Break Out the Red Meat: Increased Iron Intake Makes You Less Likely to Suffer from PMS
LatestAfter more than a decade of studying over 3,000 women, researchers have found that dietary choices — particularly potassium and iron intake, can have a strong effect on how women experience premenstrual syndrome. Women who consumed more iron, either through food or supplements, were less likely to suffer from PMS, while those who ate a high level of potassium experienced worse PMS than those who did not.
Published in the The American Journal of Epidemiology, the University of Massachusetts study used 1,057 women with PMS and 1,968 control subjects. Using questionnaires, researchers determined the women’s nutrient intake and then established cases of PMS by clinical diagnosis. The scientists then adjusted the women’s nutrient intake in various ways to see how it changed how the subjects experienced PMS.