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It is estimated that as many
as 85% to 90% of pre-menopausal
women regularly experience
mental and/or physical symptoms
before the onset of menses.
While symptoms are mild in most
women, 8% to 20% experience
symptoms that meet the clinical
definition of pre-menstrual
syndrome (PMS), a disorder
characterized by moderate to
severe symptoms of depression,
irritability, fatigue,
abdominal cramping, breast
tenderness and headaches.
So, perhaps more people talk
about the weather than about
PMS, but, while we may not be
able to change the weather, I
think we can do something to
help women successfully
overcome PMS.
Research has shown
nutritional supplementation
to be very effective in helping
deal with PMS. In one study,
women who supplemented with
1200 mg per day of calcium
carbonate for three months
reduced PMS symptoms by 48%.
Other studies have also seen
“significant” improvements in
women with 1000 mg and 1336 mg
per day of calcium
supplementation.
Now a new study has found
that another supplement for
bone health,
vitamin D, may also help
improve PMS symptoms.
One study, dealing with
about 3,000 women over the
course of 10 years, has some
hopeful results. The study was
with 1,057 women aged 27 to 44
years old who reported
developing PMS and 1,968 women
who reported no diagnosis of
PMS
It was found that women with
the highest intake of vitamin D
(over 700 IU per day) were 41%
less likely to suffer from PMS
compared to women with the
lowest intake of vitamin D (100
IU per day). In addition,
calcium
intake was also found to
decrease PMS symptoms, with an
intake of nearly 1300 mg per
day from food sources found to
decrease PMS symptoms by thirty
percent compared to women with
the lowest intakes of calcium
(529 mg per day).
So, to the researchers, the
results suggest, “that a high
dietary intake of vitamin D and
calcium may lower the risk of
incident PMS.”
Other, more general,
comments by researchers say
that sometimes exercising
helps. Sometimes dietary
changes help and sometimes
supplementation with
B-vitamins, calcium or vitamin
E help. But they stress that
the effect that any of these
have on PMS hormone levels is
unknown.
Yoga and relaxation
techniques are also known to be
helpful.
Some studies have shown that
women who suffer from the most
severe form of the PMS blues
(premenstrual dysphoric
disorder) have lower levels of
serotonin circulating in the
blood stream.
Serotonin is a compound that
helps to transmit signals among
nerve endings in the brain and
body and is believed to play an
important role in the
regulation of mood, sleep,
sexuality and appetite.
So, increasing the level of
serotonin in the body may help.
There are various drugs on the
market to help women to do
this. However, because numerous
unwanted side effects are
associated with these drugs,
researchers have investigated
the effects of natural
substances used by the body to
create serotonin, thus,
increasing the levels of
serotonin circulating in the
blood stream.
Because PMS hormone levels
are a possible cause of the PMS
blues, many doctors suggest
synthetic forms of the hormones
estrogen and/or progesterone,
to stabilize hormonal levels,
prevent ovulation and thus
eliminate most symptoms of
PMS.
Instead of synthetics,
though, there are good natural
alternatives.
Phytoestrogens are
considered by many to be a
natural substitute for
synthetic hormones.
Phytoestrogens are simply plant
components that have an
estrogen-like effect on the
body. Found in soy beans, red
clover and other plant foods,
researchers believe that in
women who have less PMS
symptoms and a diet high in soy
and other vegetables,
phytoestrogens are
responsible.
So it would seem that
natural remedies are a great
help in relieving PMS. A
healthy, balanced lifestyle is
of course important. But
today’s active woman may not be
able to spend much time each
day to deal with her diet, or
with exercise, as much as she
would like to. Thus, as we see
above, a good supplement,
containing natural ingredients
(which won’t cause any side
effects and which are
completely safe for the body)
is a good, healthy option for
relieving the PMS blues.
Though we don’t seem to be
very near to a scientific
understanding of PMS, there are
remedies to help a woman to
overcome PMS.
Bruce
Brightman
is the
founder and
CEO of Life
Source
Labs, a
leading
manufacturer
and
distributor
of
vitamins
and
nutritional
supplements.
Visit
his
website
for
more
information
about
health,
beauty
and
nutrition.
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