PMS affects more and more women; let’s see together what are the symptoms encountered by most women and what could be the possible treatments.
As claimed the criminologist Cesare Lombroso, most of crimes committed by women takes place in the previous week the period, in fact, in more than one process for homocide, this syndrome was judged as a mitigating factor.
But what exactly is the premenstrual syndrome? By this term we mean a series of symptoms affecting the women in the period immediately previous larrival of the cycle. According to statistics, 8 out of 10 women between 18 and 49 suffer from it: they are affected by nervousness, crying fits, anxiety, insomnia, mood swings, water retentionbreast tenderness migraine, weight gain and boils.
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As the professor explains well Alessandra Graziottin, Director of the San Raffaele Resnati Center for Gynecology and Medical Sexology, all these disorders depend on a sort of hormonal self-intoxication, but they can be easily defeated by following simple tricks. First of all in the week preceding the arrival of Menses it is good to stay away from canned foods, too salty and processed and instead favor brown rice, dried fruit and other foods rich in magnesium, a mineral that affects our psycho-physical conditions.
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The mood swings are in fact due to the decrease in estrogen e progesterone, and the magnesium it is precisely the necessary remedy: you can find it in green leafy vegetables (lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower), in fruit (raspberries, blackberries, melon, grapes), but above all in legumes.
Doctors suggest you drink plenty of fluids, taking herbal teas with plants that promote circulation by preventing the stagnation of liquids, such as blueberry, gotu kola and horse chestnut. I’m from avoid coffee, tea, chocolate and cola to restrict entry into the body of metilxantine, which exacerbate the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Salt can increase the water retention, therefore pay attention to all foods containing salt, peanuts and hazelnuts, cured meats, salted herring and anchovies, pickles, nuts and extracts for meat and vegetable broths, cheeses, various sauces such as mayonnaise, soy sauce and ketchup.
A greater consumption of fish, rich in omega-3 prostaglandin inhibitors, helps decrease abdominal pain. University of Massachusetts researchers found that a dietary supplement of vitamin B helps reduce PMS disorders.
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By including or increasing the consumption of foods such as cereals and spinach in your diet, PMS is reduced by 25%. There vitamin B3 helps relieve the symptoms and is found in barley, legumes, tomatoes, fish, carrots. Stock up on bananas that contain vitamin B6, which is important in reducing water retention and breast tension. Furthermore, soy is very suitable as it is rich in phytoestrogens, natural substances very similar to women’s estrogens that promote hormonal balance.
Doctors advise long walks to encourage the release of endorphins, substances useful to combat pain, which decrease in the days preceding the Menses.