5 Best Foods to Help You Ease Period Cramps
Period cramps are difficult occurrences most women experience every month. Indeed, the pain can be quite a challenge to endure.
You don't need to take medicine each month to deal with the discomfort you feel each time your period arrives. There are foods you can eat to help you alleviate the pain.
Women are known for being warriors who continue with their everyday routine even if they experience fatigue, cramps, bloating, and severe headaches.
Are you one of the many women who work hard the whole 25 days on your diets and regular exercises only to realize all your efforts go in vain during your five-day period?
Have you experienced struggling to avoid junk food, only to end up overeating them while feeling very tired and giving in to your cravings?
Worry no more. Below are 5 of the many foods you can eat to help you ease those period cramps and, at the same time, not feel guilty even if you eat too much of them.
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Water is good in dealing with period cramps but if you’re not that much of a ‘water drinker,’ because you don’t like the taste of it being plain, you can try some twists like infusing it with vegetables, fruits and spices.
1. Leafy Greens
Eating veggies, especially the green, leafy ones, will help you recover iron in your body. Since you are losing blood, meaning you are losing a lot of iron too, and these vegetables are great contributors as you recover that.
There may be times when you'd feel so exhausted and sluggish during period, and eating veggies such as spinach and broccoli will help you stay active.
2. Oats
Include oats in your diet during the period. Surely, by eating them, you'll notice reduced pain and discomfort during these five days.
Oats are nutritious and fiber-rich. They keep you full for longer periods. Meaning, you tend to have no appetite in times of period, and thus, oats are great a great substitute if you don't feel like eating green vegetables.
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3. Caffeinated Beverages
Caffeine may indeed help you stay awake in times when you need to. However, it is best to avoid consuming caffeinated beverages during periods as they result in painful cramps, not to mention bloating.
Instead of coffee and cold water to drink, choose a cup of soothing chamomile tea and a glass of ginger-based water. According to studies, ginger water helps offset tummy discomforts too, which are linked to coffee beans.
4. Lots of Water
Water may not be essentially a food, although it is a vital element of your period diet. Essentially, this fluid flushes out the unwanted sodium that results in migraines and bloating.
If you're not that much of a 'water drinker,' because you don't like the taste of it, being plain, you can try some twists like infusing it with vegetables, fruits, and spices.
5. Certain Fruits
Specifically, eat kiwi, bananas, and pineapple to alleviate period cramps. Bananas are rich in vitamin B6. They also contain a healthy dose of potassium, which helps relieve the bloating and symptoms of cramping. This was according to Lisa DeFazio, a registered dietitian.
Lisa Hayim, a registered dietitian, said, while preparing a glass of smoothie, you might want to add some slices of fresh pineapple, too. Aside from its delicious taste, pineapples have bromelain, too, an enzyme that combats inflammation.
Lastly, registered dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield said, a small piece of kiwi can help you beat the cramps. Filled with enzyme actinidin, kiwis can help in the digestion of protein more simply.
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Nov 07, 2020 06:00 AM EST
