Beating PMS with Pomegranate!

Most women are affected by PMS, and many of them are put on drugs. That means that many women are regularly prescribed hormones or antidepressants. But maybe they don’t need to be!

Sixty women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were given either pomegranate extract or nothing for two cycles.

The women who were given the pomegranate extract had a significantly greater improvement in PMS symptom scores.

The study also looked at how the pomegranate extract impacted quality of life. It found that social quality of live improved significantly more in the pomegranate group.

This study shows that pomegranate extract improves symptoms of PMS and does it well enough to significantly improve your quality of life.
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J Affect Disord. 2024 Sep 14 ;368:266-273.