Can being a vegetarian affect your menstrual cycle?

Answer 1

The consumption of soy can change your mentral period. It has a natural form of estrogen in it and just 2 cups a day is like taking Birth Control pills. Soy can actually change your memstral cycle.

Also, I have been told, read and experienced that if you have a change in diet or excercise (meaning a sudden increase in excercise) that can cause your period to be late. It happened to me twice. I was a week late both times, but not pregnant.

Answer 2

Basic cholesterol compounds in fat cells can get changed into a type of weak estrogen called estrone. Overweight or obese women carrying extra fat cells have "little estrone-making factories, which have an estrogenic effect on glands," explains Maria Arias, MD, a gynecologist at Atlanta Women's Specialists in Georgia.

A woman may go months without ovulating, for example, but the uterine lining is still accumulating - to the point that it becomes unstable.

Answer 3

Well some foods can make peroids seem different, but as long as your diet is staple, and you get the right things you need i.e. minerals, vitamins, fibre and proteins then it wont change it dramatically. In anorexia sufferers, the menstrual cycle can sometimes stop.

Answer 4

Yes, eating differently can change your menstrual cycle as can exercise and weight changes. Diet is one of the biggest factors in changing your menstrual cycle and menstruation, your menstrual cycles are a big indicator of health so a better diet can result in better menstrual cycles and menstruation.

Answer 5

As long as you still get your protein and enough calories, then no, it will not affect your menstrual cycle.

Answer 6

Yes. Anorexics who have lost a significant amount of weight (usually) will lose having their period as the hormones in their body get out of line and their body tries to consreve nutrients.

Answer 7

Yes.