Eat right, at the right time.
CyclePlate turns clinical nutrition science into daily food guidance for every phase of your cycle, using foods you can actually find where you live. Backed by published research, shaped by a community of women who get it.
The problem, in numbers
Nobody told you this
Your hormones change every week. Your plate never got the memo.
Oestrogen and progesterone rise and fall in a predictable rhythm across the month, and each shift changes what your body needs: how you process iron, how sensitive you are to insulin, how inflammation behaves, how your mood holds up. Most nutrition advice ignores all of it and hands every woman the same static plan.
Food is one of the most accessible tools you have for working with those shifts instead of against them. Not supplements, not a subscription box of imported superfoods. The ingredients already in your market, eaten at the right time.
The conditions nobody is connecting to food
Affects 10 to 13% of women worldwide, with insulin resistance at its centre. Up to 70% of those affected are never formally diagnosed.
Around 71% of women experience period pain, and most treat it as something to endure rather than something diet can influence.
190 million women live with it, waiting seven to nine years on average for a diagnosis while inflammation goes unmanaged.
The days before a period bring cramps, low mood and cravings for most women, and are among the most responsive to what you eat.
What the research says food can do
These are not folk remedies. They are findings from randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses.
Omega-3 fatty acids
A meta-analysis of 12 randomised trials found omega-3 produced a large reduction in menstrual pain; in one trial women needed fewer ibuprofen doses.
Magnesium & vitamin B6
Double-blind trials link the pair to lower premenstrual symptom severity than placebo, with steadier mood across the luteal phase.
Low-glycaemic eating
A 12-month trial in women with PCOS improved insulin sensitivity and menstrual regularity, independent of weight change.
Low-GI diet vs conventional healthy diet in PCOS
Share of participants whose menstrual regularity improved over 12 months. Marsh et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010.
What you'll find here
Three ways CyclePlate helps you eat for your cycle
Evidence, in plain language
What actually changes across your four phases, and the peer-reviewed research behind every recommendation.
Explore the science →
Women who get it
Ask questions about your body and your cycle, and hear from women who have been through the same thing.
Join the conversation →
Deep, sourced reads
Long-form articles on period pain, PCOS, endometriosis and PMS, each one grounded in the evidence.
Read the journal →This is not a niche problem
How common these conditions are, worldwide
Estimated prevalence among women of reproductive age. Sources: WHO (2023); PAIN meta-analysis of 70 countries (2026).
Half the world moves through a cycle. The science has barely caught up.
Endometriosis takes seven to nine years to diagnose on average, and remains significantly underfunded relative to conditions of similar burden. Most women with PCOS are never diagnosed at all. The gap between what research knows and what women are told is enormous, and food guidance is one of the simplest ways to start closing it.
Sources: npj Women's Health (2024); WHO (2023).
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