Chix & Tell

Red dot, Aunt Flo, Code red, Girl flu... Whatever you call your monthly visitor, the pain and inconveniences that come with it are just the same, tho at varying levels and depending on one's threshold for pain. And whoever mentioned that having a period is such a pain, we’re with you. While there’s no single cause of PMS and it’s a combination of many different factors from a low level of the hormone serotonin, thyroid dysfunction, poor or imbalanced nutrition, stress, environmental pollution, and lack of sleep, it’s a condition that reveals an imbalance in the body.   Pre-Menstrual Syndrome or (PMS) occurs during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, a naturally occurring period immediately after an egg is released from the ovary and lasts from day 14 through day 28 of a normal menstrual cycle. While this is the duration where terrible mood swings, irritability, bloating, and other hosts of unpleasant physical manifestations happens, th...