Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/y3gQk50l2eA   An extra 3-400 calories a day restores predictable periods for exercising women.  A study from Penn State to be presented to the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting studied 62 fitness enthusiasts with sporadic menstrual periods.   Half of the group increased their daily calories.  They and the control group continued their vigorous exercise and the remainder of their usual diet over the 12 month study duration.  Those women who added calories were twice as likely to achieve menstrual regularity.   Women with eating disorders such as anorexia-bulemia suffer radically altered menstrual cycles with their weight loss.  Now we know that even those with regular diets may benefit from a few more calories.   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200331093259.htm   #calories #dysmenorrhea #exercise