Diet taboos for breast hyperplasia

Long-term consumption of large amounts of high-sugar and high-fat foods, supplements containing exogenous animal estrogen, and use of health products/medicines with illegally added estrogen. Most of the other taboos spread online such as "cannot drink soy milk, cannot eat beef and mutton, and cannot touch spicy food" lack scientific basis, and there is no need to blindly strict taboos.

Last week, I met Xiao Zhou, a 32-year-old girl who works as an Internet operator in the clinic. She was diagnosed with mild breast hyperplasia for half a year. Not only did she give up the soy milk she had been drinking for ten years, but she also stopped touching her favorite crayfish and beef with soy sauce. Last time she came for a follow-up visit, her face was so yellow that she looked like she was covered in dust. She said she was afraid that if she ate the wrong things, the disease would develop into nodules and eventually turn into cancer, which made me angry and funny.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the issue of soy products that everyone has been arguing about for many years. Folk belief has always been that the soy isoflavones in soybeans are estrogen, and drinking them will aggravate hyperplasia. Some even say it can induce breast cancer. Many health bloggers say this with great certainty. However, judging from the current global evidence-based medical evidence, soy isoflavones are phytoestrogens, which are not the same thing as human estrogen. It is a typical "two-way regulator" - if the estrogen level in the body is too high, it will seize the estrogen receptor and reduce its activity. ； If there is insufficient estrogen in the body, it can play a weak supplementary role. A small sample follow-up conducted by our department also showed that drinking a cup of about 300ml of ordinary soy milk every day not only does not aggravate hyperplasia, but many patients report that the swelling and pain are relieved. Of course, there are exceptions. There are indeed a few people who are sensitive to phytoestrogens and experience obvious swelling and pain after drinking them. In this case, just drink less. There is no need to kill all soy products in one go.

What really needs to be deliberately controlled are the high-sugar and high-fat foods that everyone talks about every day but can't help showing off. A while ago, a 26-year-old primary school teacher came to me and said that one week before her period, her breasts hurt so much that she had to do half an hour of mental training to wear tight underwear. When I asked, she rewarded herself with a cup of full-sugar bubble milk tea every day that week, and sometimes even added a cream cake as afternoon tea. I asked her to first reduce her intake of refined sugar, replace milk tea with sugar-free oolong tea, and replace cakes with plain steamed corn. After just over a month, she came to me and told me that this time there was almost no pain in front of her aunt. In fact, the principle is very simple. High sugar intake will disrupt the rhythm of insulin secretion and indirectly affect the metabolic balance of sex hormones. Eating too much fat, especially foods such as fried chicken, crispy bread, and potato chips containing trans fatty acids, will increase body fat. And fat cells themselves can synthesize estrogen. The higher the body fat, the easier it is for estrogen levels to fluctuate, which will naturally aggravate the swelling and pain of hyperplasia.

Another type of supplements that need attention are supplements, such as royal jelly, snow clams, and purple hematoxylin. The current academic consensus is that they contain animal estrogen activity that is relatively high. Taking it once in a while is not a problem. However, if you take it in large amounts for a long time, it may indeed increase the estrogen level in the body and aggravate hyperplasia symptoms. If you already have obvious swelling, pain and nodules, it is recommended to eat as little as possible such supplements. There is no need to burden your breasts for the so-called "beauty and beauty".

As for the most frequently asked questions about "foods for hair" - seafood, beef, mutton, and chili peppers, there is currently no evidence-based medical evidence to prove that they are related to the aggravation of breast hyperplasia. I myself have mild hyperplasia and eat spicy hot pot once a week. As long as I don’t eat to full capacity and drink ice-cola every time, I don’t feel any discomfort at all. Of course, if you are prone to getting angry when eating spicy food, or are allergic to seafood, and you really feel pain after eating, then just eat less. There is no need to compromise your mouth for other people's "health experience". After all, the impact of a bad mood on the breast is much greater than eating a hot pot meal.

By the way, there is another pitfall that is easy to step on. I would like to remind everyone: many health products that claim to be "quick weight loss", "breast enlargement" and "regulating menstruation" are likely to contain estrogen in violation of regulations. After eating, it will not only aggravate breast hyperplasia, but may also induce menstrual disorders and endometrial lesions. You should definitely stay away from such things and do not use your own body as a guinea pig.

In fact, to put it bluntly, breast hyperplasia itself is a physiological change that occurs in 70%-80% of women. The vast majority are benign and are not considered a "disease" at all. You don’t have to go to jail to eat like you can’t eat this or touch that. The core thing is to eat less. Don’t blindly supplement estrogen from unknown sources, don’t ruin your body with high sugar and oil every day, and make the rest happy as you like. Keep your mood comfortable. This is more effective than strict dietary restrictions.