Menstural Cycle
2022-10-26: Nutrition for Women
Menstural Cycle #
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- Mensturation: Discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus. Part of the follicular phase. This is being ‘on your period’
- Ovulation: Release of eggs from the ovaries after the ovarian follicles rupture.
- Promotes implantation of the fewrtilized egg and development of the corpus luteum, which secretes Progesterone and some Estradiol.
- Luteal Phase
- If pregnancy occurs, the zygote produces human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) which prevents the involution of the corpus luteum. Persistent progesterone production by the corpus luteum sustains the viability of the endometrium so that development of the embryo can continue.
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https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/menopause.shtml
- Classic peat. In menopause, estrogen levels are normal while progesterone production declines. This is well-known actually.
- Higher baseline Growth Hormone is why women need more dietary fat. Jon on RPF says menopausal women have lower HGH??
Contraception #
- Ovulation is when you’re fertile - a period from 10-16 or so? assuming the cycle is typical 28 days. Bleed for a week, normal for a week, fertile for less than a week, normal for 2 weeks.
- Thus, FAM (fertility awareness method)/natural family planning (NFP) where no contraception is necessary outside of that period as long as you determine the days it:
. After cervical discharges abruptly cease is ~2 days before a temperature jump, whereby it becomes safe.
- Also look into the Symptothermal method which is very effective when done properly
- https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1710801523792609567
- Thus, FAM (fertility awareness method)/natural family planning (NFP) where no contraception is necessary outside of that period as long as you determine the days it:
- Birth control must work then by preventing the luteal phase; Ray Peat says estrogen is a abortifacient, while progesterone is a true contraceptive by preventing maturation of the varian follicle
- https://www.progesteronetherapy.com/progesterone-and-conception.html#axzz2PsRrU292: Start on Day 8 of the cycle with a low dose of progesterone, and keep it up until menstruation or - for PMS sufferers - the day when you start on the bigger, anti-PMS dose. A daily dose of 100 mg (half a 200 mg suppository) or a 400 mg suppository are equally effective. (Many women who will use 400 mg of progesterone two to six times daily from ovulation onwards prefer to take one 400 mg suppository in the follicular phase rather than having to get 200 mg suppositories as well.)
- https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1710801523792609567 Clearblue digital ovulation kit (urine-baesd fertility awareness)
- https://twitter.com/wholebodyprayer/status/1710651383769374875