Coochiology 101: N is for...
Nutrition. (Phonetic: noo-TRIH-shun) Feeding the Feminine Frame
Welcome back to Coochiology 101, your sacred syllabus for decoding the body, letter by letter. Today, we come to the letter N: N is for Nutrition—not just calories and macros, but ancestral medicine, hormonal harmony, and deep womb care.
A.K.A.s (Other Ways to Say It):
Coochie Cuisine · Womb Fuel · Hormone Chow · Blood-Building Bites · Ovary Offerings · Menstrual Morsels · Fertility Feasts · Cramp-Calming Cravings
What It Is, What It Does + Why It Matters
Nutrition isn’t a trend—it’s a transmitter.
Every bite you eat sends signals to your hormones, your cycle, and your nervous system. What you eat literally becomes what you bleed, what you birth, and how you bounce back.
Let’s bring it down to the pelvic floor:
Your hormones? Built from fats and proteins.
Your uterine lining? Needs iron, zinc, magnesium, and B12 to thicken and shed.
Your libido, ovulation, mood swings, and PMS? All have nutritional roots.
In short: Your food is your first womb whisperer.
Whether you’re stressed, depleted, postpartum, or perimenopausal, nutrition becomes more than fuel—it becomes mothering. You need warming meals, blood-building herbs, and mineral-rich broths. Your body doesn’t just want to survive. She wants to feel safe enough to create.
We’ll dive deeper into specific nutrient needs in future posts—think: cycle-syncing, ancestral blood builders, and coochie-friendly herbs—but for now, the goal is simple: listen to your body. Ground yourself in the knowing that what you eat matters.
Cultural / Ancestral Intelligence
In many African traditions, postpartum recovery isn’t optional—it’s a sacred rite. The Igbo omugwo period, for example, includes a healing diet of hot pepper soup, bitter leaf, and nutrient-rich greens like uziza. These aren’t just comfort foods—they’re blood tonics, anti-inflammatories, and womb-warming magic.
Even before the baby, ancestral diets understood how to prepare the womb: fermented grains, wild greens, organ meats, and mineral-rich stews were fertility food long before Instagram said “seed cycling.”
Colonialism stripped us of this rhythm, reduced nutrition to numbers, and turned sacred meals into fad diets. Listen. Real talk: You can’t biohack what your grandmother already knew. Your body is built to heal—if you feed it accordingly.
For Non-Coochie Owners
If you’re close to someone who bleeds or births, here's your assignment: be the one who brings the soup. Cook the meal. Pour the tea. Don’t ask for a food log—offer a warm plate.
Food is care. Cooking is ceremony.
Modern Reclamation
Diet culture taught us to shrink. Womb wisdom teaches us to nourish.
This isn’t about rules, but about reverence. The point isn’t clean eating. The point is clear communication between your food and your follicles.
So no, you don’t need to fear carbs or count almonds. You need to listen:
What does your body crave before your period?
What foods help you feel grounded during ovulation?
What meals feel like love?
When we stop feeding ourselves out of fear and start feeding ourselves out of trust, everything changes.
Coochie Call-to-Action
Today, add one nutrient-dense food to your plate.
Something leafy, iron-rich, or ancestral.
Then pause and ask:
What food makes my womb feel seen?
Want to Go Deeper?
Who taught you what to eat—and who gets to rewrite that story?
When’s the last time food felt like love?
What does nourishment look like when no one’s watching?
What’s your favorite womb-healing recipe, herb, or ancestral meal?
Drop a comment, stir the pot, and let’s keep the flavor flowing.
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To the minerals that rebuild us and the meals that remember us,
~Dr. Abigail
Chair of Culinary Coochie Studies