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title: Do dates help with premenstrual syndrome symptoms? | Niyora
description: Eating dates may help some PMS symptoms including cramps, mood changes, and heavy bleeding, according to this small intervention study of 36 volunteers.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/date-palm-fruit-phoenix-dactylifera-l-ameliorated-some-premenstrual-symptoms-2025/
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Survey study, 2025

# Do dates help with premenstrual syndrome symptoms?

Eating dates may help some PMS symptoms including cramps, mood changes, and heavy bleeding, according to this small intervention study of 36 volunteers.

 Early or limited evidence

36 volunteers (16 control, 20 dates group)

## What they did

Researchers gave dates to 20 volunteers over 5 consecutive menstrual cycles and compared them to 16 control volunteers who did not eat dates, using a questionnaire to track PMS symptoms.

## What they found

Eating dates caused earlier onset of mood changes, heavy bleeding, and bleeding clots. Dates had a beneficial effect on abdominal cramps, mood changes, heavy bleeding, vaginal secretions, and bleeding clots. Hormonal markers including luteinizing hormone, prolactin, progesterone, and estradiol correlated with symptom onset and severity.

## What it means for you

Dates may help some PMS symptoms, though the benefit is unclear since symptoms also appeared earlier with dates. The study was very small with only 36 women, did not clearly describe the control group's diet, and we do not know why dates would cause this pattern. More rigorous testing is needed.

36

total volunteers

5

consecutive menstrual cycles

20

volunteers in dates group

## About the study

Original title Date Palm Fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Ameliorated Some Premenstrual Symptoms: Results from an Intervention Trial for 5 Consecutive Menstrual Cycles Authors Hiba Fathi Al-Sayyed, Hamed Rabah Takruri, Nawal A. Bakir et al. Journal Current Nutrition & Food Science Year 2025 Study design Survey study Participants 36 What was tested Date palm fruit (Phoenix dactylifera) fed over 5 consecutive menstrual cycles Read the paper [doi.org/10.2174/0115734013339565241107050018](https://doi.org/10.2174/0115734013339565241107050018)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)

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