Is it normal to eat more before your menstral cycle?
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Yes, your body is trying to store up nutrients because you going to lose a lot once you start to flow.\n\nIf you have painful periods eat green leafy veggies like broccoli, cabbage, romaine lettuce, and collar greens.  It will lessen your flow and ease your pains.  It's the high amounts of natual vitamin Bs that do the trick. Pills won't work.
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you should check with your doctor, but i would think so, since you can get pregnant before you start your period, i think also that it would be unlikely given the chemicals in your body.
433365
Yes.  This is your body's natural way of revving you up so you can conceive during your most fertile time of the month (you usually ovulate right before your period).
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A hot water bottle on your tummy always seems to help me. Also, try to avoid fatty foods before and during the period.
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no, that's fine, and it's good to stay active. very thin women/athletes may get their first periods later. this can also be caused by an eating disorder, so be on the lookout...
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You are eating due to "nervous energy" or you are an emotional eater.  It is not an eating disorder and is very common.  Most women will eat (hungry or not) if they are mad, depressed, sad, hurt, on there period etc etc\nIt is perfectly normal and you are lucky you are not gaining weight!
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No it is not caused by bad diet, it's caused by hormones.  I eat very well and suffer worse than anyone I know.  I don't whinge about it, I whinge whilst I'm suffering from it...there's a difference.  Logic dictates that men cannot suffer from PMS because they can never be pre-menstrual.  Maybe men suffer from the effects of PMS, but logic would dictate that half the time they deserve it.
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Girl! Eat what you want. . .you are about to experience the most annoying function of a woman's body - treat yourself! I've never heard of anyone dying from eating too much chocolate or Ben & Jerry's before their period. It's only once a month. . .
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it is best taken before meals
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it is due to an increase in hormone release that happens during periods
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As for now, I don't think that you will have to worry about dieting, as you already said, you are still growing and your body needs time for adjustments, growth wise and hormonal as well. That stuff takes some time.\n\nIn the meantime, just make sure that you get plenty of daily exercise, and that you don't take too many of these empty calories in, like chips, milk shakes, soda, fries, chocolate and that kinda stuff...\n\nAnd...it also depends on your genetics...if you are broad build and have 'heavy' relatives.\n\nOh, and one more thing, in case nobody has told you yet...the week before you menstruate you can even get bloating, which will increase your stomach circumference. So don't worry about that, ok?
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Here's a great link to an article all about the menstrual cycle. Happy reading! :)\n\nhttp://www.webmd.com/hw/healthy_women/tn9931.asp
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I get cramps the day before my period is about to come. My friends goes through weird food craving.  I think it all depends on how you PMS.
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Water retention which usually takes places just before menstruation.
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All girls bloat up at the time of their period.  It is not real weight gain.\n\nYou must have easy periods if you can run during them.  Take a break for a day or two till the worst is over.  Then go back to your regular schedule.\n\nOf course all the running the world will make no difference if you do not eat a healthy fruit, veggie, lean meat diet.   NO JUNK FOOD AND READ ALL LABELS.  Just make label reading a habit and teach yourself how to eat healthy.\n\nNo fast food and should you go there.  No fried,\nhave a salad or yogurt with fruit or eat the burger without the bread.  NO FRENCH FRIES.\n\nKeep your portions to the size of a deck of cards.\n\nGood Luck on your weight loss.  I am also doing it, down 15 lbs so far.
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I don't either --- but I have begun eating these little fibre disk and am getting more regular.  i also feel better.  i often wander if this is why I have so much PMS because just before my period I have a biggy and then start.  after that I begin to feel better.  Try the fibre and drink a lot of water.
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You must be a man asking this question, because you put this to  a woman when she's due on she'll ram one down you throught......pre.menstral