What should I eat on my period?

I recently got my period back today (excited) and I don't want it to not come back next month. What should I eat during my period to be healthy? more fat? iron? I just ate a giant frozen yogurt to congratulate myself YAY LOL I'm excited.

Congrats! I'd say go a little bit more on the iron, and make sure you're consuming at least a regular amount of fat (I'd say 30% of calories should be the ticket) and you should be fine. You could also treat yourself to some dark chocolate too   Congratulations again!

more fat (mostly healthy fats, if you can), more iron and more protein should help.

and mmm frozen yogurt :)

I'm taking multivitamin pills, not sure how much of the iron that knocks out. I shall check the label and post it here. I took the women's health one on purpose! :)

Haha I treat myself to chocolate WAY too often hahahahah ^^;;;

and yes frozen yogurt was GOOD. it was non fat (the only way they sold it) yogurt from robek! delicious :)

I was willing to drink shots of olive oil it to come back, glad it did before I had to lol

Thanks guy

A multi-vitamin will probably take care of your iron needs.

Take Iron rich foods. Not only during your period but make it as a part of regular diet.

the multivitamin does take care of iron needs, but what are some iron rich foods in general? what specific foods should I eat in general?

This website had some good suggestions:

http://www.healthcastle.com/iron.shtml

I also found this while surfing around:

top ten iron rich foods

·  clams, cooked, 3 oz (23.8 mg) 
·  tofu, 1/2 cup firm (13.2 mg) 
·  raisin bran, ready-to-eat, 3/4 cup (4.5 mg) 
·  sirloin steak, cooked, 3 oz (2.9 mg) 
·  shrimp, cooked, 3 oz (2.6 mg) 
·  black beans, boiled, 1/2 cup (1.8 mg) 
·  chickpeas, canned, 1/2 cup (1.6 mg) 
·  turkey breast, 3 oz (0.9 mg) 
·  bread, whole wheat, 1 slice (0.9 mg) 
·  chicken breast, skinless, 1/2 breast (0.9 mg)

Food

Serving Size

Iron Content (mg)

Cereal, ready to eat, fortified 1 cup 1 to 16

Clams, canned 1/4 cup 11.2

Beef liver, fried 3 oz 5.3

Braunschweiger  2 oz 5.3

Molasses, blackstrap 1 tablespoon 5.0

Baked Beans 1 cup 5.0

Oysters, cooked 1 oz 3.8

Baked potato, with skin 1 2.8

Soup, lentil and ham 1 cup 2.6

Burrito, bean 1 2.5

Soup, beef noodle 1 cup 2.4

Rice, white, enriched 1 cup 2.3

Poptart, fortified 1 2.2

Ground beef, lean 3 oz 1.8

Apricots, dried halves 10 1.7

Spinach, frozen 1/2 cup (fresh=1 cup) 1.5

Bread, whole wheat 1 slice 1.2

Broccoli, fresh cooked 1/2 cup 0.7

Egg 1 0.7