Women who are too thin should be careful about fertility risks

　　Now female Everyone pursues skinny beauty and always thinks about losing weight, but in fact, being underweight and having too little body fat may affect your fertility. Many women have participated in the "protracted battle to lose weight" and their weight has always been just right. healthy , resulting in low dietary intake of essential nutrients required for pregnancy.

　　Women need at least 22% body fat for normal ovulation (normal adult female body weight contains about 28% fat). But if you love exercise , there may be so little body fat that ovulation or menstruation is irregular. When there is too little body fat, it disrupts the flow of hormones from the brain to the pituitary gland. This means that the normal signals from the pituitary gland to the ovaries to release an egg are not present. So even if you have a lot of healthy eggs, you won't be able to get pregnant because they can't be released.

　　Nowadays, many women are "long-term losers", and their weight has always been just at the healthy limit. Furthermore, many of the diet plans they follow are inappropriate and can result in low dietary intake of essential nutrients needed for pregnancy. Women with eating disorders, like nerve Sexual anorexia and bulimia nervosa often lead to severe underweight.

　　Whether you're dieting or exercising a lot, you should take a look at what your ideal weight is relative to your height and current body fat levels. You can use our body mass index (bmi) calculator, or many gyms have simple machines that can check body fat levels. Note that if you are less than 15% of your ideal body weight, your menstrual cycle is likely to become irregular. If your body fat is 30% below normal, your menstrual cycle will probably stop completely.

　　If your body mass index is less than 19 and your periods are irregular, doctors recommend slowing down your fitness routine and eating more calories to increase body fat. Once you reach a healthy weight for your height and your body fat percentage is within a healthy range, your menstrual cycle should return to normal again.

　　If it still doesn't work, you may need to see a reproductive specialist. You may have an underlying problem that may affect your menstrual cycle and make it difficult to conceive.

　　Getting your weight into a healthy range before pregnancy has other benefits. Research shows that women who start pregnancy with a low birth weight are at increased risk of giving birth to a low-birth-weight baby. Another study found that women who were underweight had a 72% higher risk of miscarriage.