Avoid These Foods To Have Pain-Free Periods

It's difficult to know how you'll feel during your period. While some people have no symptoms at all, others have trouble getting out of bed due to cramping, headaches, soreness, and nausea. 

But, given that we still need to eat many times a day, wouldn't it make sense to make sure the foods we're putting into our bodies are the healthiest options for us during our cycles? That's why we set out to figure out exactly what to eat — and avoid — during your period.

We gathered the meals that can hamper your cramps and render you the most painful and bothersome aspects of both PMS and your period.

THESE FOODS WILL HELP YOU HAVE PAIN-FREE PERIODS:

While all foods are fine in moderation, you may wish to avoid specific items that aggravate your period symptoms.

1. Coffee

Caffeine can promote bloating and water retention. It can also make headaches worse. Coffee might also upset your stomach. If you suffer diarrhoea during your period, cutting down on your coffee intake may help you avoid it.

Reduce the amount of coffee you drink—one it's of the key drinks you should avoid during your period.

This is beneficial because coffee is a stimulant that causes hormone fluctuations, which you should avoid during your period.

It raises blood pressure and pulse rate, which causes stress and anxiety attacks, exacerbating PMS symptoms. Caffeine also reduces your body's capacity to absorb iron, affecting your energy levels and potentially worsening PMS symptoms.

2. Fatty Food

When you eat a lot of salt, your body retains water, which can cause bloating. Avoid adding salt to your food and avoiding highly processed foods that are heavy in sodium to prevent bloating.

Fatty meals can affect your hormones, cause cramps, and make you feel bloated. Given how sensitive your skin is during these days, making poor food choices during your period might exacerbate the problem, making it even more dry and dehydrated.

Additionally, diets high in saturated fat boost the production of prostaglandins, a substance known for relieving period discomfort. Avoid fatty meats, burgers, and cream-based sweets as much as possible.

3. Spicy Food

Spicy foods upset the stomachs of many people, causing diarrhoea, stomach pain, and even nausea. It's advised to avoid spicy meals during your period if your stomach can't handle them or if you're not used to eating them.

Already suffering from exhaustion, heavy bleeding, and cramps? Eating spicy foods, on the other hand, may add gas and bloating to your list of complaints.

If you can't bear the thought of giving up spicy food, go for healthier alternatives like fresh chilis. Additionally, some studies suggest that cinnamon, turmeric, and fennel may aid with PMS symptoms.

Anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and anti-hypertensive qualities may be present in some spices and herbs. To avoid an upset stomach, simply practise portion management. 

4. Processed Food

Frozen foods, fast foods, bacon, pickles, canned soups, papad, and other processed foods contain unknown components and preservatives, making them unfit for consumption during your period. They can mess with your hormones and make PMS symptoms worse.

Processed meals are also high in salt, which can cause bloating and water retention and should be avoided during and just before your period. It's difficult to tell if a food is processed or not because we're continually exposed to a wide variety of foods.

But here's a wonderful tip to make things easier: always read the ingredients on the packaging; if there are more than five components listed, it's best to avoid buying.

5. Alcohol

When it comes to alcoholic beverages, please stay away from them while you're on your period. While alcohol may momentarily relieve cramps, there are far too many bad consequences to overlook—despite the short respite it may provide.

It can make your period irregular and raise estrogen levels in your body, making period symptoms worse. 

One of the two primary female sex hormones, estrogen, is responsible for a girl's regular menstrual cycle. It also regulates cholesterol and blood sugar levels, which is crucial for a long period of trouble-free living.

There are many tasty meals to consume during your period to help you get through the pain and discomfort. Avoid sugary, salty, and fatty delights to improve digestion and reclaim what is lost during menstruation. Instead, choose heart-friendly, high-fiber meals with plenty of fruits and vegetables.

Cooking veggies at a low to medium temperature helps to preserve as many nutrients as possible. To get the most out of them, avoid deep-frying them or using too much butter or oil; instead, grill, roast, or simmer them.

Finally, don't skip meals during your period because this can exacerbate nausea and exhaustion. When feasible, choose natural, unprocessed items and drink enough of water to stay hydrated and efficiently control your PMS symptoms.