7.  Avoid drinking COLD liquids with meals (half hour before or 1 hour after). If you need to drink have something warm.
 
8. More Veggies!! Add 2 servings of vegetables with lunch, add 1-2 servings for supper, or make at least 50% of your daily food intake, as fruit and vegetables.

9. Eat Protein in the morning!!!  Have almond butter on your toast, or a handful of Almonds. Have an egg or 2 (Just not every day).  Try a protein powder….soy or whey, mixed with flax seeds and fruit.

10. Eat fruit separately from meals, as a snack.

11. Increase your intake of fiber.  Try 1-2 Tablespoons of flaxseed sprinkled over your food, several mornings a week. Flaxseed has protein, lots of fiber and is excellent for eliminating estrogens and other harmful hormones from the body.  Aim for 30 grams of fiber a day.

12. Indulge in foods from the Brassica family.  Brassica family includes: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, bok choy, kale, kohlrobi, turnips, rutabagas, radish, garden sorrel, watercress, collards. These plants contain Indole-3-carbinol, which is a phytochemical that promotes deactivation of the “bad” C-16 estrogen, and production of the “good” C-2 estrogens.

13. Eat Sea Vegetables Nori, arame, hijiki, kelp, dulse, and kombu.

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