The main function of the ovary is to secrete female hormones and produce eggs. After women mature, the ovaries secrete estrogen and progesterone, and under its influence, menstruation comes. Estrogen can promote the development and maintenance of female reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics. Ovarian dysfunction will affect estrogen secretion and sexual function, skin quality, skin color, measurements and posture. , make the face yellow, bloated, vaginal dryness, early into the yellow face Shiva period, that is, aging.
It can be said that the golden period of a woman's life is also the functional period of the ovary. Therefore, the ovary has the reputation of the second heart of women, and maintaining the ovary is particularly important for every woman.
Due to work pressure, living habits and other factors, many modern women have premature ovarian failure, which affects their menstrual cycle, and some even go through menopause in advance. Ovarian dysfunction can lead to the following health problems:
1. Reproductive system: irregular menstruation, atrophy and dryness of vagina, low ovulation rate, sexual dysfunction and frigidity;
2. autonomic nervous system: hot flashes, irritability, depression, insomnia, etc.
3. Body shape: obesity, bloated abdomen, sagging buttocks, waist of bucket, etc.
4. Skin and hair: dryness, loss of elasticity, hair loss and loss of luster;
5. Decreased immunity: easy to catch a cold, get infected with inflammation or suffer from chronic diseases;
6. Cardiovascular system: atherosclerosis such as myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction;
7. Urinary system: urethral atrophy, polyuria, frequent urination, urinary incontinence, etc.
8. Bone: cervical spondylosis, rheumatism, arthritis, osteoporosis, etc.
9. Digestive system: stomach discomfort, loss of appetite, constipation, etc.
After the age of 35, women have entered the period of ovarian function decline, and premature ovarian failure is the root cause of a series of changes in the body. The improvement of ovarian function essentially solves the problem of female aging. How to maintain the ovaries?
The rate of ovarian function decline varies from person to person. In addition to genetic factors and diseases, it is more important to be closely related to personal living habits. If you want to better maintain your ovaries, you can start from the following aspects:
1. Balanced nutrition, eat more fruits and vegetables.
Women should get balanced nutrition in their daily life. In addition to adequate intake of protein, they should also take in proper amount of fat and sugar, and pay special attention to supplement vitamins and minerals such as iron and calcium. Appropriate vitamin E supplementation can eliminate free radicals, improve skin elasticity, delay the process of gonadal atrophy and play an anti-aging role. Eat more vegetables, fruits and bean products, and often drink milk.
2. Do regular exercise and practice yoga.
Exercise is conducive to promoting metabolism and blood circulation and delaying organ aging. Exercise should be done according to one's ability, step by step, and persevere. It should be noted that you should not be too full for dinner or do strenuous exercise at night.
Yoga is a special form of exercise, which can relieve physical fatigue to some extent. Through yoga, a special exercise, combined with special breathing methods, we can dredge the blood circulation of female organs and regulate the secretion of hormones.
3. Breastfeeding and avoiding the use of oral contraceptives.
Mothers who have given birth to children often choose to feed their children with milk powder instead of breastfeeding because they are worried about sagging breasts. In fact, the proportion of breast-feeding mothers suffering from ovarian cancer will be greatly reduced. Prolonging breastfeeding can protect the ovary to a certain extent, and the baby can develop better.
It is best to avoid using oral contraceptives, because contraceptives will affect hormone secretion.
4. Be cheerful and learn to adjust your mood.
When people are in a relaxed and happy mood, pulse, blood pressure, gastrointestinal peristalsis and metabolism are in a stable and coordinated state, the secretion of immune active substances in the body increases, and the disease resistance is enhanced. Anger and depression are more likely to harm the body and lead to qi stagnation. After a long time, qi and blood will be blocked and the health of ovaries will be affected.
If you are in a bad mood, divert your attention, or talk to someone to relieve stress. It is suggested to arrange the pace of life reasonably, cultivate a wide range of hobbies, plant flowers and trees after work, enjoy music and indulge in Shan Ye. Therefore, it can make people happy, harmonize qi and blood, and be beneficial to health.
Avoid sitting for a long time
It is suggested that office women should not sit for a long time, which will put a heavy burden on their ovaries and should exercise for at least 30 minutes every day. If you go to work by bus, get off at two stops in advance and walk. Take the stairs instead of the elevator when you go upstairs. After working for an hour, stand up and exercise properly. When there is an advertisement on TV, stand up and walk. Take time out every week to take part in physical exercise, especially outdoor exercise, so that the whole body can breathe fresh air.
