MATA INDONESIA, JAKARTA – conditions PMS (premenstrual syndrome) is often felt by women. So, can the pain and other symptoms be reduced by eating chocolate?
This STD condition can occur in a short time, but it can take several days and the symptoms are different for each woman.
One way that you can do to reduce discomfort due to PMS is consuming chocolate. He said, this one food has many benefits for women who are experiencing PMS. Is that right?
Maybe yes, maybe not. When you have PMS, your brain sends signals to your body to eat certain foods to reduce pain, including chocolate. This one food does have a calming effect.
However, it is not chocolate that causes PMS symptoms to be resolved, but the content contained in it, such as carbohydrates, sugar, calcium, and others. So, compared to chocolate, you can actually choose many food variants or other healthy snacks.
The desire from the body to eat chocolate is usually felt during the first menstrual cycle, when there is an increase in hormone levels in the body. This hormone will trigger an increase in insulin which results in a decrease in blood sugar levels. Finally, the body always wants to eat chocolate.
However, chocolate also contains theobromine compound which often triggers pain and discomfort. If you want to be more specific, chocolate that has a lot of sugar or a sweeter taste can make you feel more emotional.
Quoted from Halodoc, if you want to consume chocolate as a menstrual pain reliever, choose dark chocolate which has up to 70 percent cocoa content. Dark chocolate is believed to be able to help relax the body’s muscles because it contains omega-3, omega-6, magnesium and fatty acids.
All of these ingredients are also alleged to be able to help improve mood without having to fear that blood sugar will increase. In addition, the consumption of dark chocolate can also make a person have a long life, you know.
Consuming dark chocolate can help improve moodiness due to PMS effects for at least 3 minutes. Even so, you still shouldn’t over-eat these foods. We recommend that you replace it with other foods that are healthier for the body. There are many, healthy foods that can help improve mood and relieve PMS symptoms besides dark chocolate.
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