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Using Foods Against Menstrual Pain
Using Foods Against Menstrual Pain What Causes the Pain? Most women experience some menstrual pain, For up to 15 percent, it is severe enough to interfere with work and other activities for one or more days every month.1 Sometimes the paindiminishes after childbirth, but for many women it continues.2 In th |
Foods That Fight Menstrual Pain
Lisa Talev, Donna Hurlock, M.D., and Neal Barnard, M.D., examine results of the menstrual pain study at PCRM's Washington office. For all of the symptoms of menstrual pain—headaches, backaches, water retention, irritability—there exists a cornucopia of over-the-counter medicines that promise r |
Study Shows Low-Fat Diet Reduces Disabling Cramps and PMS
WASHINGTON—Women following a low-fat, vegetarian diet can expect significant reductions in menstrual pain and PMS symptoms, according to a new study in the February issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. The research was conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in c |
PCRM Research: Findings That Can Change Lives
PCRM is known as a research watchdog. We sued the federal government over its experiments in which short children were injected with a genetically engineered growth hormone. We exposed unethical whooping cough vaccine experiments on infants, stopped the Army’s notorious cat-shooting experiment |
PCRM Clinical Research
Cancer New Study Finds Dangerous Carcinogen in Fast-Food Grilled Chicken Oct. 16, 2008 Diabetes New Study Shows Vegan Diet Reduces Heart Disease Risk in People with Type 2 Diabetes Oct. 3, 2008 Groundbreaking PCRM Study Shows Dramatic Impact of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet Oct. 24, 2006 Can a Vegan Diet Cure Diabetes? |
Endometriosis
Endometriosis Many women experience menstrual pain, and one of its common causes is endometriosis. In this condition, some of the lining cells from the inside of the uterus end up in the wrong place. They are attached to the ovaries, intestinal tract, bladder, or elsewhere. And just as the cells inside the uterus |
Health Topics
PCRM is pleased to provide fact sheets on several preventive medicine and nutrition topics: Arthritis Arthritis and Foods Calcium Calcium and Strong Bones: Protecting Your Bones Parents' Guide to Building Better Bones Cancer Breast Cancer Colon C |
Healthy Eating for Life for Women
$16.95 By Kristine Kieswer Until now, to battle headaches, arthritis, or menstrual cramps, many women have needed fistfuls of over-the-counter remedies. Menopause has meant lifelong dependence on prescription hormones. Preventing cancer has meant yearly mammograms, and precious little else. These approaches |
Analysis of Health Problems Associated with High-Protein, High-Fat, Carbohydrate-Restricted Diets Reported via an Online Registry
Analysis of Health Problems Associated with High-Protein, High-Fat, Carbohydrate-Restricted Diets Reported via an Online Registry A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine May 2004 Methods | Findings | Discussion | Limitations| Literature |
Foods That Fight Pain
By Neal D. Barnard, M.D. If you have thought of chronic pain as some-thing that is simply here to stay, new hope may come from ordinary foods. They can cool down inflammation, ease digestive and menstrual pains, clear away artery blockages, and restore circulation to oxygen-starved tissues. Rice or pep |
PCRM's Healthy Eating for Life Series
The power of healthy eating has proven itself, not only in medical research, but also in people's experiences in their day-to-day lives. PCRM president Neal D. Barnard, M.D., has assembled a group of expert contributors to produce "Healthy Eating for Life," an exciting new series that addresses health iss |
Got Facts? Dairy Doesn't Reduce PMS Symptoms
“I apologize for not reading between the RIGHT lines.” This is one of the headlines in a new advertisement campaign launched by the California Milk Processor Board. The images show guilty-looking men offering multiple cartons of cow’s milk to their wives, with the text, “Milk can help reduce |
Good Medicine Magazine: There's No Room for Chicken in a Healthy Diet
Research Ethics News First, Do No Harm There's No Room for Chicken in a Healthy Diet Foods That Fight Menstrual Pain Cholesterol-Lowering Bonus for Pain Study Participants Beef for China India: Fighting the 'McDonaldization' of Asia The News You Need Edi |
Essential Fatty Acids
Essential Fatty Acids Essential Fatty Acid Basics The body can synthesize some of the fats it needs from the foods you eat. However, two essential fatty acids cannot be synthesized in the body and can be taken in the diet from plant foods. Their names—linolenic and linoleic acid—are not import |
A Natural Approach to Migraines
A Natural Approach to Migraines Research has shown surprising links between migraines and food. Certain foods can cause migraines, while others can prevent or even treat them. Coffee, for example, can sometimes knock out a migraine and foods rich in magnesium, calcium, complex carbohydrates, and fiber have been us |
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