Food significantly impacts your mood and physical well-being. Discover smarter choices to ease menstrual symptoms and feel your best.
Ice cream, sweets, and fatty foods often tempt during period discomfort. Instead, prioritize iron-rich foods to combat fatigue from blood loss. Leafy greens like spinach, kale, and broccoli are iron powerhouses, alongside nuts, dried fruits, fish, and dark chocolate. Two weeks before your period, declining estrogen reduces endorphins and serotonin. Red peppers' capsaicin—the compound creating their heat—triggers endorphin production for a natural mood lift.
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Sugary and carbonated drinks promote bloating, amplifying period woes. Trans-fat-heavy fried foods can boost estrogen, risking hormonal imbalance.
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Image: Getty Images / Text: Mara Ruijter, Santé 9 2021
