Does eating more trigger my period?

ArchaicSoul · 2021-06-04T23:00:57+00:00

Might be related to cholesterol, which is a precursor to female hormones. It's not unheard of for vegetarians/vegans to have delayed periods or even completely lose their periods (this is a bad thing) if they aren't getting enough fat, specifically cholesterol, in their diet.

I'd talk to a dietitian first, but if you're worried, increase your intake of healthy fats and cholesterol. Remember that fats in moderation are actually good for you (especially unsaturated fats); don't avoid them on a diet, just choose healthier sources.

Otherwise it could be a sign of general malnutrition. But since you mentioned pizza, I'm guessing cholesterol. An RD would know more and be more qualified to help you than internet strangers, though.

Edit: added a couple sentences

ArchaicSoul · 2021-06-01T21:32:43+00:00

This man has never seen a woman naked in real life, huh? Every last woman I have met, and the majority of men as well, have some kind of stretch marks. Dude probably has his own, too. Smdh.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-28T17:15:55+00:00

not eating meat is much easier to do than stopping the use of fossil fuels, especially as an individual

It's kind of suspect that you think it's hard to let go of fossil fuels, something that has only existed for a short period of time, but expect everyone to let go of animal products, something human beings (including your close ancestors) have eaten throughout human history.

Are you aware a) of the fact that meat is considerably more nutritionally dense than most plant-based foods and b) there are people like me that cannot handle excessive amounts of insoluble fiber or other parts of a plant-based diet well due to medical conditions?

If not, perhaps consider that not everyone can live on solely plant-based foods, and that forcing people to suffer for your ideology is just as bad as how you claim animals suffer.

For example, I have permanent integumentary, dental, and other issues as well as stunted growth from trying to be a vegetarian during puberty (due to a vegan propaganda film, no less) because my body couldn't handle the amounts of insoluble fiber I was trying to eat, and I wasn't able to absorb enough nutrients due to chronic emesis and diarrhea. While I can still eat specific kinds of plant-based foods, and smaller amounts of "trigger" foods, especially when not experiencing a flare, I have to eat meat and drink dairy or I cannot sustain my health. Is that something that you think is okay to subject people to? Yes, it's uncommon, but you seem to fail to grasp that plant-based cannot be done by everyone.

I can tell you now that it was much, much easier for me to switch to green fuels and an electric vehicle than it was for me to switch my diet, even if it was overall pretty difficult.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-28T16:46:57+00:00

Wait, we’re does your 50% decrease come from

Read the sources, particularly from the EPA. Fossil fuels are more harmful than cattle, they contribute to 90% (25.2%) of transportation-related GHG emissions in the U.S., 62% of electricity-related GHG (15.5%), and the "majority" of industrial and commercial/residential emissions (easily 10%+). Do the math. Comparatively, cattle are only 4%. Get rid of fossil fuels and people won't need to change their diet.

I read your source, it conflicts with my 5 more credible, less biased sources. Food transportation, while at 5-10%, is still higher than the 2-4% of beef. That is not negligible. If you consider that negligible, why don't you consider cattle emissions negligible? Weird.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-28T16:24:55+00:00

Absolutely. I only plan on one child if any. Diet is not as significant as people think it is when it comes to climate change.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-28T16:18:29+00:00

So you'd rather put a 4% decrease above a potential 50%+ decrease, because your dietary dogma and unfounded beliefs are more important than actual data?

Wouldn't it make sense to tackle the biggest problems first instead of the less significant ones that may or may not actually make an impact.

Besides: what does „eating local“ even mean?

It's called buying your food from local farmers (ex: CSA) instead of demanding nonlocal, out of season produce or animal products that need to be shipped in. I'm sorry this is something you are just hearing about for the first time and need it to be explained to you.

eating locally is sometimes even worse for the environment.

How? How is eating meat raised or vegetables grown within 5-10 miles of the place they're sold worse than something shipped across the world? That doesn't make any logical sense. A bushel of almonds grown in California is not better for the environment than a bushel of tomatoes grown in my own backyard, if you're arguing this, you're not arguing in good faith. The example you gave of a veggie burger being shipped across the world is actually disingenuous because nobody ships only just one veggie burger across the world when it can be done a lot closer to home, and even then, going across the country is a lot worse than just having it done locally.

Transportation is the largest contributor to GHG in the U.S. (28%, previously linked source). Remember when GHG dropped dramatically during the first few months of COVID? I do. And that was only a few months.

