Foods For Problem Periods And Delayed Conception

Posted by Joanna Karpasea-Jones Nov 13, 2008

A few years ago I had a terrible time with my periods. I would get abdominal cramp lasting up to two weeks before my period even arrived. It was so bad it stopped me doing my normal daily activities. A day before the period I would get a migraine so severe I was bed ridden in a darkened room all day.

Then for another five days I got the actual period pain. This meant that for three weeks out of every four I would be in pain!

Some months I would get two in one month or skip one altogether and I couldn't seem to get pregnant even after several months of unprotected sex. My cycle and the pain associated with it started to dominate my whole life. Then I changed my diet and all my problems resolved!

• Painful periods can be caused by a lack of niacin (vitamin B3). This is found in wheatgerm and leafy green vegetables. If your periods are also heavy then these foods also provide iron.
• Eat plenty of dried fruit and cereals and nuts for their magnesium content to ease pain.
• Cut down on tea and coffee and chocolate. All this may regulate your cycle if you are missing periods. if it doesn't then check with your doctor. If you have been on the pill then this can disrupt your cycle for several months after you cease taking it.
• If you have cycle related migraines then peppermint tea might help. I drank two to three cups at the onset of a headache. It stopped the full blown migraine from developing. This only works if the root cause of your migraines is nutritional.