Are You Eating Food That Contributes To PMS? Here’s The Right Diet To Ease You Past A Stressful Month!
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PMS FOOD THERAPY: FOR DEFICIENCY OF MULTIPLE CONDITIONS RELATED TO PMS
For the serious, determined woman, understanding the PMS condition is not going to correct by depending on a practitioner or a pill, is critical. Although rapid relief can be acquired, the healing state requires your assistance if you yearn for absolute independence. As many have found, herbal formulas benefit you, but with time, you can defeat your success unless you support your body with the correct diet for maintaining your balance. Many women do not have any symptoms of PMS. The reason why is that they are eating the right nutrition for their constitution or body type. Look below for the PMS DIET.
Women with menstrual imbalance will usually eat an unbalanced diet, not be involved with regular exercize, get out in the sun or strive for emotional balance, There are exceptions but usually one of the pieces are missing that unravels the overall constitution.
NUTRITION FOR QUICK PMS RESTORATION
FOODS THAT BENEFIT PMS:
Iodine & iron foods: legumes, most veggies, whole grains, microalgae (spirulina, wild blue green, green), Seaweeds (kelp, dulse, hijiki, wakame).
Vitamin C foods: cabbage, bell peppers, broccoli, sprouts, parsley, rose hip tea, tomatoes, citrus fruit, other fruit.
Calcium & zinc: whole grains, legumes, seeds, all veggies
Vitamin A, B foods: green veggies, yellow veggies (carrots, yellow bell pepper, beans).
Protein with DHA / ALA : salmon, tuna, sardine, eel, trout, mackerel, anchovy, butterfish
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Vitamin E foods: whole grains (wheat, rice, oats, quinoa), sprouts, spinach, dandelion greens, carrot tops, mint, nuts & seeds (filberts, almonds, sunflower), best source is wheat germ and oil.
Weak & Cold Body Type Foods: oats, quinoa, pine nuts, parsnip, butter & black beans, cinnamon, anise, fennels, dried ginger, black peppercorn, molasses, aduki or adzuki beans.
PMS AVOID FOODS:
Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, cold temperature foods, refined foods – sugar, hydrogenated fats (shortening, margarines, polyunsaturated cooking oils), too much fruit or raw food, flurodated water, standard red meat and poultry
Stay away from seaweeds and fruit if your body type is cold and weak. Add foods from the weak and cold body type foods above.
In addition, it is important to avoid heavy physical work, emotional disharmony, extreme hot/cold conditions (keep warm but not too warm), avoid sex during menstruation, oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices..
Here is an initial list to help direct your next step. For more info, give us a call or email us at Longevity Mountain Chinese Medicine. Ask for Mark Hammer C.M.H.
