Ever felt like you could kill for a piece of chocolate? If so then you are not alone. Literally millions of other woman face the same problem of food cravings during PMS. This article will provide some natural ways to stop PMS binging for good.
Just before you start your periods, you normally feel very irritable and sometimes depressed and moody. You might even have said the famous line, “my hormones are taking me for a ride” at some point in your life if not every month. While your mood swings become volatile, you also find yourself craving sweets and other starchy foods. This is normally attributed to your body’s cry for help. The body is able to “demand” certain nutrients when they fall short and it normally communicates this through making you to crave for certain foods. For example, sugar cravings can be caused by low blood sugar levels. Of course some cravings can be based on other various physiological needs.
Ever heard of serotonin? This is what is called a “feel good hormone”. Its presence in out body makes us feel great and its shortage does exactly the opposite. Research shows that this serotonin, is involved in some of the mood changes of premenstrual syndrome. The lack of serotonin can live you feeling very irritable and can lead to , irritability, insomnia, fatigue and uneasiness which in most cases leads to PMS binging.
Often time premenstrual food cravings dictates that you take some carbohydrates, when this happens, it is most likely that you are short of serotonin and your body is trying to force you to build it up. This is why often times when you eat sweets you tend to feel a lot better and much calmer. This feeling normally last for a short period because these carbohydrates only release a small amount of serotonin, which is quickly used up by the body. I’m sure you can imagine what happens after that – another round of chocolates of course and the cycle goes on and on.
The consequences of such food binging are obvious – most of all the weight gain will have adverse effects and may lead to a heart attack and consequently death.
Fortunately, there are a lot of good carbohydrates that you can take without becoming a victim of PMS binging and hence compromising your weight and leading yourself to some kind of addiction. You need to eat food that does not release carbohydrates quickly. Do not eat food such as ice cream, cakes and other junk food that you might be craving like crazy. Instead eat fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, some tuna, rice cake or rye crisp. If you add a little mayonnaise or almond butter can help slow down the rate of absorption of the carbohydrates, which would of course result in a longer lasting elimination of PMS food cravings.
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