Good foods during menstration

weight training has really helped. increase the protein, and take an iron supplement if needed a few days before tom

Have you tried a drink called Choffy? It's ground cocoa beans, kind of like coffee but with much less caffeine. But it helps to open up your blood vessels and really helps when you are in that oh so horrid time of the month! I just started drinking it for that and oh my gosh, it helps so much! Also helps if I'm craving something sweet, or I need more water during the day! It's amazing! And for you peppermint peeps out there, I bet that would taste great in the Choffy, I think I'll try that tonight!
Here is a website you can go to for Choffy!

www.drinkchoffy.com

I do castor oil I don't drink it I take a wash cloth dab some on there put it on the area that is crampy. saran wrap in place and use a heating pad or heating dome for 1 hour twice a day it helps with cramping. sounds strange I know it helps. the person who said you can't skip periods because of a change in weight I disagree on that end.

Considering your history around reproduction, seeing a doctor about changes in menstruation might be the best idea.

Exercise actually really helps in alleviating cramps.

Walking helps me. Unfortunately I usually get cramps late night and early morning so I just grab a cup of tea and my hot water bottle and cuddles from my OH, seems to work. :P lol

Well I know of an herbal hormone balancer, but it comes in pill form. It's Vitex, or chastetree extract. It DOES work...it will balance your hormones and regulate your period. It's actually one of the ingredients in Airborne....which since I am on birth control pills I can't use. About a year and a half ago I took some Airborne when I was getting sick and started my period a week early because the vitex counter-acted my BC pills.

Heating pad usually helps me. I have PCOS and sometimes only get my period every other month and it is killer! Some light exercise also helps.

WHISKEY
WINE AND CHEESE
ICE CREAM
CHOCOLATE

I eat normally, but from other girls, I hear that these are options:

chocolate

pickles

ice cream

I agree that changes in your body most definitely affect your menstrual cycle! If I get below a certain weight, my period will completely stop until I put on more weight. I should add that I was a Medical Assistant for an OBGYN for a few years, so I have seen lots of women deal with loss of periods due to body changes.

I've learned that if I cut out caffiene my breasts don't get tender.

OK, thats not a food. Please don't flame me.

This isn't a food but Thermocare makes a cramp patch. Perfect. In-discrete and stays warm over 8 hours

Have you tried a drink called Choffy? It's ground cocoa beans, kind of like coffee but with much less caffeine. But it helps to open up your blood vessels and really helps when you are in that oh so horrid time of the month! I just started drinking it for that and oh my gosh, it helps so much! Also helps if I'm craving something sweet, or I need more water during the day! It's amazing! And for you peppermint peeps out there, I bet that would taste great in the Choffy, I think I'll try that tonight!
Here is a website you can go to for Choffy!

www.drinkchoffy.com/leebee

Can't have any caffeine. thanks though.

That's good, because caffeine will intensify your cramps. I've never read anything that said caffeine was good for relieving cramps. I don't know how to shorten the link, but this is a paper on menstrual cramps.

www.cumc.columbia.edu%2Fstudent%2Fhealth%2Fpdf%2FD%2FDysmenorrhea.pdf&ei=ALqTUayYA8n54APt4IGwBg&usg=AFQjCNGRw7oquEGT8Owh8fFQa1tm3Gjfqg&sig2=RF7odfvLD0YdxZNq6pu6BA&bvm=bv.46471029,d.dmg

I read the original post and was like, WTF? I think this is why MFP allows us to have friend lists. The rest of the world does NOT, and I repeat, NOT, want to hear about your "smooth periods" and how much blood you have coming out of you. Really. We don't. If you want to ask which foods are good to consume during menstruation, super, then ask....but we don't need all the other information.

Sorry, not trying to be b!tchy, but, geez! :noway:

Wow. get over yourself. It's a period. All women have them. Life goes on. Lighten up or your face might get stuck like that.

Yes. LIfe DOES go on...we all have them...and we don't need you telling us every little detail about YOURS. I'm not upset, just thought I'd share. :drinker:

I hardly gave you details. You want details? How about when you can't change your pad for a long time and it starts to clot? Ever get that? Or how about when you've been sitting for a long time and you stand up and the blood just gushes out?

Lighten up

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