women's health week

The core truth of women's health is never to "meet the standard according to a unified standard", but to first give up the misunderstanding that "no disease means health", accept the physical differences of different individuals, and then find a maintenance method that suits you. This is what I want to say the most after encountering nearly a thousand cases in my fifth year of popularizing women's health.

Last week, I saw a 98-year-old girl. When she came in, she was still holding half a bottle of internet-famous iron supplement drink in her hand. She said that she had been dizzy recently and had a low intake. A blogger said that this was a typical symptom of iron deficiency anemia. After drinking the supplement for a month, it made her even more uncomfortable. There were even red and swollen acne on her face. After checking, I found out that she has a damp-heat constitution. The iron supplement drink contained a large amount of brown sugar and astragalus. The originally blocked qi and blood could not be replenished at all, and they all piled up in the body and turned into a fire. To be honest, too many people now fit women’s health into a fixed template: you need to start fighting sugar at the age of 25, you need to supplement collagen at the age of 30, and you must drink brown sugar ginger tea during menstruation. As long as you don’t keep up with the standards, you don’t care about yourself. Very few people stop and ask first, does your body eat this?

Take the most controversial topic "should we take skin care products every day" as an example. The views in different fields are actually completely different, but no one is absolutely correct. The standards of Western medicine nutrition are very clear: as long as your daily intake of meat, eggs, milk, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables is balanced enough, and there is no clear nutrient deficiency in blood tests (such as low serum ferritin, insufficient vitamin D), there is absolutely no need to take additional supplements. Eating too much will increase the metabolic burden on the liver and kidneys. ； However, according to the syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine, if you have problems such as palace cold, Qi and blood deficiency, liver stagnation and qi stagnation, it is indeed useful to use ingredients with the same origin as medicine and food. The premise is that you must first seek a professional doctor to diagnose the syndrome, instead of just stuffing it into your mouth based on what bloggers say. I've seen girls with hot and humid constitutions drink ginger tea every day until their noses bleed, and I've also seen people with cold constitutions eat salad every day until their aunt puts them off. To put it bluntly, any care that doesn't take your constitution into consideration is just a hooligan.

Oh, by the way, someone asked me before if ovary maintenance can be done in a beauty salon. I can only say that relying on essential oil massage to maintain ovaries is basically an IQ tax. The ovaries are deep in the pelvic cavity. Normally you can't touch them from the outside. If you press them, there is a high probability that the ovaries have cysts. If you press them randomly, there is a risk of rupture. Of course, if you think it's relaxing to lie there and have someone rub your belly, you won't lose money by spending the money. Just think of it as a purchase of emotional value, and don't expect it to actually delay aging.

A few days ago, I was having dinner with my best friend from the psychiatry department, and she complained that she had recently picked up several girls in their twenties who were all anxious due to "health standards": they must sleep eight hours a day, and if they missed ten minutes of sleep, they would feel guilty for half the day.； Set an alarm to remind yourself to drink enough 2000ml of water. If you can’t finish it, you will feel like you are accumulating toxins. ； Even if I work overtime until 11 o'clock, I still have to force myself to exercise for half an hour. However, due to the long-term stress, my aunt is confused and her sleep is getting worse and worse. I originally wanted to pursue health, but I was kidnapped by the rules and regulations of health. It’s a bit funny to say it.

My cousin-in-law is 37 years old this year and is the mother of two children. Her annual physical examination report is all excellent, but she always complains that she feels heavy all over, her shoulders hurt, and she can’t fall asleep even after lying in bed for half an hour. I have been to all the hospitals and can’t find anything wrong. Later, she simply left the baby with my cousin two nights a week and went to jazz dance by herself. After dancing for two months, she felt no more discomfort. In fact, she has been in a state of chronic stress for a long time, and her cortisol has not been able to come down. It is not an organic disease at all, it is just that her emotions have not found an outlet. Many women always feel that "if they are not diagnosed, they are fine." However, those indescribable fatigue, irritability, and inexplicable pain are actually the body calling you to stop and take a closer look at it.

I myself followed the trend and bought several thousand yuan worth of grape seeds and anti-sugar drinks. I swallowed them every day, but my complexion did not improve. After checking, I found out that the active ingredients in those anti-sugar drinks were not as high as the oranges I ate every day. Later, I simply saved my money and went to Pilates twice a week. I ate hot pot whenever I wanted, and drank a few sips of iced milk tea if I wanted to in the summer. On the contrary, my face was much brighter than when I used it as a "tonic jar" every day. Really, your body is more honest than the hundred health science articles you have saved. You know best whether it is comfortable or not.

This week, I saw a lot of platforms posting health lists, such as "10 must-do checks for women" and "5 types of skin care products that women over 30 must take". Just take a look and don't take it to heart. If you really want to take advantage of the health week to treat yourself better, why not take ten minutes to make a list of your body's "little tempers": For example, if I drink ice before coming to visit my aunt, it will hurt, if I stay up late for two days in a row, I will definitely have a headache, and if I eat too much mango, I will develop eczema. Writing down these tiny details will be more useful than how many bloggers you follow to learn about health.

After all, health is never about perfect scores, it is about your willingness to squat down and listen to the voice of your body.