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What certain foods should women stay away from while on their monthly period?

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There aren't any particular foods that you should stay away from. I would say if you tend to retain water you should avoid foods with high sodium and don't add extra salt to your foods.

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ginger. it makes cramps worse. Trust me on this i have had a firsthand deal with this one. I ate quite a few home made gingersnap cookies and found out the hard way.

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CHILI!!!!! ugh happend to me once it gets the cramps like crazyyy!! ...

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You sure it wasn't cramps from gas?
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chocolate, though u might not break out during ur period after ur period is gone u break out right away

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try and not drink soda it also makes cramps worse :/

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Salty, limits the amount of xtra bloating, or amount of water retained..

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