Yes, You Can Have a Better Period!

Make our monthly visitor more tolerable.

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Oh, Aunt Flow

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Hydrate, Hydrate

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Get Your Vitamin On

Get to Sweatin’ - Cramps are the worst, we get it, so your first instinct may be to stay in the house and hibernate during your period, but working out releases endorphins (good feeling hormones which act as natural painkillers and mood lifters). Try yoga, which also releases endorphins, increases blood flow and relieves stress. (Photo: Silke Woweries/Corbis)

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Get to Sweatin’

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Warm It Up

Relax With a Hot Bath - While a heating pad is good, soaking in a hot bath is even better because it relieves your abdomen and lower back pain effectively and quickly. (Photo: Jack Hollingsworth/Getty Images)

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Relax With a Hot Bath

Say N-O, No - During menstruation, not only is it a good idea to limit your consumption of alcohol, you should also rethink your morning caffeinated coffee, fatty foods and carbonated drinks. They all cause bloating and water retention. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Say N-O, No