Women's health maintenance

The core of women's health maintenance has never been to copy a unified health template, but to establish a personalized dynamic balance based on their own physiological stage, life rhythm, and tolerance. There is no standard answer that is universally applicable.

My best friend also stepped into this trap a while ago. She is a 32-year-old Internet operator. She came across a blogger's "Full Score Women's Health List" and strictly followed it: drink 8 cups of warm water every day, drink ice cream on an empty stomach in the morning, soak her feet for 30 minutes in the evening, and run 5 kilometers three times a week. , but within two months, my aunt was postponed for 12 days, and also suffered from chronic gastritis. She went to see an old Chinese medicine doctor who said that she had a weak constitution of the spleen and stomach. Ice coffee + excessive drinking of water directly pressed moisture into the spleen and stomach, and soaking her feet for too long consumed excess energy and blood. This was purely a disease caused by blind cultivation.

You may have had a similar experience: copying other people's health care tips, only to develop minor problems. This is essentially a failure to understand that the current thinking on women's health care has a different logic. The core of the evidence-based approach that many young girls now believe in is that "indicators are king": six basic examinations such as TCT, HPV, gynecological ultrasound, and sex hormones must be done every year, maintain the BMI in the range of 18.5-23.9, ensure a sufficient amount of protein intake every day, and do 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every week. There is no need to engage in those fancy rituals. My cousin who works in the obstetrics and gynecology department is a typical example. She is 38 years old. She never soaks her feet with mugwort leaves or eats donkey-hide gelatin and peach gum. She rides a bicycle for 20 minutes home from get off work every day. She eats hamburgers and milk tea when she is hungry without deliberately restricting food. All indicators in her annual physical examination are normal, and her skin condition is better than that of many 20-year-old girls who stay up late.

This does not mean that traditional health-preserving ideas are useless. There are examples around me of people who have solved gynecological problems for many years by relying on traditional Chinese medicine. A 28-year-old reader talked to me before. She had a history of polycystic cysts. Her aunt came at least once every three months. Western medicine prescribed Daying for half a year, and her indicators returned to normal after stopping the medicine. Later, she went to see the chief physician of a regular tertiary traditional Chinese medicine hospital, and she was not allowed to drink iced milk tea. She moxibustioned the Guanyuan point for 15 minutes every day, and she was given Chinese medicine granules for three months. Now her aunt basically comes on time, and her weight has also dropped by 10 pounds, and her whole complexion has brightened a lot. There is no right or wrong between the two ideas. The key is that you have to choose the one that suits your physique and needs.

Of course, no matter which school of thought you come from, it is common to fall into pitfalls. I have seen too many girls make health maintenance their new KPI, which in turn ruins their bodies. The last time I went to a nutrition lecture, the teacher mentioned that 96% of brown sugar is sucrose, and the iron supplement effect is not as good as a mouthful of braised pork liver. Drinking too much will make you gain weight. ； The collagen you eat will be decomposed into amino acids and will not be directly added to your face. Those products that claim to reduce wrinkles within a week of taking them most likely have other ingredients added. There are also various types of women’s multivitamins that have been very popular recently. If you eat a balanced diet, there is no need to take extra supplements. I received a consultation before. A 26-year-old girl took three imported women’s health products every day. The physical examination revealed abnormal liver function. The excess nutrients put a metabolic burden on the liver.

At this point, I have to mention a particularly controversial topic: Should women take additional estrogen supplements? Those who support it say that supplementation can relieve menopausal symptoms and delay skin aging, while those who oppose it say that supplementation will increase the risk of breast cancer and endometrial cancer. Both sides can produce a lot of research evidence. In fact, objectively speaking, whether to supplement depends on the individual situation: if you have obvious symptoms of hot flashes and insomnia during perimenopause, first go for a comprehensive physical examination to rule out contraindications such as breast nodules and endometrial lesions. Under the guidance of a doctor, the benefits of supplementing in small doses outweigh the risks. ； If you don’t have any symptoms, don’t take unidentified animal estrogen supplements such as snow clams and royal jelly. The unstable content may cause problems.

After my own exploration in the past few years, my biggest feeling is that the body is much smarter than you think. I have allergies. I used to get migraines before visiting my aunt. I tried taking painkillers and pressing acupuncture points, but it didn't work. Later, I accidentally discovered that as long as my aunt doesn't touch milk tea a week before and doesn't stay up after 11 o'clock, she basically won't have the problem. Last year, I was found to be deficient in vitamin D during my physical examination, so I took one 400IU capsule of D3 every day and went out to bask in the sun for 10 minutes. This year, I returned to the normal range during my reexamination, and I didn’t take any other expensive nutritional supplements.

You really don’t have to force yourself to be a perfect health person. It’s okay to drink iced milk tea occasionally if you’re craving for it today. You don’t have to worry because you’ve been too busy and haven’t exercised this week. Listening to your body’s signals is better than anything else. After all, only you know best whether you feel comfortable or not, right?