39. Eating for Your Cycle + Cooking for Cyclic Wellbeing with Ambrosia's Table

In this episode I chat to Lucia Mazzella of 'Ambrosia's Table' to talk all things nutrition and cyclic living. Lucia is a Functional Health Cycle Coach who teaches kitchen wisdom to women who want to take their health into their own hands and live in sync with their cycles. Her simple, down-to-earth approach focuses on eating for gut health, vitality and the planet. In today's episode we talk about: ➳ Why the the food we eat is the easiest doorway into connecting with our cycle ➳ The significance of bio-availability in our food when choosing what to eat ➳ The primary disruptors of hormonal health in our diet ➳ How to tell which oils to add to your diet (and which ones to avoid!) ➳ How to use your cyclic energy to create a 'kitchen flow' ➳ Lucia's top tips for meal prepping (these will change your game in the kitchen!) ➳ What is seed cycling + is it beneficial for our cyclic health? ☾ Plus so much more ☾ This episode is jam-packed and full of the practical tips as well the straight-forward info that will help you get in sync with your cyclic body and boost your overall wellbeing in a nourishing AND sustainable way! «««« ⎊ »»»» GET TO KNOW LUCIA: Download her FREE 'Period Meal Prep' masterclass and guide-book here! Click here to find all of her workshops, tutorials, 1:1 coaching AND join the waitlist for her upcoming Moon Menu course. Purchase Lucia's 'Moon Menu Calendar' (available as a print or digital version). Read Lucia's Instagram post about vegetable oils (and her healthy mayonnaise recipe!) LUCIA'S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden Period Queen by Lucy Peach Life-changing Food by Jo Whitton + Fouad Kassab And don't forget to follow Lucia on Instagram at @ambrosias.table and shoot her a message to tell her what you loved about the episode! (She LOVES to connect and would love hear from you!) «««« ⎊ »»»» RELATED EPISODES: Listen to Episode 15. Sacred Practices for Menstruation & Your Bleeding Time Listen to Episode 31. How to Work WITH Your Cycle + Feminine Energy «««« ⎊ »»»» Be sure to screenshot and share the episode on Instagram and tag me @rachel.hodgens You can find me over on Instagram if you'd like to connect with me further! Find out more about my work at www.rachelhodgens.com «««« ⎊ »»»» I WOULD LOVE TO GATHER WITH YOU If you'd like space to chat and explore something 1:1 with me - you can! You can book a sacred Soul-led Session (a 90 minute container to talk, deep dive, work through or pick my brain around something)! Head to www.rachelhodgens.com/soul-led-session «««« ⎊ »»»»