A 23-year-old female asked:

Does eating only one full meal a day affect your menstrual cycyle? i've been doing this for about 2 weeks before my period

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Dr. Jonathan Sackanswered

Family Medicine 49 years experience

No: Probably not at all. It is much healthier to spread your food intake over the day than eat it all at 1 sitting.

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