Premenstrual Disorders

goal, though; instead, eating food in combinations that influence the body’s chemistry, help balance hormones, and feed the nervous system is the objective. The best food choices to accomplish this goal include those that are fresh, unrefined, and unprocessed. In her book The Serotonin Solution , Dr. Judith Wurtman, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, shares information from more than fifteen years of research on the effects of carbohydrates on emotions, the appetite, and mood. Much of her work has cen- tered on weight-loss programs. Through these studies, she found that the changes in the brain, mainly in the serotonin level, regu- late mood, appetite, and even the self-control one has over eating

Women who are experiencing premenstrual symptoms often crave carbohydrates. Eating a piece of bread will often ease their feelings of depression.

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