4 Foods That Help Relief Menstrual Pain

Menstrual cramps (Dysmenorrhea) is the medical term used to refer to the painful cramps that some women experience immediately before or during their menstrual period. You don’t need a soothsayer to tell you when some women are menstruating because of the kind of pain they pass through and how they react to things around that period. You cannot
blame them; you don’t know how it feels unless you have passed through it before. At least that’s what several  women told me when I asked.
However, there are some foods that can help you through the episode of menstrual cramps and the resultant pains. These foods are not guaranteed to totally prevent the pain but they cab relieve it. There are several attendant pains like aching pain in the abdomen, feeling of pressure in the abdomen, pain in the hips, lower back, and inner thighs.

Some 4 Foods That Help Relieve Menstrual Cramps

These foods will take some of the pains away for you if you eat them during your and after your menstruation period.

Different types of Tea can help!
Since there are several attendant symptoms of menstrual pains, different types of tea can help you relieve different symptoms. For example, green tea can help with cramps, while peppermint tea can soothe the stomach upset that may arise.
If you are someone that takes coffee normally, you should avoid it during this period because it may add to your anxiety and cause some other types of pain.

Banana does help relieve the pain!
Are you a football fan? Have you ever seen some of these footballers eating bananas during or before football matches? Well, if you have never seen one, below is a picture that can show you what I am talking about. Below is a picture of Rafael Nadal, a Tennis player eating a finger of banana during a Tennis match.Away from Tennis, if you have ever worked with a fitness trainer, they would have, at one time recommended banana after exercising to stop muscle cramps from settling in the next day. The same thing applies to menstrual cramps. Banana can help you relieve it.

Calcium from almonds, sesame seeds, and leafy green vegetables
Why calcium from almonds, sesame seeds, and leafy green vegetables when there even better sources of calcium? Yeah, that’s a good question if you are asking that — milk and yoghurt contain good amount of calcium but dairy products during menstruation could trigger cramps too. Also, I would not advise that you take calcium supplements without consulting your doctor.The mentioned foods are really better than taking in supplements every time you menstruate. Personally, I don’t take it because I get headache and aching bones whenever I took them. I did not even know they were the cause until I consulted my doctor. Don’t make similar mistake.Imagine having menstrual pain with pains from calcium supplements. Foods are better.

Foods that are rich in Vitamin D
Vitamin is occasionally referred to as the vitamin from the sun. This vitamin can prove very useful to menstruating women. Here is why — during menstruation, the uterus of women contracts to expel its lining. This process is a process that is triggered by hormone-like substances called prostaglandins.
These substances are associated with both pain and inflammation. At higher levels, these substances are linked to more severe menstrual cramps. Vitamin D, as well as helping to decrease the production of prostaglandins, also helps decrease the production of cytokines, which promote inflammation in your body.

Foods that are rich in Vitamin D include liver, cheese and egg yolks