Women's Day is approaching, today let's talk about the female body. I remember reading Pulitzer Prize-winning and popular science writer Natalie Angel's "The Book of Women", a "theory of the evolution of the body" written specifically for women.
It reads: "For women, the body is an eternal abode, a starting point for self-knowledge, a map to meaning and freedom. ”
This reminds me of the popular Spring Festival movie "Hot and Hot", in which the heroine Le Ying perfectly interprets this sentence. She finally grew from a fat man of more than 200 pounds to a boxer, and the transformation of her body not only changed her self-perception, but also brought her freedom, a freedom to dare to refuse and "look at the mood".
As Jia Ling said, this movie has never been an inspirational film, but about "how to love yourself".
Love yourself", a cliché topic, as long as you open social ** now, it will be filled with all kinds of related remarks. But what does it mean to love yourself? What is the right way to love yourself?
In my opinion, the first element of loving yourself is to take care of your body.
And if you want to take care of your body, you must first understand your body correctly.
There is a big difference between the bodies of women and men from the beginning of birth, for example, because women are responsible for the function of giving birth to life, they are very different from men in terms of body nutrition.
Tomson Beijian nutritionists have popularized science that women are more likely to be anemic than men because of their aunts, so they should pay attention to supplementing more iron every day. Moreover, iron deficiency and vitamin A deficiency generally exist at the same time, so women also need to pay attention to vitamin A supplementation. At the same time, to promote iron absorption, women also need to supplement with some vitamin C.
During pregnancy or breastfeeding, women also need more calcium, which is 200-400mg higher per day than men of the same age.
Only by correctly understanding our bodies can we take care of our bodies scientifically. You can read more popular science books about women's bodies, such as "Body by Me: Everything About the Great Women's Body", "Women's Care Guide", etc., if you don't like to read books, you can also read some popular science **, like the "Mr. Six-Floor" at station B has a lot of easy-to-understand and thorough knowledge of women's health.
Secondly, we need to learn to accept our bodies.
For many women, "appearance anxiety" and "body anxiety" have accompanied almost a lifetime from childhood to adulthood. When we are in adolescence, we will have low self-esteem because of acne, and when we grow up, we will be anxious because we do not have "A4 waist" and "right-angle shoulders", and when we are old, we will be troubled by the wrinkles on our face.
Some people may say that I just can't fully accept my "little flaws" in my body, but in fact, accepting my body does not mean that you want to like your body completely, but even if I don't like it at this moment, you still have to respect your body and treat your body well.
For example, your body deserves to be "embraced" by comfortable clothes, rather than being squeezed into small-sized clothes in order to look thinner;
For example, when your body is extremely tired, you can give her a comfortable bath and relax on the soft sheets;
For example, you can't desperately stay up late and eat junk food because of your various "desires", ......Drag down your body.
As Women's Day 38 is approaching, I hope that every girl can truly learn to take care of her body and find a map to freedom and meaning.