In the outpatient clinic for "irregular menstruation," it was found that most patients are young girls. One female patient controlled her weight through a specific diet, usually sustaining herself with energy soups, aloe vera, melons and fruits, and vegetable salads. During her menstrual period, she strictly followed the "grapefruit diet."
As a result, this patient noticed a significant decrease in her menstrual flow, and the blood became darker. The situation was similar in the second month, and she even experienced abdominal pain and discomfort, losing all her energy. Before using these weight-loss methods, most of these girls had no history of dysmenorrhea. Such consequences were unforeseen.
During menstruation, in addition to getting adequate rest, attention must be paid to nutrition. Cold foods such as iced products, cold drinks, grapefruits, pears, watermelons, coconuts, oranges, tomatoes, mung beans, lotus root, cucumbers, bitter melon, loofah, winter melon, Chinese cabbage, and white radish should be avoided or consumed as little as possible. Usually, after a combination of traditional Chinese medicine conditioning and dietary selection, these patients' menstrual cramps are improved.
In addition to specific diet-based weight loss methods, there are also severe fasting methods and weight-loss drug methods. Currently popular is the Kampo (Japanese herbal medicine) diet. The consequences of all these are menstrual disorders and disrupted hormone secretion, with some people even gaining more weight the more they diet. The Asian Wall Street Journal recently reported that "lean, not muscular" seems to be a particular mindset among Eastern women. Besides exercise, various weight-loss methods are being tried one after another.
This phenomenon was observed in the outpatient clinic. In fact, eating less and exercising more is the known, surefire way to control weight. Taking shortcuts often leads to the opposite of the desired effect. The way to maintain health during menstruation is not difficult. For example, Western women like to take the opportunity to eat some chocolate, while the long-standing Chinese remedies of longan and red date soup, red bean soup, and ginger brown sugar are also excellent choices.