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Periods n such
BillieTheBot
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I'm sorry if this has been talked about before but I couldn't find anything. Basically when I'm 'on' aside from the usual period pain's alot of women get when I stand for say 15 minutes or more I tend to feel kinda faint and ill. It's hard to describe but a horrible feeling. Does anyone else get this when 'on'?
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The advise on the boards seems really useful in relation to dealing with feeling faint and ill during your period - I saw an article in this month's Holland & Barratt Healthy magazine (page 13) which indicates that iron deficiency is indeed a common factor in feeling rundown or faint during you period primarily due to blood loss.
It also claims that your body needs 500 extra calories a day in the run up to your period, as that's when you iron levels are at their lowest - they advise on these days, have a healthy mid-morning snack and mid-afternoon snack to keep everything ticking over normally & prevent low blood sugar.
All very healthy but interesting I thought ! :angel: