CHOCOLATE CRAVINGS... Why you crave it and how to deffend yourself

It is not a secret that women are bigger chocolate lovers than man. But do you catch yourself craving chocolate especially on those days that precede your period?! Well, if you haven't figured it out yourself yet, some grocery stores have. The definitely know that chocolate cravings are a staple of the PMS and this is why they place chocolate bars near those Tampax shelves. Yap, now you know it.

But do your chocolate cravings increase when you have PMS? 
The answer is simple. You are magnesium deficient.
Magnesium helps to relax our muscles—not only the muscles in our arms, legs, and in the inner lining of our blood vessel walls, but also the muscles inside the uterus. A serving of the SuperFood dark chocolate (70% or higher) can provide about 15% of the daily recommended intake of magnesium; this percentage goes up with darker chocolate, but drops to only 8% with milk chocolate.
Chocolate is also one of the world’s richest sources of flavonols; these dietary components are potent anti-inflammatory agents. Flavonols help to decrease pain by blocking the release of pain-causing prostaglandins. As with magnesium, the amount of flavanols increases as the chocolate gets darker.

So when it's that time of the month you can play it smart by either increasing your magnesium intake or choose dark chocolate with 70+% of cacao content.

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