New Delhi, 8 May (IANS). According to a new study, healthy diets eaten in childhood prove to be effective in preventing premature menstruation. Health diet includes vegetables, legumes and whole grains.
The results published in the magazine called Human Reproduction were not focused on the girls’ body mass index (BMI) or their length.
It is well known that those who start menstruation at an early age increase the risk of diabetes, obesity, breast cancer and heart and blood vessels.
Associate Professor Holi Harris at the ‘Fred Hachinson Cancer Center’ in Seattle, USA, said, “I think our findings require access to healthy food options for all children and adolescents and expose the importance of breakfast and lunch based on evidence-based guidelines.”
This conclusion has come from a possible study, made on more than 7,500 children between the ages of 9 and 14 years.
Researchers evaluated girls’ diet based on two installed diet patterns: which were alternative healthy food index (AHEI), and Imperical Dietary Inflammatory Pattern (EDIP).
AHEI includes healthy foods such as vegetables, legumes and whole grains. While there is untreated food items such as red and processed meat, trans fats and salt. The first option was considered better for health than the other.
EDIP diet reflects their overall ability to cause inflammation in the body.
Foods associated with more inflammation include red and processed meats, meat obtained from animal organs, sophisticated grains and high energy drinks.
Harris said, “We saw that these two diet patterns were associated with menstrual age, which shows that a healthy diet was associated with the onset of menstruation at the right age. The important thing is that these results were not associated with the height of BMI and girls. And this reflects the importance of healthy diet regardless of body shape.”
Researchers believe that these results suggest that the type of food taken by girls during childhood and adolescence can affect menstrual time.
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