{"id":1041,"date":"2018-05-04T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T11:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.art-of-bjj.com\/en\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2018-05-04T12:44:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T11:44:59","slug":"what-to-eat-when-you-have-your-period-and-do-brazilian-jiu-jitsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-of-bjj.com\/en\/what-to-eat-when-you-have-your-period-and-do-brazilian-jiu-jitsu\/","title":{"rendered":"What to eat when you have your period and do Brazilian jiu-jitsu ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to get an answer to this question, I turned to Julien from the blog <\/span>Purple Belt <\/span><\/a>Kitchen<\/span>. Coming from the city of Thonon-les-bain (a wonderful city bordering a lake in the Alps mountains), the purple belt writes articles full of advice and recipes dedicated to jiu-jiteiros.<\/a> For that collaboration I appealed to his knowledge about naturopathy, nutrition and plain health to concoct us a special \u201ctime of the month\u201d recipe.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Naturopathy and Brazilian jiu-jitsu: what\u2019s the connection?<\/b><\/h2>\n

First let\u2019s see what naturopathy is. According to my dictionary \u201cit\u2019s a set of treatments which belongs to alternative medicines and which aims to reinforce the organism immune defense system with ways considered as natural (living hygiene, nutrition, phytotherapy, massage etc.)\u201d. Instead of treating the symptoms, naturopathy acts upstream, preventively and with a customized way. Because Julien practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu, he knows our pains and issues perfectly. He knows how to prepare us recipes which will help us manage our training and preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n

When premenstrual syndrome spoils our training sessions<\/b><\/h2>\n

Yes ladies, each month it shows up and touches all of us mercilessly, from white to black belts. Unfortunately it doesn\u2019t go well for some of us. Headaches, stomach aches, breast pains, attraction for sugary food, behavior changes… are some of the unpleasant symptoms of the premenstrual syndrome (PMS). \u00a0If it doesn\u2019t take us away from the mat 1 to 15 days, it has more or less impact on our physical or moral shape. It\u2019s impossible to practice in optimal conditions, to progress, well = frustration…<\/span><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s time for Julien to give us more details and tips.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which factors increase the premenstrual syndrome ?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Hi<\/span> jiu-jiteira!<\/span><\/p>\n

What are these symptoms due to? Nobody really knows but we can deduce that it is because of the hormonal fluctuation, the sudden oestrogen decrease while there\u2019s an progesterone increase then decrease in absence of pregnancy. It\u2019s a bit weird, I agree.<\/span><\/p>\n

However we know factors which increase the risk to suffer from this syndrome:<\/span><\/p>\n