<< Another woman suggested that menstruation is protective against
certain cancers>>

nope.  women are designed to basically be pregnant or nursing our
entire resproductive 'career'.   as long as menstrual cycling is
suppressed by pregnancy or lactation it is a good thing.

It's when there is a shift in cycles without pressure from pregnancy
or lactation that there could be concern.


In environments that are closer to that in which we evolved, menstrual
frequency is about 11% compared to the 80% of what we experience in a
modern/current environment.    iow,  in an 'environment of
evolutionary adaptation'  or that which might be closer to an EEA 'we'
spend about 11% of our reproductive time cycling.....now 80%.   Of
course those are just stats and may or may not be specific to any one
person or population.

Katherine

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