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title: Can diet help prevent or reduce PMS symptoms? | Niyora
description: Diet appears to play a role in PMS. Getting enough vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates may help reduce symptoms, while skipping meals and eating junk food m
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Study, 2019

# Can diet help prevent or reduce PMS symptoms?

Diet appears to play a role in PMS. Getting enough vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates may help reduce symptoms, while skipping meals and eating junk food may make symptoms worse.

 Early or limited evidence

Review article about PMS prevention in adolescence

## What they did

This is a review article discussing PMS, its causes, risk factors, and the role of diet and nutrition in preventing or reducing symptoms.

## What they found

PMS includes symptoms like anxiety, irritability, mood swings, fatigue, racing or pounding heartbeat, forgetfulness, fluid retention, weight gain, and breast tenderness that occur during the second half of the menstrual cycle. Risk factors include stress and history of depression. Vitamin-rich foods, minerals, and carbohydrates may help prevent symptoms. Skipping meals and eating junk food may make symptoms worse.

## What it means for you

What you eat may affect PMS symptoms. Regular meals with adequate vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates might help reduce symptoms. This is a review of existing ideas about diet and PMS, not a study measuring whether dietary changes actually reduce symptoms in women.

## About the study

Original title Prevention of Premenstrual Syndrome in Adolescence Authors K. Anupama Journal International Journal of Nursing Science Practice and Research Year 2019 Study design Study What was tested Review of dietary approaches for PMS prevention Read the paper [doi.org/10.37628/ijnspr.v5i1.1056](https://doi.org/10.37628/ijnspr.v5i1.1056)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[Bloating, breast tenderness and physical symptoms](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-physical-symptoms/)[Diet and nutrition](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-diet/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)

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