LogicaL Chaos said:

What exactly happens if u cease to bleed during a menstral cycle? Im guessing blood clots?

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There is no scientific basis to the idea that a period indicates the body is shedding toxins, Lauren Streicher, associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, told Shape magazine.

"A menstrual cycle is natural - the purpose of it is to achieve a pregnancy. That's it. Period," Streicher said.

Obstetrician-gynecologist Jen Gunter, author of The Preemie Primer, also pushed back against the notion that periods are toxic.

"This is a very dangerous idea and displays a complete lack of understanding of female biology and the human body in general," Gunter told The Daily Mail.

"Periods are not bad or filled with toxins. This trend is alarming because it comes from someone who clearly has no understanding of periods or even biology in general and is just another form of body shaming.

"Dieting to get rid of your period is unhealthy and anyone promoting this should be ashamed of themselves and take a first year biology course."

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For many women, however, not having a period is a medical problem, Jacques Moritz, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, told Self magazine.

He said many of his patients see him because they're not having periods on a regular basis. "Aiming for no periods makes no sense," Mortiz told Self.

Missing a period can put a woman at risk for bone loss and other problems, including an abnormal buildup in the lining of the uterus that "can become cancerous down the road," Streicher told Shape. "There's nothing good about not getting your period."

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but short-term pleasure
always trumps long-term pain
so people won't care

a reprieve is a reprieve

Asante said:

Strict dieting can stop menstruation and even respiration.

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Webster10 said:

People that don't eat meat cause they think it's healthier are fucking retarded

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