12/19/2025
A guy with zero credentials telling women to cut out gluten, dairy, sugar, caffeine, seed oils, and fruit “for hormones” is not hormone education 🫠
Here’s what’s actually true 👇🏼
1️⃣ There is no universal hormone “no-food list.”
If someone claims every woman should avoid the same foods, they’re ignoring physiology and selling fear.
2️⃣ Eliminating foods without a medical reason can make hormones worse.
Undereating or feeling afraid of food raises cortisol. Elevated cortisol interferes with ovulation and cycle regularity.
3️⃣ Research does not support cutting out entire food groups for “hormone balance.”
Removal only matters with a confirmed intolerance, allergy, or clinically diagnosed condition.
4️⃣ Most hormone symptoms are not caused by bread.
They are driven by blood sugar instability, chronic stress, under-fueling, disrupted sleep, and nervous system dysregulation.
We see this all the time at Plate and Canvas.
Women come to us exhausted. Anxious around food. Eating like birds. Still having symptoms. Wondering what they’re doing wrong.
They’re not the problem.
The advice is.
I’m curious — have you ever been told to cut out foods for your hormones? What happened? 💛