Can I eat hot pot during my period?

Women's menstruation comes every month. During menstruation, there are many things that cannot be done, such as exercise or work that makes the body very tired. Moreover, menstruation can sometimes cause great trouble to women, especially dysmenorrhea, which is unbearable for women. In terms of diet, special attention should be paid to menstruation. So the question is, can women eat hot pot during menstruation?

Women can eat hot pot during menstruation, but they should be careful to avoid eating some foods, otherwise it is easy to have dysmenorrhea or excessive menstrual bleeding. So what should you pay attention to?

(1) Avoid eating raw or cold food, and prefer eating warm or hot food: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood flows when it is heated, but becomes stagnant when it is cooled. Eating raw or cold food during menstruation can damage the spleen and stomach and hinder digestion. It can also easily damage the body's yang energy and cause internal cold. Stagnation of cold air can cause blood to stagnate, resulting in too little menstrual blood, or even dysmenorrhea. Even in the hot summer season, it is not advisable to eat ice cream and other cold drinks during menstruation. Warm food is good for blood circulation. In winter, you can also eat some foods that have warming and tonic effects, such as beef, chicken, longan, wolfberry, etc.

(2) Avoid spicy and sour food, and prefer light food: Menstruation can often make people feel very tired, with weakened digestive function and poor appetite. To maintain nutritional needs, the diet should be fresh. Fresh food is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage and less pollution. During menstruation, the diet should be light and easy to digest. Eat less or no fried, spicy and other irritating foods to avoid affecting digestion and causing excessive menstrual bleeding due to spicy stimulation.

(3) Combine meat and vegetables to prevent iron deficiency: It is very necessary to consume foods rich in iron and conducive to digestion and absorption during menstruation. Foods such as fish and various animal liver, blood, lean meat, egg yolk, etc. are rich in iron. It has high biological activity and is easily absorbed and utilized by the human body. However, the iron found in plants, such as soybeans and spinach, is not easily absorbed by the stomach and intestines.

During menstruation, you should follow the principle of balanced diet and provide a reasonable diet combined with the special physiological needs of the menstrual period. However, for female friends who love hot pot, it is not easy to really "avoid certain foods". In fact, as long as you change the way of eating, such as eating clear soup base, and adding more fresh vegetables and animal blood as side dishes, you can not only satisfy the joy of hot pot, but also replenish the body with nutrients needed during menstruation.