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How To Help Menstrual Cramps? A Vegan Diet

By | August 14th, 2013 | Modified - August 14th, 2013

How To Help Menstrual Cramps? A Vegan Diet

How To Help Menstrual Cramps? A Vegan Diet
How To Help Menstrual Cramps? A Vegan Diet

How To Help Menstrual Cramps? Dysmenorrhea is the medical term for painful menstrual cramps, or painful periods, and affects half of menstruating women. Eating a vegan diet can help relieve menstrual cramps. Severe menstrual cramps are caused by inflammation and the best and natural way to reduce inflammation in the body is by eating a plant based diet.

Menstrual Cramps Relief: Naturally

Plant Based Diet

Menstrual cramps are caused by inflammation. Lightbulb! What is a natural and best way to reduce overall inflammation in the body? A plant based diet is. Check this nutritional guide for foods to eat on a plant based diet.

Women were put on an anti-inflammatory diet, a plant based diet, for two menstrual cycles. These women experienced significant pain relief for menstrual cramps which included reduction in pain duration and pain intensity.

This was a cross over study so the women were supposed to return to their regular diets after the two cycles were up. Several of the women said no because they felt so much better, even though they were required to do so by the conditions of the study.

Vitamin D

It appears that a single high dose of vitamin D can provide menstrual cramps relief. It a test, all of the women who took vitamin D felt better compared to none of the women feeling better who were given a placebo.

Medical Treatment

Treatments ranged from surgically cutting the nerves leading to the uterus, performing a hysterectomy and completely removing the uterus, and hormone therapy to suppress the menstrual cycle all together.

It seemed like the more difficult treatments were examined first before the simplest. This may be because the more difficult and destructive treatments were the quickest treatments for severe menstrual cramps relief, while the simpler treatments took more time and discipline.

Anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen provide menstrual cramps relief in two thirds of women, but women need to be aware of the adverse drug side effects.

A plant based diet provides menstrual cramps relief and is also an excellent way to reduce overall inflammation and diseases caused by inflammation, which is an excellent way to provide you with healthy living.

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About Author:

Aqiyl Aniys is the author of the book Alkaline Herbal Medicine, the Alkaline Plant Based Diet book, and the children's book, Faith and Justice eat an Alkaline Plant Based Diet." He received a certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University, a BA in Organizational Behavior and Communications from NYU, worked as an elementary school teacher, and studied social work. He enjoys boxing, kick boxing, cycling, power walking, and basically anything challenging, and his alkaline plant-based diet supports all that he does. Learn more about transitioning to avegan diet using the Dr. Sebi nutritional guide.

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