Dietary contraindications for taking Difelin

There is no diet that must not be touched after taking Difelin. The core thing that needs to be avoided is the long-term intake of large amounts of high-sugar, high-oil, spicy, and exogenous estrogen-containing foods. The rest of the diet can be flexibly adjusted according to one's own medication response and basic physical condition, and there is no need to overly strict taboos.

I have come into contact with many sisters who are taking Dafilin, either for in vitro fertilization, or to treat adenomyosis or endometriosis. Many people’s first reaction after the treatment is to search for “10 foods to avoid” and wish they could just boil vegetables in plain water for a month. It is completely unnecessary. I had a friend who was undergoing in vitro fertilization. After the first injection, he went to eat spicy Chongqing hot pot the next day. His hot flashes doubled that night. He woke up three times in one night and had a sore throat for three days. He even struggled to swallow saliva. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t touch anything spicy. In fact, it’s not a big problem to eat a couple of mildly spicy foods if you’re craving for it. However, after taking the drug, Difelin will temporarily suppress the gonadal axis and push estrogen to a relatively low level. Many people will have dry throat, hot flashes, and gastrointestinal sensitivity. If they eat food that is too irritating, they will add fuel to the uncomfortable symptoms, and they will be the ones to suffer. If you usually eat spicy food, you won’t have any uncomfortable reaction after the treatment, and you don’t need to feel too guilty if you eat occasionally.

It is also recommended to eat as little food as possible that is high in sugar and oil. After all, your metabolism will drop slightly during medication, and your insulin sensitivity will also be lower than usual. If you don’t leave your hands for every meal of milk tea and cake, you will gain weight much faster than usual. There was a patient who gained a total of 8 pounds in 20 days after undergoing a down-regulation. She had to eat a small piece of cake after meals every day. Later, when she was undergoing ovulation induction, the doctor specifically asked her to control her weight for half a month because she was afraid that being too high would affect the quality of her follicles. Of course, some doctors believe that if you have a good metabolism and don't have high blood sugar problems, it's perfectly fine to eat once in a while to satisfy your cravings, and you don't have to worry about a bite of cake for a long time. Too much emotional stress will have a greater impact on endocrine systems.

Foods containing exogenous estrogens are something that almost all doctors specifically advise to avoid, such as royal jelly, snow clams, as well as "egg-raising" folk remedies and hormone supplements with unknown ingredients. After all, we use Diphelin itself to regulate hormone levels in the body. Taking in a large amount of exogenous estrogen can easily disrupt the rhythm of medication and affect the final therapeutic effect. Oh, by the way, don’t panic if you accidentally take a bite. As long as you don’t eat in large quantities for a long time, there will basically be no big problem. Don’t scare yourself because it will outweigh the gain.

There has always been a lot of controversy about whether soy products can be eaten. I once met a sister who was afraid to drink soy milk because she was afraid that soy isoflavones are phytoestrogens and would affect the efficacy of the medicine. I specifically asked two doctors I knew well at that time. The doctor from the Department of Reproductive Medicine said that the amount of soy milk you drink every day contains only a few dozen milligrams of soy isoflavones. To reach the amount that can affect the hormones in your body, you have to drink more than ten kilograms of soy milk a day. Who can drink it? On the contrary, soy products are high in calcium, which can just replenish the bone mass that is easily lost during medication, and can be eaten normally. The gynecological endocrinologist gave another explanation: If you are particularly sensitive to hormonal changes and you feel breast swelling or discomfort after drinking soy milk, just stop. Otherwise, you will be fine if you eat it normally. I myself took three injections of Difelin to treat adenomyosis, and drank a cup of sugar-free soy milk every day, which did not affect the efficacy of the medicine. During the reexamination, my hormone levels were all up to standard, and my bone density was also completely fine.

To put it bluntly, there are not so many black and white rules regarding the dietary taboos of taking Difelin. Essentially, they are all designed to alleviate the discomfort caused by the medication and not interfere with the efficacy of the medication. You really don’t need to behave like an ascetic. You don’t dare to eat this or touch that. Being emotionally tense every day is not good for your recovery. If you are really unsure about something, just ask your doctor before eating. He knows your physical condition best and is much more reliable than a random list of taboos that everyone can search online.