Don’t count on your period burning calories — here’s why burning more calories on your period is a myth

   Don’t count on your period burning calories — here’s why burning more calories on your period is a myth

Studies carried out showed insignificant variation in the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), which is the number of calories our body needs to carry out activities such as breathing, blood circulation, brain activities, etc. During menstruation, the RMR can fluctuate in both phases (luteal and follicular), but not enough to prove that we burn more calories during our period. If, during your period, you reduce your food intake and increase your exercise, you will definitely burn more calories, but that would be true of any time you do this. There is no scientific proof that menstruation causes our bodies to burn more calories.

  Why do you have food cravings during your period?

Feeling hungry during your period is normal, so no need to panic. Over time, sexual hormones have caused fluctuations in appetite. Our menstrual cycle involves two important phases. 

 

The follicular phase runs from your menses (bleeding) to ovulation. And the luteal phase begins with ovulation and ends before your menses. During the luteal phase, our bodies produce more progesterone than estrogen, which increases our appetite (especially for sweets, carbohydrates, and fatty food 🍬🍕🥯!!). This is why right before or even during our menses, we crave all the chocolate, chips, cookies, etc we lay our eyes on. Well, now you know it’s not you, blame the progesterone.