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GOD Bring forth food out of the earth.... PSALM 104:14
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
Pre menstrual syndrome PMS, also known as premenstrual tension a disorder that affects many women during the one to two weeks before menstruation begins. It is a condition in which nervousness, irritability, abdominal pain, acne, anxiety, backache, breast swelling and tenderness, cramps, depression, food cravings fainting spells, fatigue, headaches, insomnia, joint pains, violence, and thoughts of suicide.
While there are no hard statistics, it is estimated that as many as 70—75 % of all women experience some premenstrual symptoms at some time or another. Approximately 5 % of women have symptoms so severe as to be incapacitating, and 30—40 % report symptoms severe enough to interfere with their day - to –day lives.
For many years, PMS was dismissed as a purely psychological problem, and some women were even diagnosed as mentally ill.
We now know that it is a physically based problem. One cause of PMS is hormonal imbalance—excessive levels of estrogen and inadequate levels of progesterone. Hormonal fluctuations lead to fluid retention, which affects circulation, reducing the amount of oxygen reaching the uterus, ovaries and brain.
Eating red meat and dairy products may cause or contribute to such a hormonal imbalance.
Unstable blood sugar levels are an important factor as well.
PMS has also been linked to food allergies, changes in carbohydrates metabolism, hypoglycemia, and malabsorption. Diet is an important contributing factor.
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