A diet that eases PMS, PMDD, Perimenopause and Menopause
You may suffer from PMS
symptoms that are severe enough to interfere with your day to day life. For some, this nightmarish time only lasts a
few days. For others, it may even last
for two or more weeks. This latter condition known as PMDD (pre-menstrual dysphonic
disorder) is difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat.
Still other women are
suffering from perimenopausal symptoms which might begin up to 15 years prior
to menopause; and then of course, they get to have the joy of going through
menopause.
All of these hormonal
conditions can cause irritability, anxiety, insomnia, extreme mood swings,
weight gain, heavy bleeding, painful cramping and bloating.
The worst part of all is
that conventional medicine seems to fail miserably in adequately treating these
conditions. It’s almost as if there’s
some sort of “cross to bear” attitude that makes it tough for women to find a
solution to this menacing problem.
The fact is that conventional
medicine tackles the problem in one of three ways:
- Tough it out
- Take oral contraceptives or some other cancer
causing hormonal therapy
- Take dangerous anti-depressants which may cause
a whole new set of problems.
If you are currently taking
any prescriptions, DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT discontinue your medication without
the advice of your physician. Many
anti-depressants have severe withdrawal effects that require a gradual weaning
from your medication.
That being said, you need to
consider other options when it comes to hormonal imbalances.
How can The Lunch Box Diet
help?
Hormones and hormonal
function are reliant upon adequate nutritional intake. It can be very difficult to take in all the
nutrients we need. It’s difficult to
even keep up with all the latest and greatest information about what nutrients
we need and in what quantities.
The Lunch Box Diet simplifies
all of this for you. In a very clever way, Simon Lovell has made it possible
for even the busiest person on the planet to take in all the daily nutrients
they need and then some to optimise all areas of health – including hormonal
function and balance!
Lean proteins, antioxidants,
fibre, calcium, vitamins, minerals, good fats and then some are all included in
an easy to follow, easy to do, easy to eat plan!
The Lunch Box Diet also
provides you with all of the energy you need to embark on a healthier path
through exercise and physical fitness.
Other things to consider are:
- Avoiding Smoking
- Avoiding Alcohol Use (or at the very least,
limiting)
- Consider Caffeine (it affects different people
in different ways, so do a test run and see if you can rule it out as
affecting your moods and other symptoms)
- Look into stress reduction techniques such as
meditation, massage and acupuncture
- Make sure you get adequate sleep. If you miss a few nights of complete
rest, try to catch up on your sleep the first chance you get.
- Consider using a tea that contains herbals known
for easing hormonal troubles.
If you don’t want to be
slave to a pill and you’re through ‘toughing it out,” The Lunch Box Diet can
help you ease your hormonal imbalance symptoms whether that’s from PMS, PMDD,
perimenopause or menopause. Take charge
of your troubles and support yourself nutritionally!
So now you know that you’ve
found a healthy eating plan that could help you, isn’t it about time to get
started?