Period Guide
Science-backed cycle insights, wellness tips, and real stories from the Girl Chocolate community.
Period Skincare: Why You Break Out Before Your Period
Why skin breaks out before a period, with the two surveys that measured it and the 1973 study that tried to explain it, then a week-by-week period skincare routine built on dermatologists' plain advice.
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heavy period
Heavy Period Tips: 10 Ways to Get Through the Heavy Days
Ten heavy period tips for the worst day of the cycle, starting with what actually counts as heavy by NHS and ACOG definitions, then...
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first day
First Day Period Cramps: An Hour by Hour Plan
An hour by hour plan for the first day of period cramps: when to take the NSAID, when the heat goes on, what to...
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food
Magnesium Foods List: 15 Foods Ranked by mg per Serving
Fifteen magnesium foods ranked by milligrams per serving, every serving size stated, sourced from the NIH and USDA tables, with a normal day of...
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gift ideas
Period Self-Care Gift Ideas: 12 Things She Will Actually Use
Twelve period self-care gift ideas grouped by what they do (heat, comfort, small rituals, food), with the trial evidence where it exists and the...
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heat patch
Period hacks for work: getting through a 9 to 5 on day one
Ten period hacks for work that hold up in a real office, plus the survey numbers on how many of us are quietly working...
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magnesium
Period sleep: 8 fixes for the worst nights of the month
Period sleep is worse for measurable reasons: a warmer core, less REM and cramps that peak at night. Eight fixes with the evidence behind...
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chocolate
Period cravings: why they happen and 7 snacks that help
Period cravings are partly hormones and partly culture. Here is what the studies actually found, why we think you should eat the thing, and...
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calcium
Period mood swings: 9 things that take the edge off
Nine things with real evidence behind them for period mood swings, in the order we would try them, plus what did nothing for us.
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cycle phases
Luteal phase: how long it lasts and why you feel it
The luteal phase is the 12 to 14 days between ovulation and your period. Here is what progesterone does to your temperature, sleep, appetite...
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cycle phases
Cycle syncing recipes: 8 easy meals by phase
Eight real recipes, two per phase, each a breakfast or lunch in 20 minutes or less, matched to a phase by a nutrient fact...
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dark chocolate
Period chocolate: what it is and why it is not just candy
A search that barely existed five years ago now has a shelf. We make one of these bars, and we are still going to...
