What are the dietary taboos for adenomyosis?

For patients with adenomyosis, there is currently a clear clinical consensus that the foods to avoid are mainly supplements containing exogenous hormones, foods high in sugar and high trans fatty acids, as well as raw, cold and spicy foods that exceed their tolerance during menstruation. Most of the other "absolutely untouchable" taboos spread on the Internet are controversial. There is no need to blindly strict taboos, which will only lead to loss of nutrition.

I treated a 29-year-old girl a while ago. In order to control adenomyosis, the patient told me that the list of taboos was two pages long. She even stopped eating eggs, milk, and soy products. She lost 12 pounds in half a year. Her dysmenorrhea did not relieve, but she frequently caught colds. , the hormone test showed that the estrogen was higher than before. When I asked, I found out that she secretly ate the deer fetus ointment sold privately by Internet celebrities in order to replenish qi and blood. It was impossible to count how much estrogen was secretly added to that product. Instead, it stimulated the ectopic endometrium hyperplasia even more.

First, let’s talk about the most common pitfalls. Breast enhancement products with unknown ingredients, purple river car, royal jelly, and unregistered Qi and Blood pills should really be avoided. The essence of adenomyosis is that the endometrium grows into the myometrium and relies on estrogen to support its growth. The exogenous estrogen in such things is very active. Taking additional supplements is equivalent to "feeding" the lesions, and the pain will only make you suffer more. There are also foods that are high in sugar and trans fat, such as milk tea, fried skewers, and cream cakes. Do not eat them every day. They will increase the body's chronic inflammation level. Originally, the pain of adenomyosis is linked to the local inflammatory reaction. When the inflammation rises, the pain will rise several degrees. I have met several young girls who drank iced milk tea for three days before their menstruation. The pain usually subsided after a long time, but that time it was so painful that I couldn't get out of bed for four days.

Speaking of this, someone must ask, is the most widely spread "soy products absolutely cannot be eaten" true? In fact, there is no unified conclusion in the academic circles. One group of people believes that the soy isoflavones in soybeans are phytoestrogens and may stimulate the growth of lesions. The other group has tracked clinical data for several years and found that the activity of soy isoflavones ingested by eating tofu and drinking a cup of light soy milk is only less than one thousandth of human estrogen. On the contrary, it can It acts as a two-way regulator. As long as you don't drink three large cups of thick soy milk a day and take extra soy isoflavone supplements, it will not affect the condition at all. The girl I just mentioned gave up soy products for half a year. Later, she returned to eating tofu and drinking soy milk normally. The three-month follow-up did not show the lesions getting bigger. On the contrary, her dysmenorrhea was relieved a lot because of her nutrition.

The same goes for the taboos on cold, spicy, and spicy food. There is no unified standard. If you usually eat ice and spicy food, you won’t feel uncomfortable at all. In summer, it’s okay to eat two mouthfuls of iced watermelon and occasionally eat hot pot. If you are afraid of the cold and feel cold when you touch something cold, then you should try to eat more warm and soft food during your menstruation period, and don’t force yourself to touch anything irritating.

In fact, the impact of diet on adenomyosis is only a supplement. There is really no need to make yourself afraid to eat this or touch that. Balanced nutrition and good immunity can actually help relieve discomfort, which is much more effective than blind taboos.