I know it sounds totally cliched, but sometimes a chocolate bar can help make an unbearable day better — especially when you're PMSing. While chocolate has been proven to be good for you, a company in Canada is taking it to the next level. Jamieson Vitamins is introducing a new product called PMS Support. Each bar is "infused with natural botanicals" — such as willow bark, artichoke and chasteberry — that will help relive the physical and emotional symptoms of PMS. The bars which are snack size (think Halloween candy bars), have 70 calories each and are intended to be eaten three times a day for up to five days.
When tested on a dozen women, Penny Kendall-Reed, a naturopathic doctor and director of Toronto's Urban Wellness Clinic, discovered that the women were unanimous in their endorsements.
"It's nice for women to have an option to pills or capsules," said Kendall-Reed. "Most women we tested felt calmer within three to four hours and their pain and cramping dissipated within four days."
Right now the bars are only available in Canada (15 bars for C$19.99), but I'm really curious as to how they taste and hope that they make it across the border soon.
Source: Canada.com
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I hope they start selling this here. I will definately try it. I am at this very minute eating M&M's as when i get pms i crave them and i honestly feel a little better after i eat them, so if i could eat chocolate that helps cramps i would be a very happy girl.
1I don't always have PMS, but when I do I find that taking a magnesium supplement (chocolate is full of magnesium) I don't crave chocolate. Of course, I'd still rather have the chocolate.
2Their pain and cramping dissipated in 3-4 days? How long do their cramps usually last? Plus the study was only conducted with 12 women. Alas, you have not won me over yet.
3I would prefer a square of that Hershey's super dark chocolate that has dried fruit and nuts in it.
sounds like an interesting idea- but i'll stick with my snickers bars for now
4"their pain and cramping dissipated within four days" ... um, yeah, when their period was over? (I'm with you 7kimba7)
How about a bag of chocolate chips and a couple of ibuprofen ... far cheaper and you can share with your fella. (I've always found a little extra calcium cures my backache.)
5Huh. When I was already having cramps, chocolate just made them worse.
63-4 days for the pain to subside?!! holy mother i cant wait 4 days!!
7any excuse to eat chocolate sounds good to me!
8I hear you 'llendril'.
9I want to hear more about this "chasteberry" business...
10wonder what they are like hmm
11i like that idea , chocolate to relief the PMS , i want to try this!
12I guess I'd try this, but seriously, who does have cramps that long?! I just need a bag of M&M's and some Advil, or a hot bath. Ahhhh...
13umm...i get cramps for several days. am i weird? chocolate does help. i am from canada but haven't tried these. i dont like buying things that say PMS on them. i dunno why.
14I HOPE THEY COME OUT IN THE USA I COULD REALLY USE THEM!!!
15Neat! But for me, just generally high cocoa content works almost instantly.
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