Can I eat winter dates during menstruation?

Winter jujube is a common fruit with high nutritional value and high sugar content. It has a certain effect of replenishing qi and blood. For women during menstruation, eating some winter jujube properly has a good warming and tonic effect and a good effect of keeping out the cold. In addition, it also has a certain health-care effect for spleen and stomach deficiency. Therefore, eating some winter jujube properly is also beneficial to women's health.

Can I eat winter dates during my menstrual period?

able. Winter dates are neutral in nature and neither cause heat nor reduce heat. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, they are a neutral fruit and can be eaten safely during menstruation. In addition, winter dates are rich in nutrients and contain many nutrients necessary for the human body. Eating winter dates in moderation during menstruation can also bring certain benefits.

What are the benefits of eating winter dates during menstruation

1. Enhance immunity

During menstruation, women's bodies are relatively weak and their resistance is also reduced. Winter dates contain 19 kinds of amino acids, including 8 essential amino acids such as threonine and isoleucine that the human body cannot synthesize independently. Eating winter dates can provide the body with raw materials for protein synthesis, thereby promoting the synthesis of various proteins and enzymes in the body, which is helpful for enhancing the body's immunity and resisting various diseases.

2. Blood supplement

Women lose a lot of blood and iron during menstruation, and winter dates are rich in vitamin C. If you eat a few winter dates while eating iron-supplementing foods, you can effectively reduce the trivalent iron ions into divalent iron ions, promote the body's absorption, indirectly promote the body's hematopoietic function, and have a certain blood-replenishing effect.

3. Beauty and skin care

During menstruation, many women usually experience rough skin and acne. Winter dates contain more antioxidant ingredients, such as vitamin C and vitamin E. These antioxidant ingredients can remove free radicals from the body, help nourish the skin, delay skin aging, and help alleviate skin problems in women during menstruation.

Eat winter dates in moderation during menstruation

Eating a moderate amount of winter jujube during menstruation has many benefits for the body. However, because winter jujube is sticky and difficult to digest, eating a large amount of it will easily accumulate in the stomach. If you eat too much winter jujube, it may cause indigestion and even form stomach stones. Moreover, if consumed in large quantities during menstruation for a long time, it may have an adverse effect on the menstrual cycle, menstrual volume, etc.

In particular, patients with lower abdominal distension and dry stool must not eat too many winter dates. Because patients who often cough up phlegm, have a feeling of fullness in the chest, always feel tired and have poor appetite, if they eat winter dates greedily, their condition will be aggravated. At the same time, they will also experience adverse phenomena such as cold and heat, thirst, and stomach bloating. Because jujubes are sweet, spicy and hot, patients are prone to develop phlegm and dampness after eating them.