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Improve the quality of your life. 3/17/2006 PMS and Vitamin D   Listen up, ladies. Mother Nature is out to prove that she really is one of us. It turns out that she's provided a natural way to help prevent premenstrual syndrome (PMS). High calcium and vitamin D intake both seem to reduce the occurrence of PMS, concluded University of Massachusetts researchers in the June 13, 2005 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. "Women with the highest intake of vitamin D and calcium from foods had approximately a 30-40 percent lower risk of developing PMS than women with the lowest intakes," explains Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson, ScD, lead researcher for this study. Over a 10-year period, Bertone-Johnson and her colleagues monitored more than 1,000 premenopausal women aged 27-44. During that time, they found that participants who consumed the highest amounts of vitamin D (7001U daily) had a 41 percent lower risk of developing PMS compared to those with the lowest intake (l121U). And women who consumed the largest amounts of calcium from food sources (1,200mg a day) had a 30 percent lower risk than those getting smaller amounts (500mg a day). Note: The RDAs for women in this age group are 200IU of vitamin D and 1,000mg of calcium a day. "The greatest benefits came from calcium and vitamin D in food," Bertone-Johnson explains. Healthful high-calcium foods include skim or low-fat milk and yogurt, fortified orange juice and leafy green vegetables such as spinach and collard greens. Vitamin D-rich foods include fortified milk, fortified orange juice and many types of fish. Sunlight also is a vital source of vitamin D--the skin manufactures it after exposure to ultraviolet rays. Bertone-Johnson urges women to talk to their doctors to make sure that their intakes of these nutrients are sufficient in general, as well as to discuss upping calcium and D to reduce the risk of PMS. This study has warranted further clinical trials, but until then, you may want to consider enjoying the fruits of Mother Nature's labor: Get 10-15 minutes of sunlight daily--perhaps while sipping a low-fat orange-yogurt smoothie. COPYRIGHT 2005 PRIMEDIA Intertec, a PRIMEDIA Company. All Rights Reserved.     < BACK TO HEADLINES

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