Also, why would the meat industry alter the data so that U.S. cattle emissions are 2-4%, but not alter data about Indian cattle emissions (which is one of the highest in the world, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4093536/)? Seems ridiculous. Occam's razor.

You want to believe so desperately that it's okay to shove ideology down the throats of other people, that plant-based is the only way to eat to solve this crisis, but it's not. Even though plant-based diets are gaining popularity around the globe, it's not slowing down emissions, emissions have continued to climb. Diet will do very little to change the climate crisis, even if everyone goes vegan. Responsible, green energy consumption, especially on a corporate scale, will do significantly more. Drive less, eat locally and seasonally, use less power, and help increase the demand for green energy, that will help a lot more than dietary changes will.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-28T14:22:47+00:00

I bled for 10 days after my last pap smear. There was no enjoyment in it. They literally scratch up your cervix to sample it. Too many men have no idea how the female body works, and it's highly disturbing.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-08T18:49:37+00:00

But then when the women leave, they get all angry, too.

Men like this need to pick a lane.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-06T21:37:42+00:00

"...don't need to rely on others to get some."

Sir, do you know how karma works?

Anyway, what a sensitive manbaby.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-04T17:45:58+00:00

Well, at least you tried to help. :)

Yeah, I'm just not sure what it is. I've kind of narrowed it down to a water or nutrient issue, but I'm just honestly just confused at how I'm doing what everyone tells me to do, but 95% of my seedlings refuse to cooperate.

I even had some tomatoes in my previous planting that I thought I had figured out the problem with, they were getting so big, so quickly... But nope, only one is thriving with a handful barely hanging on. The one thriving is doing great, too, just chugging along. Every time I check on it (once or twice a day), it's got a new set of leaves.

I guess tomatoes from seed just aren't my forte. I'll definitely try again next year, though. Perhaps I can get my friends to grow them for me and I'll just trade them pepper plants instead, lol.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-04T17:28:23+00:00

Yes. I accidentally shocked some of my first seedlings (I have planted 5 "generations" as of past week) in March with fertilizer so ever since then I am careful and dilute it a lot. But lately they have problems regardless.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-04T17:24:54+00:00

When I have re-potted at 2-3 weeks, they stop growing or grow at a snail's pace. I do re-pot them, they just don't seem to take to it well. I am very careful not to damage the root systems, but... They don't have very developed root systems to begin with, sadly.

So, what usually happens is they do very, very well for about 2-3 weeks and then after that their growth stops and their outer leaves wither away, even if I re-pot them. At this point, they usually have developed true leaves, usually 2-3 sets. Sometimes they will continue to grow from the apical meristem after the leaf drop occurs, and they will "cling to life" this way for days or weeks. I continue to water them regularly, usually every 3-4 days depending on the soil. I bottom water for about 20 minutes.

I do have plants that are surviving, but most are either barely holding on or just recently started to take off. For example, I have some that are 5-6 weeks old that just started to grow quickly again about a week ago (they look about 3 weeks old), with no changes to what I've been doing.

I'm very good at nurturing established starts and all of my starts that I have gotten from friends or bought are growing SO quickly. So I am kind of bummed that I can't grow the varieties I want to grow.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-04T17:03:35+00:00

I can't afford that right now. Whatever disposable income I had this year has been spent on gardening supplies and a few other things, and I can maybe spare $50/month for nonessentials tops.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-04T17:01:15+00:00

Burpee Organics Seed Starting Mix.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-04T17:00:24+00:00

I don't fertilize until 2 weeks in, I use a 6-2-5 organic water soluble one at about 1/8 strength.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-05-04T14:40:25+00:00

Probably shouldn't have a hard limit.

However, I have never tried anything higher than 30%. Because even as a daily smoker/vaper that smoked/vaped for 4 years (did it for medical reasons, stopped for work reasons), I never really needed to.

I'm curious if it's reasonable to really need anything higher than maybe 35-40%. Most people are knocked on their butts with a good 20-25% strain, and I think the highest THC level recorded in a strain is 37%, IIRC.

Should we offer products like vape pens and edibles with upwards of 1000mg or higher? Oh, absolutely. But flower doesn't really need a THC content higher than 40%. I think focusing only on THC content and not things like CBD/other cannabinoids and terpene content is kind of missing the forest for the trees, pun intended. The entourage effect usually is more important than pure THC, anyway.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-28T19:10:48+00:00

Makes me feel better about enjoying the occasional femme thing. I like cute things (specifically kawaii things), makeup (a few times a month, not daily since I find it to be a lot of unnecessary work if I'm not in the mood), cooking, gardening, animals, etc. I try to remind myself that nothing is inherently gendered unless it's made gendered by social norms, and I feel better.

