Stop PMS by Eating Right

Many woman every month crave the strangest foods and give in. This is not always the best thing to do. Do not let PMS control your life, here are some food to eat and foods not to eat to make your PMS a little bit more manageable.

Do eat

Foods loaded with calcium. "Research has shown that women with PMS have lower blood levels of calcium around their time of ovulation compared with women who don't have PMS symptoms. And when PMS sufferers take 1000 to 1200 milligrams of calcium supplements daily, their mood and bloating improves after just a few months." (Joy Bauer)Eat low fat cheese and yogurt to help relieve your symptoms of moodiness.

Water retention is the worst it makes you feel awful and your clothes do not fit. If you have a lot of water retention eat foods packed with magnesium. These foods include pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, potato, black beans, and peanuts.

If you suffer from depression or suffer from irritability try foods packed with vitamin B6. This vitamin can be found in wild salmon, beef, chicken breast, oatmeal, and bananas.

Here are foods that women should avoid.

Women some times crave the salty stuff but stay away from it! This causes bloating and water retention.

Caffeine can cause greater breast tenderness. So lay off coffee or soda right before your period. But if you can not kick your tea habit switch to chamomile this tea can actually relax the muscles that will subside cramping.