What Causes Menstruation?

The first step in treating or curing any health problem is to understand the process behind it. Women who want to over irregular menstruation need to understand how menstruation works and more importantly what causes it.

Women who don’t understand menstruation or its causes can actually be causing bleeding, irregularity, pain and other menstrual problems with bad lifestyle choices. Women who understand the menstrual process can often end irregularity and related problems with some simple lifestyle changes and natural supplements.

The Cause of Menstruation

Contrary to what many women think menstruation is not necessarily caused by ovaries producing eggs. Instead it is usually caused by hormonal changes that occur in the body each month. Indeed it is entirely possible for ovulation (egg production) to occur separately from menstruation.

Anything that affects a woman’s hormones including diet, drugs, exercise, smoking even stress can affect menstruation. Gaining or losing a lot of weight, getting a lot of exercise, smoking and going through stress can cause irregular periods.

Eating the wrong foods and not getting enough of certain nutrients such as Vitamin E and magnesium can affect menstruation. So can getting to much of certain nutrients in the diet. Some natural therapists think that just eating a lot of processed foods can mess up your menstruation.

The foods you eat can affect menstruation because foods contain nutrients that affect hormones. Eating foods rich in Vitamin E and magnesium such as spinach could be a good way to restore regularity.

Treating Menstrual Problems

Unfortunately many women don’t have a clue about menstrual problems. They don’t realize that they could be causing menstrual problems with an unhealthy lifestyle. In many cases living a healthy lifestyle will help a woman overcome irregularity.

Reducing stress through meditation, changing jobs, prayer, exercise, yoga, and getting enough sleep can help restore irregularity. So can getting enough moderate exercise everyday. In many cases painful periods will stop if a woman simply gets out and exercises.

Eating a healthy diet and taking good natural supplements can often help a woman overcome her menstrual problems. So can quitting smoking because smoking can have a very negative effect on a woman’s hormonal balance.

The key to treating menstrual problems is for a woman to learn as much about the menstrual process as possible. The more a woman knows the more she will be able to do to overcome menstrual problems.

Sources of Information about Menstrual Problems

There are many good sources of information about menstruation and menstrual problems that women can turn to. A woman’s first step should be doing some basic research by reading up on the matter.

Leslie Kenton’s book, Passage to Power contains a lot of good information about hormones, menstruation, nutrition and related matters. Reading a number of good books on the matter should teach a woman how to maintain her hormonal health. This can help a woman overcome menstrual problems and lead a normal and healthy lifestyle.