Can I eat tomatoes during my period?

Women become very sensitive during menstruation because their immunity decreases during menstruation, and their digestive ability also decreases during menstruation. Therefore, women during menstruation should pay special attention to their diet. They should not eat sour, spicy and irritating foods during menstruation, and it is best to abstain from alcohol during menstruation. In addition, tea can actually cause problems with the absorption of iron, so tea should also be abstained from during menstruation.

So what can women eat more during menstruation without giving up? In fact, women can eat more vegetables and fruits during menstruation. We know that tomatoes are vegetables with great health value, so can tomatoes be eaten during menstruation?

Tomato, also known as tomato and foreign tomato. The ancient name is June Persimmon and Three Yuan of Good News. In Peru and Mexico, it was originally called "wolf peach". The whole body is covered with sticky glandular hairs and has a strong odor. The stems are prone to lodging. The leaves are pinnate compound or deeply pinnate, the leaflets are extremely irregular, of varying sizes, ovate or rectangular, with irregular serrations or lobes on the edges. The calyx is radial, with lanceolate lobes that persist when fruiting; the corolla is radial and yellow. The berries are oblate or nearly spherical, fleshy and juicy, orange or bright red, and smooth; the seeds are yellow. Flowering and fruiting period is summer and autumn.

Tomatoes are warm-loving and light-loving vegetables and are not very demanding on soil conditions. However, in order to obtain high yields and promote good root development, fertile loam with deep soil, good drainage and rich in organic matter should be selected. It is native to South America and is widely cultivated in both north and south China.

Tomatoes are rich in nutrients and have a special flavor. It has the effects of losing weight, eliminating fatigue, increasing appetite, improving protein digestion, and reducing stomach bloating and food accumulation.

Medicinal value

Tomatoes have the effects of stopping bleeding, lowering blood pressure, diuresis, strengthening the stomach and digestion, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming the liver. Because tomatoes contain the right ratio of vitamin A and vitamin C, eating them regularly can enhance the function of small blood vessels and prevent blood vessel aging. The flavonoids in tomatoes can not only reduce the permeability of capillaries and prevent their rupture, but also have the special effect of preventing vascular sclerosis, and can prevent diseases such as cervical cancer, bladder cancer and pancreatic cancer. In addition, they can also beautify and heal mouth ulcers (you can put some tomato juice in your mouth and let it contact the ulcer surface for a few minutes each time, several times a day, and the effect is significant).

Edible value

According to research and determination by nutritionists: eating 50 to 100 grams of fresh tomatoes per person per day can meet the body's needs for several vitamins and minerals. The "lycopene" contained in tomatoes has the effect of inhibiting bacteria; it contains malic acid, citric acid and sugars. Tomatoes are rich in carotene, vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin B2, and calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, iodine and other elements. They also contain protein, sugars, organic acids and cellulose.

Tomatoes are rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants can prevent free radicals from damaging the skin and have obvious beauty and anti-wrinkle effects.

Tomatoes are rich in carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins.

Above, we introduced that female friends should pay attention to their diet during menstruation, because female friends' immunity and digestive ability are reduced during menstruation. The above article recommends that female friends should quit smoking and drinking tea during menstruation, and avoid spicy and irritating foods. The tomatoes mentioned above are rich in vitamins and are very suitable for consumption during menstruation.