The Better Period Food Solution

Book excerpt: “Cravings, headaches, mood swings, fatigue, bloating—you can manage these PMS/period symptoms through your diet! Tracy Lockwood Beckerman tells you how.” —Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, health and nutrition expert for NBC’s Today show Sometimes it feels like there’s just no way to feel good during your menstrual cycle. It seems like ibuprofen and sick days are the only way to get through—until now. The Better Period Food Solution teaches you how to eat for a better, healthier, more comfortable period! This helpful guide shows how nutrition and certain foods can not only help alleviate painful period symptoms, but also heal your body through every stage of your cycle. Whether you suffer from painful periods or low energy, or a more chronic problem like endometriosis, The Better Period Food Solution will guide you through the nutrition choices that are best for your body. The book also includes sample meal plans and recipes that allow you to enjoy a lifetime of healthier cycles. “The book that every woman with a period never knew she needed, but she does. She really, really does. Tracy Lockwood Beckerman empowers readers to use real food to take control of their cycles, from ‘feisty hormones’ to fertility. She writes with charm, wit, and a solid evidence base. Beckerman’s expert advice and approachable voice make this book the most entertaining non-fiction I’ve read all year.” —Maggie Moon, MS, RD, author of The MIND Diet “[Tracy] makes it easy (and fun) to learn how food can help reduce menstrual cramps and PMS and manage other conditions like amenorrhea and PCOS.” —Rachel Berman, RD, author of Mediterranean Diet for Dummies