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Chocolate cravings on periods : Fact or Myth

When the feel-good hormone aka Seratonin drops as well as the insulin levels go up, once ovulation begins as part of shredding the uterus lining, your body craves for mood lifting foods, a combination of fat and sugar, chocolates.


The process of progesterone and oestrogen production drop makes you hungrier than usual, craving for calcium, fat and sugar--- you would opt for chocolates, that would be your first choice. A person who already loves chocolate, can easily go for a chocolate during the period days, at times they feel all bloated and gloomy. The craving for food, or the urge for finding comfort in

Food is inevitable during the period of hormone change, its natural.


Dark chocolate would be your healthy go-to option during the days of period cramps and mood swings. Dark chocolate has alot of benefits like energising you, helps in improving your skin, helps with your mood and stress.

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