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The method, week by week

Cycle syncing.

What to eat, how to move, what to take and what to do, in each of the four phases.

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Why I eat to my cycle

Your hormones are not the same on day 3 as they are on day 14, so I stopped eating as if they were. Cycle syncing means matching food, movement and daily habits to the phase you’re actually in: iron and warmth when you bleed, zinc and antioxidants in the fertile window, complex carbs and magnesium while you wait.

This page is the whole method in one place. Find your phase on the right, then read your section below.

What phase are you in?

Estimates use a typical cycle: ovulation about 14 days before your next period.


The four phases

TAP A PHASE MENSTRUAL Days 1-5, typical FOLLICULAR Days 6-13, typical OVULATION Days 14-16, typical LUTEAL Days 17-28, typical
Days 1-5, typical · Rest

Menstrual

EatWarm and cooked. Iron-rich: red meat, lentils, dark greens
SeedsFlax and pumpkin, from day one
MoveRest, gentle walks, restorative yoga
TeaGinger, raspberry leaf, nettle

Read the full menstrual section

Day ranges are the typical pattern, not a promise. The wheel and the finder both land on the same phase panel, then link to the full section below.


Phase by phase, in full

Styled on the printable phase cards. Tap to turn over, arrows to change phase. The finder and the wheel land here.

The rules that never change

The phases change what I eat. These do not. Tap any rule to see why.

Pick a ruleEvery one of these has a reason behind it, and none of them change with the phase you are in.

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Seed cycling, said once and properly: flax and pumpkin run from day 1 of your period all the way to ovulation, because the menstrual phase is the first part of the follicular half. Sunflower and sesame take over from ovulation to your next period. That's the protocol's logic; the evidence base is practitioner-led rather than trial-backed, and I say so wherever I sell it.

I wrote the long version of that, including what the research actually shows and what each seed brings: does seed cycling actually work?