Study, 2024
Can diet changes and probiotics help manage PMS symptoms?
This review explores how diet, gut bacteria, and probiotics might help with PMS, noting that the World Health Organization wants low-cost treatments with few side effects. It doesn't present specific research findings yet.
What they did
Reviewed research on the connections between gut health, diet, probiotics, and PMS symptoms.
What they found
PMS affects many women during their reproductive years, with symptoms occurring 7 to 14 days before menstruation. Symptoms include weight gain, breast pain, headaches, stuffy nose, tingling sensations, irritability, anxiety, and depression. The review suggests that diet, gut health, and probiotics might offer new ways to manage PMS.
What it means for you
While the connection between gut health and PMS is interesting, this review doesn't provide specific evidence that diet and probiotics actually help. It introduces a topic for future research rather than presenting study findings.
7-14 days
When PMS symptoms occur before menstruation
About the study
- Original title
- The role of diet and microbiome in premenstrual syndrome
- Authors
- Neda Rahimi, Roya Abedi Soleimani, Payam Gonbari Milani et al.
- Journal
- Gastrointestinal Nursing
- Year
- 2024
- Study design
- Study
- What was tested
- Diet, probiotics, and gut health management
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2024.22.1.34
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