What causes increased appetite before menstruation?

Normally, some women will have a significant increase in appetite before their period. They feel hungry soon after eating and don’t know what’s going on. If this phenomenon persists for a long time, we need to pay attention to it. This is obviously caused by premenstrual endocrine disorders. Today we will take a look at why the appetite increases before menstruation, and some dietary precautions that everyone should know before menstruation.

What causes increased appetite before menstruation?

It is caused by premenstrual endocrine disorders, which is due to hypothalamic dysfunction caused by sex hormone imbalance. Therefore, you should try to keep your emotions stable in the one or two weeks before your period and ensure adequate rest. If necessary, you can take some small amounts of sedatives or Chinese patent medicines. If you really can't control your eating, you can take phenylpropylamine drugs to suppress your strong appetite.

Seven things to note about diet before menstruation:

1. Coffee-containing beverages: cause breast pain, anxiety, irritability and mood swings, consume vitamin B stored in the body and disrupt carbohydrate metabolism

2. Cheese-based foods are the cause of menstrual pain: milk, cheese, cream, yeast milk, eggs, and other foods that damage magnesium absorption

3. Chocolate makes emotions out of control: Chocolate makes emotions more stable and sugar addiction increases the need for vitamin B in addition to making you fat.

4. Sugar consumes vitamin B group: Sugar consumes vitamin B and minerals in the body and makes you eat more sugary foods.

5. Alcohol poisons the liver: Alcohol consumes vitamin B and minerals in the body. Alcohol destroys carbohydrate metabolism and the production of hormones.

6. High-fat foods such as beef, pork and lamb increase mineral requirements

7. High sodium foods cause breast pain: causing edema and breast pain

Diet during menstrual cycle:

Sexual and menstrual cycle have some physical or psychological changes, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, etc. How to eat to better adapt to the sexual cycle? You may try to adjust your diet

1. Eat some liver-soothing and qi-regulating foods such as cabbage and citrus fruits before menstruation.

2. Low back pain at the beginning of menstruation. Eat some stomach-clearing and easily digestible foods such as dates, noodles, and barley porridge.

3. As we all know, blood loss during menstruation needs to be supplemented with foods containing protein, iron, potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium, such as meat, eggs and milk. In addition, safflower can promote blood circulation, reduce swelling and relieve pain. How to make: stew a small amount of safflower with potatoes, about 1 kg of beef with water for 40 minutes, and then stew carrots and onions for about 10 minutes. This dish is not only delicious, but also has the effect of nourishing the body and eliminating fatigue.

4. Few friends are troubled by early or late menstruation. In fact, these problems can be solved by reasonable diet. The so-called early or late is calculated according to the menstrual cycle. 28 cycles or 30 cycles, 7 early or 7 late, problems in the menstrual cycle. Before, during and after menstruation, take a diet suitable for your physical condition to adjust the sexual and physical phenomena, so that your skin is tender and smooth, and it is a good opportunity for beauty.

Everyone should know what the increased appetite before menstruation is. If you have this phenomenon, you still need to control it. Don't overeat, as this is bad for your health. You can take certain medications to suppress your appetite under the doctor's advice.