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I help women improve hormone health naturally so that they can have PMS & pain free periods. https://bit.ly/3bENxfv Free Resources:
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Amanda Montalvo is a women’s health dietitian that helps women get to the root cause of hormone imbalances and have healthy menstrual cycles. Amanda started off her education in nutrition with the traditional route, but after dealing with her own health problems after getting off hormonal birth control she quickly realized the value of functional medicine. After healing her acne, balancing her hormones, and learning the value of her menstrual cycle, Amanda found her purpose—to help women create a body in balance and not settle for anything less. Podcast:

Mineral Quiz (find out if minerals are an issue for you): https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h

13/11/2025

Cori came to us after struggling with PCOS and hypothyroidism for years. She’s tried medication and every supplement on the market but she was still tired and gaining weight (even when she was only eating 1200 calories a day).

When she completed her hair test, she discovered elevated levels of calcium were likely impacting her body’s ability to use thyroid hormone.

She also had markers showing her digestion needed support and that inflammation was present. All things that will impact PCOS and thyroid health.

The first step to improving her mineral status was addressing her stress. She did this by looking at her day to day lifestyle and nutrition. She was under eating, which is a big stressor and likely contributing to mineral imbalances.

After focusing on her foundation, she was able to complete an iodine protocol to help support her thyroid and mineral levels. This is never a first step since you want to be eating enough and managing stress as well as supporting mineral cofactors prior to starting iodine.

After 3 months of iodine, Cori saw her cycle go from 65+ days to 33 days! She was also eating more and didn’t gain weight for the first time in a year 🙌🏼

Another win for minerals 🎉

Get to the root of your hormone concerns with hair testing and my Master Your Minerals course.

🚨Black Friday Sale: I’m currently offering $80 off my Master Your Minerals course using code BLACKFRIDAY until Monday, 11/17 at 11:59pm EST. You can use comment or DM BLACKFRIDAY to get the link🚨

05/11/2025

Comment or DM RSVP to join me for my upcoming free training that will teach you how to master your minerals to master your cycle!

4 Reasons Minerals Are Critical For Women With PCOS
1️⃣Minerals support a healthy stress response. Women with PCOS typically have elevated cortisol levels and dysregulation. This can lead to difficulty handling stress and eventually burnout. Supporting a healthy stress response is helpful for both s*x and stress hormones.
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2️⃣Adequate minerals are critical for blood sugar balance. We need adequate levels of calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium in order to keep blood sugar and insulin levels stable. 60-80% of women with PCOS struggle with insulin resistance.

3️⃣Minerals help produce, convert, and use thyroid hormone. About 25% of women with PCOS also struggle with hypothyroidism. Minerals are essential for not only making thyroid hormone, but converting it to the active form and getting it inside our cells.

4️⃣Your unique mineral status is the missing puzzle piece.

There’s a lot of information out there for PCOS and I think it can absolutely be helpful to put things in context to common struggles women with PCOS endure, but we have to be careful with generalizing too much. I’m often asked about specific minerals and while there are specific minerals that are important for PCOS, your unique mineral status is the key. Doing a hair mineral test to evaluate your current stress response and mineral status is what will move the needle most. Just because two women both have PCOS doesn’t mean the same strategies will work for both.

Want to learn how to get to the root of your hormone issues? This is exactly what I’m teaching you in my upcoming free training on November 9th at 2pm EST. Comment or DM RSVP to save your spot and join me!

03/11/2025

Comment or DM RSVP to join me for my upcoming free training that will teach you how to master your minerals to master your cycle!

Learning From Her HTMA:
Taylor has what is called a four lows pattern, meaning her first four minerals (calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium) were all low. She was a fast 4 metabolic type, so her body was actively stressed but she didn’t have the mineral resources to back it up. She was also moving significant amounts of heavy metals, which was another stressor and had very elevated levels of copper. All of these were contributing to her fatigue, irregular cycles, sleep issues, and libido. She also realized she was living in fight or flight most of the time, which was burning through her mineral resources and negatively impacting her digestion. It was also making it impossible for her to rebalance her copper levels, which were a big symptom driver.

Major Imbalances:
Once Taylor worked on her foundation and learned how to live a lower-stress lifestyle that worked for her circumstances, she was ready to tackle adding in more minerals through nutrition and supplements as well as supporting her digestion. She used the results on her hair mineral test to create a healing protocol to help rebalance her excess copper as well. She had a few questions, so she came to the live student Q&A’s and got my take on what made the most sense to focus on.

