![]() ![]() Here's where a plant-based diet can make a huge difference, so go Mediterranean-style if PMS is getting to you. Take the time to nurture yourself each month – eat better, rest more, move your body through exercise, and listen to your heart, mind, and spirit. They may give you insight into some of your deeper feelings and point to things you might want to change in your life. Pay close attention to the insights and feelings that arise during this time and record those in your journal. Ways to do this include journaling your PMS feelings setting aside time during the week before your period to pamper yourself with a hot bath, a cup of herbal tea, and a good novel splurging for a massage taking a yoga or dance class or having a night out with your girlfriends. Rather than fight how you feel, go with it. Recognizing the premenstrual time as one of naturally heightened awareness and emotions can actually help you to relax and get through a lot more easily. This may be the most important advice I can give to you. Natural approaches to PMS can transform your life! Here are my favorites! Go with YOUR Flow Sometimes improving one factor alone can improve symptoms, but most often a combination approach of improved diet, improved lifestyle habits (for example, adequate rest, increased exercise, and changed beliefs about menstruation), and herbal and nutritional supplements are needed. And while you're at it, get your iodine and vitamin D levels checked – when low these can contribute to depression and other related symptoms.Thyroid problems can also cause PMS, so have your doctor check your thyroid hormones to make sure these are in proper order.Stress and adrenal dysfunction (relationship, marital/sexual difficulties workplace stress, money, etc.).Nutrient deficiencies (especially B6, vitamin E, vitamin A, calcium, and magnesium).PMS is, interestingly, less due to hormonal imbalances than it is due to imbalances in the stress hormones and the neurotransmitters (chemicals that control mood). For many women, even moderate PMS can interfere with work and can disrupt everything from parenting to social relationships. For at least 5% of all menstruating women, the symptoms of PMS are so severe that they are incapacitated on a monthly basis. More than 150 symptoms have been attributed to PMS! The symptoms are so common that the medical community considered discarding the term “PMS” and accepting the symptoms as normal! This attitude trivializes the daily significance of PMS for the millions of women women who suffer from it. Though if you do have PMS, you probably get the joke! The punch line to that old joke is, “That’s not funny.” And for 80% of all menstruating women – the number of women in the United States who experience premenstrual syndrome – it is no laughing matter. How many women with PMS does it take to change a light bulb?” ![]()
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