is a sign of sluggish thyroid and stress.

Once we have a shift in our estrogen and progesterone levels, there has been something brewing for a while. Hormones are...
06/10/2020

Once we have a shift in our estrogen and progesterone levels, there has been something brewing for a while. Hormones are the last thing to change, which can be especially frustrating when on a healing journey. ⁣⁣
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While it can be helpful to get your hormones tested, I think it's more important to look at our hormones on a cellular level. ⁣⁣
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What is meant by cellular level hormone health?⁣⁣
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Many of us tend to think of how many calories we are burning when we hear the word metabolism. But I am referring to the metabolism of our cells. ⁣⁣
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Each cell in our body has a little engine that uses the nutrients we give to run all of the different processes in the body. ⁣⁣
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What connects all of the systems of the body? Our metabolism. It is the sum of all of the processes in the body. It is what provides energy to your body to support all operations. It occurs within the cells and feeds every part of the body. ⁣⁣
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Metabolism is how you sustain life. When metabolism is slow, everything else slows down. Because thyroid hormones control metabolism, there is a gut-thyroid connection between hypothyroidism and poor digestion. ⁣⁣
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How our cells produce energy is crucial for hormone, skin, mental, and gut health. If our cells are not making energy, then all of these areas are slow. ⁣⁣
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The primary organ of metabolism is the liver, our hormone superhero. Our liver processes hormones like estrogen and makes them inactive to leave the body through digestion easily. ⁣⁣
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A slow metabolism also leads to intestinal bacterial overgrowth, parasites, pathogens, and yeast, which act as stressors on the adrenals and impairs thyroid function. ⁣⁣
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For this reason, I focus on nutrition and lifestyle for metabolic health rather than just high estrogen/low progesterone, acne, hair loss, etc. ⁣⁣
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If we focus on our metabolism, we can remedy all of our issues rather than just one. Can it take a long time to see results and changes in all areas? ⁣⁣
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Yes, of course, but you will see lasting change vs. an immediate shift that goes back to the way it was. ⁣⁣
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How do we achieve lasting results? The answer is quite simple, focus on the basics. More on this to come! 🤓

Hi there 🙋🏽‍♀️⁣⁣I'm Amanda, women's health dietitian and owner of Hormone Healing RD (my original IG account: ). ⁣⁣My ac...
05/10/2020

Hi there 🙋🏽‍♀️⁣

I'm Amanda, women's health dietitian and owner of Hormone Healing RD (my original IG account: ). ⁣

My account got hacked, and I'm working on getting it back, but for now, I'll be sharing in this lovely new space. In the hopes that my community will work it's way back to me, and I can continue helping women transform their health and hormones. ⁣

My passion for women's health started when I came off the birth control pill at about age 20 (10 years ago). I felt it was affecting my mental health and decided to come off. ⁣

I didn't know that this decision would change the trajectory of my career and life. I lost my period; my acne worsened, hair started thinning, and had extreme fatigue. ⁣

I felt lost. I was 20 years old, a collegiate athlete, CrossFit competitor, studying to become a dietitian, and I felt worse than ever. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. ⁣

That led to lots of research into hormonal birth control, thyroid health, and hormones in general. I started to understand why my periods were always so unmanageable pre-pill and wanted to shout everything I learned about women's health from the rooftops so that I could help other women. I'm sure many of you can relate. ⁣

My account getting hacked brought a lot of new perspective for me and how I want to show up in this space and use social media in my day to day. ⁣

Whether I get my old account back or not, it feels like a fresh start. I'll be using this opportunity to start from the beginning when it comes to hormone health. I hope you all enjoy it 🤓⁣

Thank you to those of you that were previously following my other account and welcome to all of my new followers! 🥳

Most of us need to unlearn everything we have been taught about nutrition for hormone health. ⁣⁣Because there is a ton o...
23/09/2020

Most of us need to unlearn everything we have been taught about nutrition for hormone health. ⁣

Because there is a ton of conflicting information out there, this can be hard to do. ⁣

I like to use a filter to process different ideas. So, forget everything you know (or think you know) about nutrition for hormone health to heal your hormones. ⁣

By processing information through a filter, you can quickly rule out diet trends that will not help you in the long run. ⁣

The filter is a combination of:⁣

-Female physiology and what does and does not make sense for it. For example, restricting carbs is popular, but it slows thyroid function and we need optimal thyroid function for healthy hormones. ⁣

-Ancestral nutrition. ⁣

We can learn a lot about optimal foods by looking at our history as well as at different cultures to learn what has helped them maintain health. ⁣

For example, many cultures value using all parts of the animal including bones in the form of bone broth and organ meats. ⁣

-Food quality⁣

We can't ignore what food is made up of and the quality. If a food is packed with ingredients that you don't recognize, it's likely not going to support your health. ⁣

Another example is dairy. Some people don't do well with conventional dairy, but try raw or A2 and digest it much better. ⁣


Avoiding extremes is helpful when it comes to nutrition. ⁣

Vegan, low carb/keto, and intermittent fasting are extremes and lead to more stress in the body. I'll be talking more about extremes vs. what truly nourishes the female body the rest of this week!⁣

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