Diet and Women: A Complex Relationship That We Need to Know Better [Letter]

We read with great interest the manuscript Dietary, Psychological and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Premenstrual Symptoms by AlQuaiz A and coworkers1 and found it extremely important from the point of view of the impact of lifestyle on premenstrual symptoms. The authors explored the associations of dietary habits, mental distress and lifestyle factors with premenstrual symptoms and its prevalence among women, aged 18 to 50 years, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They found that several potentially modifiable factors, such as diet, quality of food and stress, were positively associated with symptoms and suggested that increasing women awareness of healthy lifestyles may help reduce the occurrence of premenstrual symptoms.