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- Medical Video: Sugary soda drinks prompt early menstrual periods in girls: research / YTN
- Soda is proven to accelerate girls' first menstruation
- What is the impact if the first menstruation is earlier than the same age girl?
- The relationship between drinking soda with the age of the first menstruation
- There are many factors that influence the arrival of the first menstruation
Medical Video: Sugary soda drinks prompt early menstrual periods in girls: research / YTN
You may have heard that children are not encouraged to drink frequentlysoft drinks,among them is soda. However, do you know research shows that it turns out girls who often drink soda are at risk of experiencing puberty early? Puberty that comes faster than normal is characterized by the first menstruation. How can drinking soda speed up the arrival of the first period?
Soda is proven to accelerate girls' first menstruation
Studies in the 2015 Human Reproduction journal show that consumption soft drinks can cause menstruation first in young women in the United States (US) begins faster. Menstruation of a child or adolescent girl who is the first time in her life is called the term menarche.
The study involved 5,500 girls aged 9-14 years. This study follows these children since they have not menstruated until the first day they experience menstruation.
This study shows that girls who often drink soda in this study, ie 1.5 soda servings per day, have a 22 percent chance of experiencing first menstrual alias menarche faster.
Girls who often drink soda on average experience menarche age 2.7 months faster than girls with low soda consumption category. The low consumption in this study is two glasses or less of soda each week.
What is the impact if the first menstruation is earlier than the same age girl?
Reported in Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the earlier the age of menarche is related to the higher risk of cancer, such as breast cancer.
However, it is not known in the Human Reproduction study above whether a small difference of 2.7 months to experience a first menstruation can increase the risk of cancer or not. However, overall drinking soda too often or too much can still have an impact on the health condition of children and adolescents. Obesity, diabetes mellitus, and cancer can be triggered because of too much consumption soft drinksaccompanied by an unbalanced diet.
In addition, reported by Medscape, the arrival of menstruation too early is associated with an increased risk of depression when children enter adolescence.
The relationship between drinking soda with the age of the first menstruation
Actually, no studies have stated that carbonated drinks have certainly resulted in the first menstruation occurring faster. However, there are some allegations that can link the relationship between the two. First, consumption of soft drinks that too often plays a large role with weight gain. Second, consumption of soft drinks can trigger a surge in blood sugar.
Look, carbonated drinks contain very high calories. If taken too often and in large quantities, it will accumulate large calories also in the body. This can also cause excess weight to obesity.
According to Dr. Julie Powell, a gynecology specialist in children and adolescents in the US, if you experience excess weight or obesity, the age of menarche is more likely to occur faster.
The more fat cells in the body, the more hormone estrogen is produced. Estrogen is the main sexual hormone in women. An abundance of estrogen in the body can trigger menstruation earlier.
In addition, one condition for a woman to experience her first menstruation is the adequacy of the amount of leptin hormone. In children who are obese or overweight, the amount of leptin will be greater than those with normal weight. That's why obese children are more likely to experience first menstruation first.
The second guess, the relationship between soft drinks and age of menarche can be triggered because of a surge in blood sugar after consuming this drink. This rapid and high surge in blood sugar will increase the surge in the insulin hormone.
Well, this increase in insulin can trigger the high production of female sex hormones called the estrogen hormone. As explained earlier, high estrogen in a girl's body will stimulate menstruation.
There are many factors that influence the arrival of the first menstruation
Consumption of high soda is indeed related to the occurrence of faster menarche, but not solely because of that. Food intake, psychological factors, and exposure to chemicals can also influence when the first menstruation will be experienced by a child and adolescent girl.
A holistic healthy lifestyle can protect your daughter from too fast menarche. Limit consumption soft drinks, avoid high-fat but low-nutrition foods, exercise regularly, and get enough sleep so that girls experience healthy puberty with their first menstruation at the right age range, which is around 11-14 years.
