During PMS, women can experience a range of rather unpleasant symptoms. A biomedicine expert reveals the 3 spices to add to your dishes to relieve symptoms.
Menstruation is rarely fun for women. Some may suffer from painful periods but also premenstrual syndrome (SPM). Premenstrual syndrome is characterized by physical and psychological symptoms that occur a few days before your period. On the program: irritability, anxiety, agitation, anger, insomnia, concentration problems. But also lethargy, and depression without forgetting bloating or migraines. Symptoms which would be linked to an inflammatory process according to an expert in biomedicine.
“PMS is thought to be partly caused by elevated inflammatory processes,” explains Kanchan Koya, doctor of biomedicine. This spice specialist says that certain spices could therefore help reduce the symptoms that some women suffer from. In particular 3 spices, namely: ginger, cinnamon and turmeric. In fact, these spices are known to have natural anti-inflammatory properties.
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3 Useful Spices to Combat PMS Symptoms
“Ginger contains anti-inflammatory compounds and polyphenols like gingerol which help slow inflammation, analyzes Kanchan Koya. This spice also allows reduce bloating intestinal problems that tend to bother some women before and during their periods. For more results, the biomedicine expert advises leave the skin of the ginger “because that’s where there are the most polyphenols.”
As for turmeric, the spice “also contains powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds like curcumin, which can help relieve the negative symptoms of PMS by curbing inflammation”, she explains. For his part, Cinnamon helps improve insulin sensitivity and therefore lower blood sugar levels. “There is growing evidence showing that in the luteal phase of our menstrual cycle and during PMS, women are less sensitive to insulin,” underlines the specialist. Cinnamon would therefore help to fight against this phenomenon and thus restore balance in our body. One thing is certain, it costs nothing to try!
Passionate about women’s news, Agathe has been deciphering the latest trends for aufeminin since 2022. Her favorite areas? Psychology, nutrition and well-being advice, without forgetting the tips…