Girls: Foods to Avoid When You're on Your Menstruating

[cl_517]

We are all too familiar with what happens when your period hits: Your stomach cramps, your cravings go into overdrive; IT'S HORRIBLE. These are some of the foods you should really avoid when it's that "time of month":

1. Processed Foods

2. Fatty meats

Causes inflammation and pain, you should try eating lean meats or fish.

3. Sugary Foods

Sugary foods worsen menstrual cramps and can even make you feel miserable. If you are craving sugar, opt for some sweet fruits such as peach, melon, or mango.

4. Caffeine

It's no help with cramps, and can cause irregular periods.

5. Ice cream

Ice cream contain fats and have the same effect as fatty meats.

We all have different experiences, I'm a lucky girl because my period only lasts 3 days, ice cream does wonders to me and I can't bear heating pads, they just literally kill me!! I hope this helps you next time you're on your period :) <3

[TheoryOfAvarice]

Man I stuff my face when I'm on my period. Whatever I find myself craving, I do my best to get it, haha!

[EmpatheticLady]

Me too, girl. Me too. No way can I follow this list.

[cl_517]

ahah yeah :(

[GoldCobra]

Thank you. Now I can finally menstruate in peace

[GirlsLie]

Nice take, I wish I could follow these. For the first couple of days of mine, I eat like the biggest pig on the planet. I literally can't get enough food and as long as it's salty then i'm eating it. I wonder what it is about pms that makes us crave things so bad?

[cl_517]

thanks love! :) i know it's so weird , I crave pickles when I'm on my period :o

[emmabee11]

Actually caffine helps me with my period, if i'm feeling particulary crappy on it especially, straight away it eases the effects and i don't feel as crappy no more and females need to eat chocolate because of lower iron levels during their period, so eating meats is good for you too during your period too especially chicken :P.

[jarofawesome]

Apparently I'm one of the lucky ones too, since I don't really get cramps at all. Also I'm pretty sure I eat a lot of these things during periods and I've never noticed a difference, so I'm calling bull. But hey, that's just my experience.

[cl_517]

hha luckkyy!!!

[DivaMonae]

Hmm... When it's that time of the month for me. It cramps for like one day sometimes a tiny bit sometimes pretty bad. But either way after day one I feel fine and go back to my normal eating habits.

Day one I don't really feel like eating anything at all.

[hazal21]

Haha i always eat ice cream when im on my periods and later i regret it because i feel too muc pain in my tummy but what can i do? I can't stop myself to taste the choco ice cream :) 😂

[cl_517]

ahah it's so good!

[hazal21]

haha i know right :D?

[BumbleSuperBee]

Oh Nooo!! Not ice cream and chocolate and doritoos!! :(( I usually tend to eat more sweets without watching my weight when I'm on my period.. but that's gon change! Thanks for this myTake! :D

[cl_517]

thanks girly! :)

[CHARismatic110]

My periods are horrible. I don't eat much at all during the 5-6 days. I do crave most of those foods the week before my period tho!

Good Take gorgeous!

[cl_517]

Thanks sissy <3 :*

[CHARismatic110]

You're welcome 💛

[WhiteSteve]

I drink lots of cranberry juice😂

https://youtu.be/NM6AeW8ok6E

[Jesse_16]

Is tht clip from a movie if so tell me the movie

[WhiteSteve]

@Jesse_16 The Departed. Pretty good flick, you should check for it👍
https://youtu.be/SGWvwjZ0eDc

[Jesse_16]

Ok thanks

[cl_517]

ahhhhaa this is so funnyy!!

[BarbaraP]

That's too bad, 'cause when I'm on my period I feel this urge to eat anything that has sugar in it. And since I'm on my period right now and I think I'm going to eat ice cream :/

[cl_517]

aww good luck! I hope you feel better :D<3

[peachblossomluck]

This is so funny because these are typically the things women crave most during these times. Sort of ironic... Great take btw:)

[cl_517]

I know, I find myself eating ice cream and chocolate lol Thank you! :)

[peachblossomluck]

Hormonal fluctuations make us crave unhealthy food because unhealthy food is like a temporary high and we just feel worse afterwards.

[Phoenix98]

Good to know for the future

Glad I'm a guy lol -now excuse me while I go eat whatever I want, whenever I want to lol-
( kidding of course, a little bit )

[cl_517]

haaaaaaaaa!!! :P you too get out! :P aha just kidding :P

[Phoenix98]

Lol.

[lumos]

Said no one, ever.
Eat all the foods.
All of them.
All.

[CHARismatic110]

Lmao yesss!

[lumos]

@CHARismatic110 but don't eat while watching The walking dead, I made that mistake today. Pepperoni pizza won't quite look the same to me anymore...

[CHARismatic110]

Oh god no lol. Definitely not pizza. Or spaghetti.

[lumos]

@CHARismatic110 or sausages :(

[CHARismatic110]

Yeahhh, I'll just have some water lol.

[PinkT15]

This is random but I definitely know what you mean about The Walking Dead🔫 and eating pepperoni pizza. Lol. That's my favorite show🍻

[zombiebabe]

nice take hun :) but i tend to have coffee when i'm on my period.. it kinda makes me feel better

[cl_517]

Thanks love! :) yeah we are all different hah

[zombiebabe]

agreed :)

[cl_517]

I just realized that I hate the title hahaha

[Hazelbaby777]

This is so true! It seems like everything we crave just makes it worse. At least that's how it is for me, Ughhhh must resist my chocoholic desires!

[cl_517]

it's because chocolate is lifeeee!

[Hazelbaby777]

Yesssss^^^

[kxera]

You are lucky! Mine lasts a full 7 days, but you're right about sweets because my face will be covered in pimples.

[cl_517]

yeah super lucky ahha I don't get acne either ahh

[kxera]

GGRRRRR I hate you now! jk jk but seriously LUCKY!

[cl_517]

haha I love you <3 ahah

[Princess_Rue]

Eating bananas (and other things with potassium) helps. Another food to avoid is citrus fruits, those also irritate cramps.

[cl_517]

bananas don't helo me

[cl_517]

help*

[Princess_Rue]

Yeah, everyone's body is different. For me, that helps more than any painkiller, but for others Ibuprofen is the best thing. Heating pads usually make it worse for me, but I know they help a lot of people. So it's different for everyone (much to our dismay).

[Genie23]

Nooo!!! But I love all of them! :/ I crave sugary stuff and fried salty junk food when I'm on my period. Which I am... It sucks :/

[cl_517]

awww :(

[been_waiting]

When I'm on my period I eat the worst things and I don't even feel bad about it. Like yeah I'm just gonna cry into my bowl of ice cream

[cl_517]

ahhaa mee too! :)

[BiscuitesSwag]

Thanks for this, even if I don't have cramps. No one knows when it can happen, so good to know, thanks! 😍😘

[cl_517]

aw you're welcome :)

[BertMacklinFBI]

how can anyone avoid those foods after looking at those pictures! :P

[cl_517]

hahaha avoid them, you must resist!!