Major Wins:
🎉Taylor noticed a change in her sleep and energy within one month of supporting her minerals.
🎉The biggest win for her was her ability to be happy and patient with her son.
🎉After four months, her cycle went from 60-90 days to 36 days!
🎉This is also around the time she saw an increase in her libido since her hormones were more balanced.

Want to learn how to get to the root of your hormone issues? This is exactly what I’m teaching you in my upcoming free training on November 9th at 2pm EST. Comment or DM RSVP to save your spot and join me!

Want to learn how to get to the root of your period pain? This is exactly what I’m teaching you in my upcoming free trai...

29/10/2025

27/10/2025

Comment or DM RSVP to join me for my upcoming free training that will teach you how to master your minerals to master your cycle!

Minerals are foundational for hormone health because of how they impact our metabolism, which is our body’s ability to make energy from the food we eat. When our metabolism slows down, energy production slows down along with all of the different systems in the body.

🚨This is when we would then see symptoms pop up, many of which will show up as hormonal symptoms. Minerals are important for many different functions in the body, but especially impact our adrenals, digestion, thyroid, and liver.

As thyroid and metabolism slow, important processes like stomach acid production do as well. This leads to a slow down of transit time, constipation, bloating, and increases the burden on the liver. Our liver also requires minerals to detoxify properly. This sounds like a recipe for hormone problems because it is.

As minerals become depleted, adrenal function slows, and the ability to respond to stress appropriately declines. This can then impact hormone production and how we utilize hormones in the body. This can also impact how we make and use thyroid hormone, which is essential for healthy hormone levels.

This is why I focus on minerals first and create a solid foundation before doing further hormone testing.

Want to learn how to get to the root of your hormone issues? This is exactly what I’m teaching you in my upcoming free training on November 9th at 2pm EST. Comment or DM RSVP to save your spot and join me!

26/10/2025

Want to learn how to get to the root of your period pain? This is exactly what I’m teaching you in my upcoming free training on November 9th at 2pm EST. Comment or DM RSVP to save your spot and join me!

I struggled with heavy, painful, and irregular periods from the time of my first me**es. I remember thinking I was dying (I was very young and we hadn’t watched the video in class explaining what a period was). I went to the nurse and got a pad and medication.

My mom then told me that this was the deal as long as I had a period (because that’s all she knew—she doesn’t believe this now). It was normalized. I eventually learned that period pain is not normal at the age of about 21. It took me until I was about 28 to experience my first pain free period (I’m now 35).

I have a long history with estrogen dominance, inflammation, and hypothyroidism, so it’s not shocking that I also struggled with period pain. While there are two main types of period pain (congestive vs. spasmodic), I definitely had a combination. I see this in many of our clients as well. It’s not always clearly one or the other.

Where my period pain came from:
👉🏼hypothyroid: contributes to anovulatory cycles and lower progesterone production
👉🏼gut issues and poor digestion: increases inflammation, uses up progesterone resources
👉🏼nutrient imbalances: excess copper and slow metabolism on my HTMA
👉🏼stress: under eating and over exercising put a big stress on my body that I believe contributed to all of the areas above

Want to learn how to get to the root of your period pain? This is exactly what I’m teaching you in my upcoming free training on November 9th at 2pm EST. Comment or DM RSVP to save your spot and join me!

19/10/2025

Comment or DM patreon to get my liver and bile guide!

Bile is an incredibly important part of healthy detoxification but often gets left out of the conversation.

This past week on the Hormone Healing RD podcast we mentioned bile quite in a bit in regards to acne. It’s one of our secret weapons when helping clients clear their skin.

Why? Supporting your bile means you’re supporting removal of estrogen, excess heavy metals and minerals, and supporting things like a balanced gut microbiome, which are all big contributors to stress on the liver and acne.

Get all the nitty gritty details of how to support your liver and bile in my Patreon bonus episode! Comment or DM patreon to get my liver and bile guide now!

12/10/2025

Pumpkin Protein Muffins-my go-to fall snack right now 🍂

The girls helped me make these this week and they’re already gone! Safe to say these will definitely be a staple around here.