6. Try to avoid staying up late
According to the survey, compared with people who fall asleep at normal time at night, people who often stay up late have a 49% higher risk of early ovarian cancer and a 24% higher risk of late ovarian cancer. Women must avoid working overtime for long hours. Staying up late for a long time directly consumes women's menstrual blood, secretly consumes women's energy, damages kidney qi and affects ovarian function. All kinds of hormones needed by the human body are most exuberant at night, and 12 is the most exuberant time for ovarian secretion of sex hormones from afternoon to 2 am. Women often stay up late, which will lead to changes in the hormonal environment in the body. Once estrogen secretion is insufficient for a long time, it will cause ovarian function decline and persistent amenorrhea, uterine atrophy, osteoporosis and so on.
7. Stay away from computer radiation
Studies have shown that computer radiation will affect the quality of eggs, but it is impossible to completely avoid computer radiation. Most people think that wearing an LCD screen can keep away from computer radiation. In fact, the biggest radiation place is not the display screen but the power supply. American health experts say that the radiation of notebook computers is much smaller than that of desktop computers. The best way to avoid computer radiation to the greatest extent is to charge the laptop, unplug it and work with batteries.
8. Smoking is harmful to the ovaries
Due to the pressure of work, some women have developed the bad habit of smoking. Whether at home or at work, they like to smoke stuffy cigarettes like men. In fact, this is particularly harmful to the ovaries. In severe cases, even menopause is advanced, and symptoms such as menopause appear.
9. "Ovarian maintenance" should be cautious.
The popular "ovarian maintenance" in beauty salons is not reliable! In a spot check of more than 400 beauty salons in Asia, the National Health Organization of Japan found that the essential oils used for ovarian maintenance were mixed, with less than 20% qualified. If it is not a very safe and trustworthy beauty salon, don't do "ovarian maintenance" casually! After the essential oil from the beautician's hands permeates into the body, it will affect the endocrine level and even reduce the egg activity.
1. Eat more foods rich in vitamins.
Vitamins enhance cell vitality and promote metabolism. If women take a certain amount of vitamin C and vitamin E every day, it will protect the ovaries and reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by 50%. You can eat more foods rich in vitamin C and vitamin E, such as kiwi fruit, tomato, orange, cherry, strawberry, persimmon, red pepper, yellow pepper, lettuce, broccoli, kale flower, peanut oil and so on.
2. Eat more foods rich in estrogen.
Regular consumption of food rich in phytoestrogens has an excellent maintenance effect on women's ovaries. Soybean contains substances such as soybean isoflavones, which are called phytoestrogens. Eating more beans can supplement female estrogen secretion deficiency, help improve skin moisture and elasticity, protect ovarian health and prevent breast cancer. Among them, black beans have the highest estrogen content and are called "the king of beans". It is recommended to drink a cup of black soybean milk every day to supplement the estrogen needed by the body every day.
3. Eat more foods rich in calcium.
Women's daily intake of high calcium food can effectively reduce the incidence of ovarian cancer. Eating more calcium-rich foods for pregnant women can not only maintain the ovaries, but also help to conceive in the future. Foods rich in calcium are: milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, shrimp skin, kelp, bean products, celery, black sesame, rape, seaweed and so on. It is suggested that a variety of high-calcium foods be eaten together, so that the calcium supplement effect is better.
4. Eat more foods rich in protein.
Protein can provide various amino acids needed by human body, which has a natural protective effect on women's ovaries. Long-term consumption of protein-rich foods by women has a good effect on human life activities, tissue construction and repair, and immune system. It is suggested to eat more low-fat protein, such as fish, shrimp, milk and bean products.
5. Eat less spicy food
Women must pay more attention to their usual diet and try to eat less irritating foods such as cold and spicy. If you eat a lot of ice cream or spicy food, it is easy to have symptoms of cold and dampness stagnation, qi stagnation and blood stasis, which will make female friends have irregular menstruation and endanger the uterus and ovaries.
Maintaining the ovaries should conform to the periodic changes of the ovaries according to their own physical characteristics. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people's physique can be divided into yin and yang, cold and heat, and excess and deficiency. The food we accept is also different from tonic, catharsis, cold and heat. Some female friends are not weak in sexual heat. In order to supplement the ovaries, they eat a lot of food such as antler, donkey-hide gelatin and sesame seeds for a long time, which makes their bodies hot or humid, but leads to menstrual disorders and some symptoms of getting angry.
In short, the ovary can be maintained, but it must be carried out according to everyone's physical condition and physiological needs.
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