(Kat O’Connor/ SheMazing) — Ladies, it looks like you’ll have to wave goodbye to wine, gin and cocktails in the run-up to your period because a study has found that alcohol worsens the symptoms of PMS.
The authors of the study revealed that women who consumed alcohol in the week before their period experienced more symptoms, including food cravings, tiredness, tender breasts and mood swings.
Out of the 47,000 participants, 45 percent said they noticed a ‘moderate’ increase in symptoms after consuming alcohol.
Women who drank excessively stated that they noticed a substantial difference in the severity of their symptoms, especially with food cravings.
The team stated that many PMS cases are linked to a woman’s alcohol intake, “Heavy drinking may be associated with four percent of the PMS cases in the world and over nine percent in Europe.” (…)