Saturday, May 24
Let Food Be Thy Medicine
| Bananas for Pre-menstrual Syndrome It is a natural process in a woman body to experience menstruation every month when her ovum is not fertilized yet by sperm. The ovum, because no sperm comes to fertilize it, is released out of the woman body. Sadly, this monthly guest often comes with unbearable pain that tortures a woman. So when her period comes, she has to go through this painful ritual again. And during this torturing pain, she is not only physically tormented, but also psychologically affected and, as a result, she often makes a convenience of her loved ones around her to vent her spite on them. So, she was an angel yesterday, and she is a monster today. Yesterday she was gorgeous, today she is horrible. Yesterday she gave you a mountain of TLC (Tender Love Care), today she frights you with terror. A friend of mine suggests that everybody stay away from a woman who is having menstruation to avoid being her victim. And more tragically, many people believe that such pain before and during menstruation is natural. They understand her and she claims her right to torture them too. Well, the woman can’t be blamed and maybe my friend is just exaggerating his paranoid. Actually, this monthly ritual does not necessarily have to come with pain. I don’t agree with the notion saying that the pain from which a woman suffers before or during her menstruation is natural. Contrary to what most people believe, menstrual pain is actually a health problem. Today I want to share with you some menstruation-related information which can benefit you, especially if you are a woman. If you are a man, please be patient for a while to read on so that in the near future you don’t have to stay away from your wife or your girlfriend unless she insists that you should do so. The physical pain and psychological problems prior to and during menstruation may be (I say “may” because up to the present, the cause of pre-menstrual syndrome is still inconclusive) caused by several factors such as hormonal changes, unhealthy diet, drugs consumption, and unhealthy lifestyle. There’s also another theory saying that the cause of pre-menstrual syndrome is the increase in estrogen level in the blood which leads to depression symptoms. The increase in estrogen level is also believed to disrupt the chemical process inside the woman body, including that of B6 vitamin. B6 is well-known as an anti-depressant vitamin because it controls the production of serotonin hormone which plays an important role in maintaining the woman’s mood. As the chemical process of B6 vitamin is disrupted, the serotonin hormone is disrupted too and, as a result, the woman’s mood is badly affected. She will feel tense, oversensitive, upset, depressed, exhausted, worried, and go through physical changes such as breast pain, headache, weight gain, and an outbreak of acne on her face. Bananas contain B6 vitamin, calcium, and glucose, which help maintain serotonin level in the brain so as to keep the woman’s feelings in a good mood, or at least alleviate her emotional outburst. So, if you are a woman, eating two bananas with each weighing 120 grams every day before and during menstruation can help you ease the physical pain and emotional upheavals. If you are a man, take it as a glad piece of news for your wife or your girlfriend so that she can pass her menstruation without a lot of sufferings and thus you can still see her during her period without being afraid of her venting her anger on you. Have a nice experiment! |
posted by Splinters of Thoughts at 6:51 AM