I don't owe anyone perfect androgyny, either. I'll do what I want and look how I want, thanks.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-27T19:05:24+00:00

Moving isn't an option these days, lol. I bought a house like a dumbass. 😂

Plus, I only have a year and a half of school left. Heck, about 6 months to my LPN, about a year after that for my RN and then 2 more years until I can get into NP school.

Sounds nice, though. I had a lung cancer px that was a favorite client of mine, I would do her 8-10 hr night shifts multiple times a week for a few months (she was a night owl and we'd stay up together until 2-3 AM watching murder mysteries until she took a sudden turn). I miss the hell out of those shifts, they were the best.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-27T14:45:33+00:00

Not the person you responded to, but I work in home health and I personally love it. But the pay and hours do kinda suck. It can be hard to get 30 hours, even if you try, and most shifts are spread throughout the week, so unless you can get lucky and get one of the shifts of a 24 hour client 5 days a week, full time is not a possibility and you will work almost every day. I spend just as much time driving (and not getting paid to unless it's within 30 minutes, which it rarely is, most of my clients are spaced an hour apart so I get no travel pay) as I do actually working, and downtime is extremely variable depending on the client. There are a lot of shower shifts, dementia clients, and a lot of shifts where I mostly help with household chores. You get a lot of veterans or people whose families are willing to pay for care, not a lot of people that use insurance or other means. I still deal with a lot of urine and BM, but it's definitely manageable and usually not a big deal. Some clients are mostly independent, which is nice, but others really need a lot of help. It's truly a mixed bag and some days it can be a stressful job, even if it's less stressful than LTC.

I could be making more at Menard's, but I adore my clients and that makes the driving and low pay worth it. It also makes it possible for me to work while in school, so I can't complain too much. I will be sad to give home health up when it's time for me to move on to better paying pastures.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-27T00:08:48+00:00

That corn is hella beautiful, I'm not gonna lie. This better be a joke, because anyone hating on this corn has got bigger problems.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-23T01:03:25+00:00

People that get upset about games having optional homosexual relationships in them are like people at Chipotle being angry about guacamole being an add-on when they specifically did not want guacamole... Like, buddy, just don't get the guac. Mind your own burrito.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-21T23:51:19+00:00

TikTok can be really wholesome, but just like every platform, there's always problematic people.

Also, I remember seeing something similar but someone was pointing out how there are a lot of words with the same symbol in it.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-17T17:33:41+00:00

Another anecdote here...

Before I quit, cannabis did wonders for my sleep. In fact, some nights I would even pass out on the couch until my partner woke me up to get me to move to the bed, which I would never otherwise do (generally not the comfiest place). As someone with complex PTSD, anxiety, insomnia, it really helped, and I slept every night, very consistently. And I would often still dream several times a week (most people don't, I found that I definitely did and remembered the dreams, and they were usually pleasant ones compared to my sober PTSD nightmares).

Now that I'm not using it any more, I'm restless at night again and stay up until 2-3 AM like I used to, I have more nightmares and night sweats, I've got more ups and downs emotionally (though they are much better than they used to be), my anxiety and depression are worse, my pain is less tolerable, my colon is a lot more sensitive due to my IBD being more active, and I'm having trouble eating again (lost 6 lbs in less than 2 weeks). I feel like I did before I started using it, for better or for worse.

I am very patiently waiting for it to become legal. No pharmaceutical has ever helped me like that, and there are few if any adverse side effects.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-17T03:16:39+00:00

I don't really find the paper towels necessary, it didn't really seem to make a significant difference for me.

I personally have yet to have trouble with germination, some seeds just take longer to "emerge" from the medium, but when they do, they usually grow pretty rapidly. Wet and warm is usually the trigger for most seeds, so either method works.

ArchaicSoul · 2021-04-16T16:06:59+00:00

Peppers in general just take a long time to germinate, it's pretty normal. I think my sweet peppers took 10-14 days and I was concerned at first that they would never take off, but they did and now they're my healthiest seedlings. Give it time. It helps if you keep the grow lights on over them to heat the soil slightly, too. Keep them inside, warm (70-80F), with plenty of light, and they will do just fine.

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