What causes weight gain during menstruation?

Female friends will welcome their own close "good friend" every month. The arrival of this "good friend" affects our lives. During this period, we cannot eat cold food, but should eat nutritious food and keep warm. We must treat this "good friend" with great care so that he or she will not cause us any problems in our future life. Nowadays, many female friends report weight gain during menstruation. Let’s learn more about it below.

Metabolism slows down during menstruation, and women may experience the illusion of weight gain, which then returns to normal after the period ends. Weight gain should occur just before menstruation, when estrogen levels reach their peak, locking a lot of excess water in the body, resulting in weight gain. Hormone levels drop, menstruation comes, and weight is gradually restored.

It is common to experience irritability, depression, nausea, edema, and increased or decreased appetite before menstruation. If the symptoms are severe, it is premenstrual syndrome and requires psychological and drug treatment.

The dietary precautions during menstruation can be referred to as follows:

1. Avoid eating raw or cold food and eat warm food instead. Eating raw and cold food during menstruation can not only hinder digestion, but also easily damage the body's yang energy, leading to internal cold. The coldness will stagnate and cause menstrual blood to flow poorly, resulting in too little menstrual blood, or even dysmenorrhea. Even in the hot summer season, it is not advisable to eat cold drinks during menstruation. During menstruation, the diet should be warm. Choose foods such as kelp, jujube, sorghum rice, coix seed, mutton, apples, etc. Eat less cold and slippery foods such as pears, water chestnuts, water chestnuts, winter melon, kale, hemp seeds, etc.

2. Avoid eating spicy and sour foods. Women during menstruation feel particularly tired, their digestive function weakened, and their appetite poor. Therefore, they should pay attention to eating light and easy-to-digest foods, and avoid eating overly acidic and irritating foods, such as hawthorn, sauerkraut, vinegar, chili, mustard, pepper, etc.

3. To prevent iron deficiency, eat a combination of meat and vegetables. Iron is an essential trace element for the human body. Iron is not only involved in the synthesis of hemoglobin and many important enzymes, but also plays an important role in immunity, intelligence, aging and energy metabolism. Since more iron is lost during menstruation, it is very important to supplement with iron-rich foods. Fish, lean meat, animal liver, animal blood, etc. are rich in iron and have high biological activity, and are easily absorbed and utilized by the human body.

Menstruation is the time when our body is at its weakest and requires a large amount of nutrients, so you don’t have to worry about weight gain during menstruation. The most important thing is to eat well during menstruation and benefit your body. Female friends, you must treat well your "good friend" who spends a few days with you every month. I wish you all good health and all the best.