Beware of low-carb diet: It can cause serious health issues in women
謹防低碳水化合物飲食：它會導致婦女嚴重的健康問題
Most fad diets that promise weight loss advocate a low-carb intake of food. But this can apparently mess up some women’s hormones. But, at the same time, there are many studies that prove this kind of diet to be highly effective when it comes to losing weight and improving metabolic health. This can be confusing indeed. Actually, one rule doesn’t fit all. This means a low-carb diet is good for some, it may not suit all women.
大多數承諾減肥的時尚飲食提倡低碳水化合物的食物攝入。但這顯然會擾亂一些女性的荷爾蒙。但同時，也有許多研究證明，在減肥和改善代謝健康方面，這種飲食是非常有效的。這確實令人困惑。實際上，一條規則並不適合所有人。這意味著低碳水化合物飲食對某些人有好處，它可能不適合所有的女性。
Most women need around 75–150 grams of carbs daily. This falls in the moderate range. But some women who are obese or have a very sedentary lifestyle, a low-carb diet makes sense. They need to limit intake to under 100 grams per day. Women who suffer from epilepsy, polycystic ovarian syndrome, fibroids or endometriosis also need to limit carb intake. Women’s hormones are sensitive to energy availability and very less calories or carbs can cause imbalances. This can have adverse health implications including impaired fertility and low mood.
大多數女性每天需要大約75-150克的碳水化合物。這屬於中等範圍。但有些肥胖或久坐不動的女性，攝取低碳水化合物飲食是有道理的。他們需要把每天的攝入量限制在100克以下。患有癲癇、多囊卵巢症候群、纖維瘤或子宮內膜異位症的婦女也需要限制碳水化合物的攝入。女性荷爾蒙對能量的可利用性很敏感，卡路裡或碳水化合物的減少會導致失衡。這可能會對健康產生不利影響，包括生育能力受損和情緒低落。
Here, let us take a look at how this kind of diet can affect a woman’s health.
在這裡，讓我們來看看這種飲食是如何影響女性健康的。
It can cause hormonal imbalance
會導致荷爾蒙失調
Your hormones are regulated by the hypothalamus, pituitary and the adrenals glands. All three glands together is called the HPA axis. This is responsible for regulating your stress levels, mood, emotions, digestion, immunity, sex drive, metabolism and more. Calorie intake, stress and exercise levels have an effect on these glands. If you eat too few carbs or calories, the resulting stress may disrupt the HPA axis and cause hormonal problems.
你的荷爾蒙是由下丘腦、垂體和腎上腺調節的。所有三個腺體一起被稱為HPA軸。它負責調節你的壓力水平，情緒，情緒，消化，免疫力，性慾，新陳代謝等。熱量攝入、壓力和運動水平對這些腺體會產生影響。如果你攝入的碳水化合物或卡路裡過少，由此產生的結果可能會擾亂HPA軸，並導致荷爾蒙問題。
It may cause irregular menstrual cycles
可能導致月經周期不調
Lack of carbs in your diet may cause amenorrhea or irregular menstrual cycles. This is because if you consume too few carbs, it may lead to hypothalamic amenorrhea and this causes irregular menstrual cycles.
飲食中缺乏碳水化合物可能會導致閉經或月經不調。這是因為如果你攝入太少的碳水化合物，可能會導致下丘腦閉經，這會導致月經周期不規則。
It can affect thyroid function
會影響甲狀腺功能
Your thyroid gland produces two hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). If your carb intake is too low, it can cause T3 levels to drop and reverse T3 (rT3) levels to increase. Reverse T3 blocks the action of T3. This can slow your metabolism and cause weight gain and other problems.
甲狀腺會產生兩種激素，甲狀腺素（T4）和三碘甲狀腺原氨酸（T3）。如果你的碳水化合物攝入量太低，它會導致T3水平下降和逆轉T3（rT3）水平增加。反向T3會阻斷T3的作用。這會減緩你的新陳代謝，導致體重增加和其他問題。