The Ultimate Grocery Shopping List Broken Down By Each Phase Of Your Cycle

Regardless of where you are in your cycle, there are some food items you will always want to keep in your kitchen. Stock up on salmon, eggs, steak, bone broth, collagen powder, sweet potatoes, lemons, herbal tea (ginger, raspberry, mint), berries, spinach, avocado, garlic, bee pollen, and extra virgin olive oil. These are staples that are versatile throughout the different phases and will boost your metabolic rate, as well as reduce inflammation in the body and provide healthy protein, fats, and complex carbohydrates.

Now, not everyone has the same blood type, and many have digestive sensitivities or full-blown food allergies, so if you can’t eat a certain item on this list, simply swap it for the next best thing!

Menstrual

During your period at the beginning of your new cycle, calming foods are the order of the day. Think nourishing soups, light protein, warm bone broth, and refreshing berries. And, of course, don’t forget the dark chocolate! 

For your period list, add:

• liver, beef bone broth, chicken, eggs, crab or shrimp

• beets, spinach, cucumbers

• yogurt, avocado

• overnight oats, sweet potatoes

• watermelon, banana, grapes, raspberries, lemons. 

One of my favorite meal preps is making little egg quiche muffins. They’re easy, delicious, and keep for several days in the fridge! Just mix pre-cooked sweet potato chunks, spinach, and eggs (scramble the cracked eggs first, then pour over veggies in muffin holders), and bake for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees F.