Breast health food

There is no magic food that "can cure breast disease" after eating it. Most of the specific foods that are circulated on the Internet to eliminate nodules and prevent hyperplasia have marketing filters. Foods that are currently recognized by the academic community as being breast-friendly essentially meet the three standards of "low inflammation, stabilizing hormones, and high antioxidants." The core of maintaining breasts by eating is never to supplement a certain thing, but to avoid pitfalls and have a balanced diet.

Speaking of this, some people must ask, are the kudzu and papaya that are popular on the Internet correct? I just met a 28-year-old girl a while ago. Category 3 breast nodules were detected in a physical examination. She posted a short video saying that eating kudzu powder can eliminate the nodules. She drank two large bowls of her every morning and evening, and after three months of continuous check-up, the nodules grew by 2mm. In fact, we have to talk about two viewpoints here: in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, there is indeed a use of kudzu root to regulate female endocrine, but it should be used according to the symptoms and dosage, not the industrially extracted kudzu root powder that ordinary people buy blindly. There have been many clinical cases in Western medicine where long-term use of kudzu root supplements with high isoflavone content has stimulated abnormal hyperplasia of breast tissue. Both statements are correct. What is wrong is that ordinary people eat it blindly without understanding the dosage and suitable groups. As for papaya, the papain enzyme has been decomposed long ago after entering the stomach. It can neither enlarge breasts nor nourish the mammary glands. It is okay to eat it as an ordinary fruit. Don't have high expectations.

There is also the most controversial soy product. I have seen too many people who dare not drink soy milk because of nodules. It is really unnecessary. Opponents of eating soy products say that soy isoflavones have a similar structure to human estrogen, and they are afraid that excessive amounts will increase hormone levels and stimulate the breast glands. However, the 2023 "Dietary Guidelines for People with Breast Disease in China" clearly states that drinking a cup of soy milk or eating 100g of tofu every day will not increase the risk of breast disease, but can reduce the incidence of breast hyperplasia in premenopausal women. My mother was diagnosed with mild hyperplasia two years ago. The aunt in the community told her not to drink soy milk, so she quit drinking soy milk for half a year. Later, she went for a review and asked the doctor, who said that one cup a day was perfectly fine. Now she drinks soy milk every morning, adds a few peanuts and walnuts, and checked again after drinking it for more than a year. The hyperplasia has long since disappeared. If you really want to calculate it, the phytoestrogens content in a cup of soy milk is less than 1/10 of the human body's daily recommended intake, so you really can't afford to waste your money on this unwarranted risk.

In addition to these frequently asked questions, there is another type of food that is easily overlooked, namely deep-sea fish and chia seeds that are rich in omega 3. It’s not that they specifically nourish the breast, but that these substances can reduce the body’s chronic inflammation level. Among the causes of many breast hyperplasia and small nodules, long-term chronic inflammation accounts for a large proportion. Of course, some people in the nutrition field say that to get an effective dose, you have to eat a pound of salmon every day. Ordinary people can't do that, so you don't have to force yourself to eat fish you don't like. You can use less lard in cooking, less fried food, and reduce the intake of pro-inflammatory omega6. In fact, the effect is not much different. Oh, by the way, the indole-3-carbinol in dark green leafy vegetables such as broccoli and spinach can indeed help regulate estrogen metabolism, but there is no need to force it on. Half of your plate should be fresh vegetables every day. You don’t have to eat two pounds of green vegetables every day to make up for it until you vomit.

Speaking of this, I have to remind everyone, don’t focus on what you can eat, first figure out what is best not to touch. I once met an aunt in her 40s who ate bird's nest purchased on behalf of her every day and added so-called "nest-raising" powder for maintenance. After eating it for more than half a year, she found that her breast ducts were enlarged. The doctor said that it was most likely related to the skin care products she took from unknown sources. Many internet celebrity bird's nests, fish maws, and snow clams either have exogenous estrogen added to them, or they have high levels of animal-derived estrogen. Long-term consumption will disrupt their own hormone levels, which is worse than not eating it at all. There are also those "nodule-removing meal replacements" and "breast care powder" that are so popular that if you look at the ingredient list, they are ordinary grain powder with some fruit and vegetable powder added, and they are sold for dozens of times the price. Don't pay this IQ tax.

Harm, to put it bluntly, why are you so particular about it? I had a meal with my best friend who is a nurse in the breast department of a tertiary hospital a while ago. I saw that she drank milk tea and ate hot pot, but she didn’t make it every day, and she never bought supplements that protect her breasts. Her breasts were clean every year during her physical examination. If you really have nodules, don’t expect to rely on what you eat. Regular check-ups every six months are more reliable than anything else. Eat less royal jelly and snow clams when eating, drink two cups of full-sugar milk tea, eat more fresh vegetables, and eat fish once or twice a week. They are more effective than any expensive skin care products.