Can I drink coffee during my period?

Coffee is a neutral and warm food, not cold. Drinking it during menstruation will not cause any cold stimulation. However, coffee contains caffeine, which has a stimulating effect and is not conducive to uterine contraction. After the menstruation is over, you may want to drink a cup of black coffee without sugar every day, which can also have a certain weight loss effect. In our lives, coffee is indeed good for some people, so let’s find out whether we can drink coffee during menstruation!

Drinking coffee before and during menstruation will cause breast pain. When you have your period, it is best not to eat spicy food, smoke or drink, so as not to stimulate blood vessel dilation and cause early menstruation and excessive menstrual flow.

Women who drink too much coffee over a long period of time are prone to myocardial infarction. Drinking coffee before menstruation can cause breast pain, anxiety, irritability and mood swings, and it also consumes vitamin B stored in the body, thus disrupting carbohydrate metabolism.

Drinking coffee is not good. Coffee will increase the female hormone in the body and aggravate some gynecological diseases, such as endometriosis and breast swelling. More importantly, it will also affect fertility. Drinking coffee during menstruation will significantly increase the level of female hormones in the body, affecting the number of eggs in the ovaries, causing ovarian aging, and accelerating the aging of all body functions.

Things you should not eat during menstruation include:

1. Raw and cold foods: those referred to as cold foods in traditional Chinese medicine, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ear, stone flower, and ground ear. Most of these foods have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and reducing fire. They are beneficial to the human body when consumed on a normal basis. However, you should try not to eat or eat less of these foods during the menstrual period, otherwise it will easily cause symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.

2. Spicy foods: such as cinnamon, prickly ash, cloves, pepper, etc. These foods are all condiments. In normal times, when cooking, adding some peppers to the dishes can make the dishes taste better. However, women during their menstrual period should not eat these spicy and irritating foods, otherwise it may easily lead to dysmenorrhea, excessive menstrual bleeding and other symptoms.

3. Foods that affect sexual function: water chestnut, wild rice stem, wax gourd, kale, bracken, rabbit meat, black fungus, and foods that enhance heart vitality. However, as the saying goes, "Everything goes to extremes and then turns back", it is best not to drink more than three cups of coffee a day (a medium-sized coffee cup, of course, different personal physical conditions will make the amount of consumption different); there is no specific time requirement for drinking coffee, but it is best not to drink espresso on an empty stomach or before going to bed, the former irritates the gastric mucosa, and the latter affects sleep quality; it is best not to drink too much instant coffee.

4. Women are not allowed to drink coffee during menstruation.

The reason why you can't drink coffee during menstruation: Women are particularly vulnerable for a few days every month, both physically and mentally. During this period, women should take good care of themselves. The caffeine contained in coffee is a stimulant, which can easily stimulate the nerves and cardiovascular system, resulting in menstrual pain, prolonged menstruation and excessive menstrual bleeding.

5. Adverse reactions of drinking coffee during menstruation:

Drinking coffee before and during menstruation can cause breast tenderness, anxiety, irritability and mood swings, while also depleting the body's stored vitamin B, thereby disrupting carbohydrate metabolism. Coffee is a stimulating food that can aggravate gynecological diseases and even affect fertility. Drinking coffee during menstruation will also stimulate a significant increase in female hormones in women's bodies, affecting the number of eggs in the ovaries, causing ovarian aging and accelerating the aging of human body functions.

6. Precautions during menstruation:

Eat spicy, raw, cold and irritating foods, try not to touch cold things, and get enough rest. If you have a stomachache, drink more hot water, brown sugar water is best.