Accelerate puberty Excessive Meat Consumption

Consumption of meat in the period of much-needed growth. But if excessive, especially for girls, could result in periods come faster. Women who ate the meat at the time the children will tend to menstruate earlier, so the research quoted in Public Health Nutrition, UK.

Researchers from the UK to compare with the diet by more than 3000 children aged 12 years. In the study noted that girls who eat meat in large quantities at the age of three years (more than eight servings per week) and at the age of 7 years (12 servings), closely associated with early puberty.

Meat diet can make the body ready for pregnancy and trigger early puberty. In the 20th century, the average age girls start menstruating younger adolescents.

This condition is expected to occur because better nutrition and increased levels of obesity, which affect the hormones. In the latest study, the team used data from a group of children seen from the date of birth.

At the age of 12 years eight months, they divide the group of girls who have started menstruating and those who have not. Then compared with the diet they were doing at the age of three, seven, and 10 years, researchers found that eating meat at a young age has strong links to early menstruation.

In fact, eating meat at age seven years to improve early changes as much as 75 percent of menstruating at the age of 12 years, than those who ate meat at an older age. However, this finding was not based on weight. This study reinforce previous studies showing that girls have a greater weight to menstruate earlier than the lean.

Menstrual periods at an early age is closely linked with an increased risk of breast cancer, possibly because women have a greater level of estrogen throughout their lives. However, the researchers emphasize girls do not have to reduce their consumption of meat like excessive eating meat.

Children aged seven years categorized largest meat eating, spending 12 servings in a week, and children aged three years who have more than eight servings. Weight loss is not the only factor causing the girl to menstruate earlier than average age. He added that the meat is a good source of iron, and much needed during pregnancy.