About Nutrition
• Eating
a vegetarian diet may ease premenstrual and menstrual symptoms.
A study found that when women changed to a low-fat, meatless
diet they felt less pain than when on their usual diets. The
diet also helped to improve mood changes
and water retention. The
vegetarian diet included grains, vegetables, legumes, and fruits.
Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Eat your vegetables and save your vision. Diets loaded with green, leafy vegetables, orange vegetables, and wheat foods helped a group of women and men ward off cataracts. Their diets were low in fat and high in protein and fiber. People who ate spinach at least once a week had the lowest risk of cataracts.
Ophthalmology
• A diet rich in whole grains can help lower a woman's risk of diabetes. In this study, women 55 to 69 years old who ate the most fiber and magnesium had a lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition