Women’s health and wellness knowledge

Follow the cycle, avoid consumption, and don’t follow blindly. All the remaining methods are extended around these three points.

I treated a 22-year-old girl a while ago. In order to lose weight in the summer, she drank two glasses of iced American every day. She even refused to eat when visiting her aunt. She came to the hospital because she was in so much pain that she couldn't stand up. She even argued with me, "Online people say that it's okay for foreigners to drink iced drinks every day. Why am I the only one with too many things to do?" In fact, there is no standard answer to this question. If you have been accustomed to drinking ice since you were a child, and you don’t have any abdominal pain, diarrhea, or aunt pain after drinking it, then there is no need to change it at all. ； But if you have stomach cramps and pain when you eat something cold, your appetite immediately decreases, and you have more blood clots, then why do you want to join in this "foreign" excitement? A woman’s body has its own cycle rhythm. The states of menstruation, luteal phase, and follicular phase are inherently different. Don’t force yourself to run five kilometers during menstruation. If you are easily irritable during the luteal phase, don’t force yourself to work overtime. Follow the body’s signals and it will be more effective than drinking ten pounds of brown sugar water.

Compared with the small details of eating and drinking, the emotional consumption that many people ignore is the culprit that drags down the body. I have a distant cousin who works in Internet operations. She usually chooses three-point sugar-free milk tea and goes to the gym every week. She looks very "healthy". However, last year's physical examination revealed grade three breast nodules and small thyroid nodules. She was confused. Later we talked and found out that she was still scrolling through work groups after get off work every day for fear of missing news from her boss. She could ponder over a colleague's careless remark for half a night, and she even had to hold her breath while quarreling with her husband for fear of affecting her children. Some people have argued with me before, saying that "it's all metaphysics that emotions affect health," but if you check the clinical data, you will know that under long-term high stress, cortisol continues to rise, which will not only make you fat and lose hair, but also directly affect endocrine. Whether it is "liver stagnation and qi stagnation blocking nodules" in traditional Chinese medicine, or the theory of endocrine disorders in Western medicine, they are essentially the same thing. If I get angry, I will never hold it in. I will either go for a walk in the park and yell, or find a friend to complain to for half an hour. Don't keep the anger in your heart, as it will really make you sick.

The most pitfalls I have seen in the past two years are actually caused by "blind obedience". When evening primrose oil became popular two years ago, my best friend followed suit and bought three bottles. After eating it for half a month, she became speechless. When she went to check her hormones, she found out that her own estrogen level was high, and the regulating effect of evening primrose became a burden to her. ； There was also a little girl who drank collagen drink every day in order to resist aging. After drinking it for three months, she was diagnosed with breast hyperplasia. She came to me crying and asked what to do. It’s not that these things are bad. For example, if you have low estrogen and severe chest pain before menstruation, eating some evening primrose can indeed relieve it. ； If your usual protein intake is not enough, it is okay to drink some collagen drink as a supplement, but the premise is that you must first understand what your body is like, instead of adding it to your shopping cart just because bloggers say "it's a must for girls".

Oh, yes, there is another misunderstanding that many people don’t know. Wash your private parts every day with lotion, saying it is “cleaner”. Some people even buy douches for vaginal flushing. Don’t mess around. The private parts themselves have self-cleaning flora. If you wash them with alkaline lotion every day, you will kill all the beneficial bacteria and wash out inflammation even if you are not sick. Washing the vulva with warm water is enough. This is what gynecologists have repeatedly emphasized. Don’t believe it. There are also people who don’t eat staple food in order to lose weight. I had a colleague who didn’t eat rice or steamed buns for half a year and only ate salad and boiled vegetables every day. She lost 15 pounds. As a result, my aunt stopped for three months and spent nearly 10,000 yuan to adjust the diet for more than half a year before she came back. Of course, there are also people who have been on a low-carb diet for several years and have no problem with their health. She does strength training for two hours a day and her metabolism is high enough. You sit in the office for eight hours a day without moving, so why should you learn to be low-carb?

In fact, after all, there are really not so many fancy rules for women’s health. Your own body is more reliable than any blogger or folk remedy. If you feel uncomfortable after drinking ice, don’t drink it. If you sit for a long time and your waist is tired, get up and stand for two minutes. If you are unhappy, go eat something delicious. Don’t compete with your body. It’s better than anything else.