Vitamin D for Menstrual Pain
Score one more for vitamin D. In this small, placebo-controlled study, vitamin D markedly decreased menstrual cramps vs. placebo.
In the study, researchers gave a single, high vitamin D dose of 300,000 IU. I would recommend daily sunshine and 25,000 IU daily for 2 weeks. After that, the 2,000 IU of vitamin D in the daily dose of a good multivitamin powder should be enough to maintain the benefits
Reference
"Improvement of Primary Dysmenorrhea Caused by a Single Oral Dose of Vitamin D: Results of a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Study," Lasco, A., Catalano, A., Benvenga S., "Improvement of Primary Dysmenorrhea Caused by a Single Oral Dose of Vitamin D: Results of a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Study," Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol 72 (NO. 4), Feb 27, 2012. 366.
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