Low fat diets associated with amenorrhoea

This study was published in Clinical Endocrinology 1999 Feb;50(2):229-35

 

Study title and authors:

Functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea: a partial and reversible gonadotrophin deficiency of nutritional origin.

Couzinet B, Young J, Brailly S, Le Bouc Y, Chanson P, Schaison G.

Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Hôpital Bicêtre, France.

 

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10396367

This study examined factors that lead to functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea. The study included 12 women (aged 22-35 years) with functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea and 12 age and body mass index (BMI) matched normal menstruating women.

Regarding fat intake, the study found that women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea  consumed significantly less fat compared with the age and body mass index (BMI) matched normal menstruating women.  

Women with amenorrhea consume only half the amount of dietary fat compared to women with regular menstrual cycles

This study was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1998 Jan;83(1):25-32

 

Study title and authors:

Nutritional and endocrine-metabolic aberrations in women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea.

Laughlin GA, Dominguez CE, Yen SS.

Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California-San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093-0633, USA.

 

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9435412

This study assessed the association of dietary intake with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea. (functional hypothalamic amenorrhea is the absence of menstrual cycles for more than six months). The study included eight women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea and eight age- and body mass index-matched regular cycling women.

Regarding diet, the study found:
(a) The amenorrheic women consumed 46.3% less fat than the regular cycling women.
(b) The amenorrheic women consumed 37.1% more carbohydrate than the regular cycling women.
(c) The amenorrheic women consumed 83.3% more fibre than the regular cycling women.

The results of the study show that women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea consume only half the amount of dietary fat compared to women with regular menstrual cycles.

Low intake of dietary fat is associated with higher rates of hypothalamic amenorrhea

This study was published in the Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation 1994 Jan-Mar;1(1):84-8

Study title and authors:
Hypothalamic amenorrhea and hidden nutritional insults.

Warren MP, Holderness CC, Lesobre V, Tzen R, Vossoughian F, Brooks-Gunn J.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, USA.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9419753

The study examined the association between nutritional intake and hypothalamic amenorrhea. The study included 18 amenorrheic women who were compared to 36 normal women.

The study found:
(a) The amenorrheic women consumed 78% more fibre than the normal women.
(b) The amenorrheic women consumed 24% less fat than the normal women.

The data from the study reveals that amenorrheic women consume more fibre and less fat than normal women.

Low dietary fat intake associated with hypothalamic amenorrhea

This study was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1998 Jul;83(7):2309-12

 

Study title and authors:

Decreased leptin levels in normal weight women with hypothalamic amenorrhea: the effects of body composition and nutritional intake.

Miller KK, Parulekar MS, Schoenfeld E, Anderson E, Hubbard J, Klibanski A, Grinspoon SK.

Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.

 

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9661600

This study investigated factors that may lead to hypothalamic amenorrhea (hypothalamic amenorrhea is a condition in which menstruation stops for several months due to a problem involving the hypothalamus). The study included 21 women with hypothalamic amenorrhea who were compared with 30 age-, weight-, and body fat-matched women with normal menstruation.

Regarding fat intake, the study found that women with hypothalamic amenorrhea consumed 48% less fat than women with normal menstruation.