How to Control Breast Pain Through Diet

Most women chalk their breast pain up to hormones, which is probably true in most cases. However, certain foods can have a direct impact on hormones, which in turn affects your breast pain. You can control your breast pain by avoiding certain foods and adding more of other types of foods.

Instructions

1. Eat a low fat diet and avoid margarine and trans fats. Aside from being good for your body in general, a low fat diet free of hydrogenated fats such as those found in margarine will help you control your breast pain by allowing your body to more effectively convert its own fatty stores into compounds that reduce breast tissue activation. Breast tissue activation is what results in breast pain.

2. Switch from processed grains to whole grains. In combination with a low fat diet, whole grains help the body to process estrogen in a way that reduces the chance that you'll develop breast pain.

3. Take a pass on the salt as a means of controlling your breast pain, especially in the week to 10 days leading up to your period.

4. Ensure that you are getting enough of key nutrients, such as the B vitamins, calcium, vitamin C and magnesium, all of which promote balance in your chemistry and, in particular, protaglandin E., which directly affects breast tissue activation by hormones.

Tips & Warnings

• If your breasts are still sore after two weeks, it is possible that you may be pregnant. Do a home pregnancy test or see your doctor to rule out (or in) pregnancy for which you will want to seek good prenatal care.