These are the kind of muffins you can throw together in one bowl, no fancy ingredients needed. They’re packed with protein, naturally sweetened with maple syrup + molasses, and taste like a cozy fall morning.

Perfect for breakfast (I’d still add another protein like eggs or sausage), a post-workout snack, or when you just want something quick and satisfying.

Want a full week of easy, hormone-friendly meals like this? Comment MEALS below or DM me MEALS and I’ll send you my free 1-week meal guide 💌

10/10/2025

Leptin is one of the most overlooked hormones in PCOS, yet it can explain so many of the symptoms women struggle with most.

If your body isn’t responding properly to leptin’s signal, it can lead to constant hunger, slowed metabolism, and disrupted ovulation (even if you’re eating well and doing “all the right things”).

What’s even more interesting?
👉 Leptin resistance often develops before insulin resistance.

In our bonus episode on Patreon, we break down:
✨ How leptin impacts metabolism and fertility
✨ Why it’s such a missing piece in PCOS
✨ Nutrition and lifestyle changes that help restore leptin sensitivity
✨ Real client results after addressing it

If you’ve ever wondered why your body feels stuck with PCOS, this is the episode you don’t want to miss.

🎧 Comment or DM “PATREON” to listen!

01/10/2025

If you’ve been told IVF is the only next step, we want you to know this: you still have options.

Most women are placed on the same fertility “pipeline”:
👉 Try for a year (or experience multiple miscarriages) before anyone looks deeper
👉 Take ovulation meds (even if you’re already ovulating)
👉 Move on to IUI (with low success rates and little attention to s***m health)
👉 Then IVF (powerful, but not always addressing the environment your body provides)

But fertility isn’t one-size-fits-all.

What often gets overlooked?
⚡️ Mineral balance
⚡️ Thyroid health
⚡️ Gut & vaginal microbiome
⚡️ S***m health

When these foundations are supported, couples often discover possibilities they never thought existed.

That’s why we created our free workshop:
✨ From Pipeline to Possibility: Breaking Free From One-Size-Fits-All Fertility Care
📅 October 8th at 2pm EST
💛 Save your spot: comment or dm WEBINAR or head to the link in my bio!

25/09/2025

The bottom line: elevated histamine can drive inflammatory and hormonal changes in PCOS that worsen symptoms and increase androgen production.

Here’s how it plays out:
✨ Mast cells & estrogen → Estrogen stimulates mast cells to release histamine. Histamine then feeds back to raise estrogen → fueling a vicious cycle.

✨ Inflammation → PCOS often involves chronic low-grade inflammation, which activates mast cells and raises histamine activity.

✨ Insulin resistance → High blood sugar and insulin resistance amplify histamine activity, while histamine disrupts appetite regulation and cravings.

✨ Androgen link → Elevated histamine + chronic inflammation can worsen hormone imbalance and drive excess androgens—making PCOS symptoms like acne, hair growth, and irregular cycles even harder to manage.

The result? A feedback loop between hormone imbalance, mast cell activity, and inflammation that keeps women with PCOS stuck.

👉 We’re covering this in detail (and sharing strategies to actually break the cycle) inside our Histamines & Hormones Webinar.

Comment or DM HISTAMINES and I’ll send you the link to join.

23/09/2025

PMDD isn’t just “bad PMS.” It’s not even a hormone imbalance—it’s a brain sensitivity disorder.

✨ What’s really happening:

Your brain is overly sensitive to normal hormone shifts.

Estrogen and progesterone metabolites (like allopregnanolone) should calm the brain—but instead trigger anxiety, rage, or depression.

GABA receptors and stress pathways (HPA axis) are dysregulated.

Where histamines come in 👉 Estrogen stimulates mast cells to release histamine. That’s why PMDD symptoms often flare twice:
💥 Mid-cycle (CD 7–9) → estrogen + histamine surge
💥 Luteal phase → progesterone metabolite sensitivity + histamine influence

The result?

Panic, rage, hopelessness

Severe mood swings

Insomnia or anxiety

Breast tenderness, bloating, fatigue

And then it all lifts once your period starts.

📝 The takeaway: PMDD isn’t about “too much estrogen” or “low progesterone.” It’s about how your brain + nervous system respond to hormone and histamine shifts.

👉 I’m covering this with (and strategies that actually help) inside our Histamines & Hormones webinar.

Comment or DM HISTAMINES below and I’ll send you the link to join.

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