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size08
size08 Posts: 101 Member
edited November 10 in Food and Nutrition
dose any one know about having a period and loosing a lot of blood during the cycle and having a busy week and not been able to eat as good and as healthy as usual thus causing serve dizzy spells, feel like fainting etc.....headackes could a lot of lose of blood cause this? has it been wise to add extra portions of beef, brocilli, and spinage to my meals in the last 2 days= happy to report the dizziness has gone. :huh:

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  • Mnata
    Mnata Posts: 35 Member
    Not a doctor, but sounds a lot like either your iron levels or blood volume dropped. Iron carries oxygen in your blood and your period can cause a drop in iron levels, which beef, broccoli and spinach can replace. I know fainting and dizziness can be caused by low blood volume (possibly headaches too), and consuming extra liquids and salt help with that.
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