Can I drink tea during my period?

In daily life, many of our friends drink tea regularly, and the commonly drunk teas include green tea, black tea, etc. We often say that drinking tea has health-preserving effects and drinking it regularly is good for the body. However, drinking tea also needs to be divided into time periods. So for female friends, is it possible to drink tea during menstruation? So regarding this question, let’s take a look at whether you can drink tea during menstruation?

There are many different opinions on whether you can drink tea during menstruation. Generally speaking, it is not advisable to drink some cool or cold tea during menstruation, but there is no problem if you drink some warm tea during menstruation. Therefore, female friends who want to drink tea during menstruation should choose some warm tea.

During menstruation, you should pay attention to keeping warm, avoid cold, cool, raw, and cold stimulation to prevent the invasion of cold evil; pay attention to rest, reduce fatigue, strengthen nutrition, and enhance physical fitness; you should try to control drastic emotional fluctuations, avoid strong mental stimulation, and keep a happy mood; you should avoid excessive sexual intercourse at ordinary times, and sexual intercourse is absolutely prohibited during menstruation.

Pay attention to diet regulation during menstruation. Avoid eating raw, cold and cool foods before and during menstruation to prevent cold stagnation and blood stasis which may aggravate dysmenorrhea. People with heavy menstruation should not eat spicy and dry foods to prevent heat from forcing blood circulation and causing more bleeding.

For women during menstruation, drinking tea is not only not good for health, but may also cause certain troubles to the body. Women face a large amount of blood loss during menstruation. At the same time, iron, an important element for the body's synthesis of hemoglobin, is also lost along with the blood. According to research, in addition to the normal iron loss in the human body, women lose an additional 18-21 mg of iron during each menstrual period. Therefore, we often encourage women to supplement more iron-rich foods at this time, such as black fungus, pork liver, etc., so as to avoid iron deficiency anemia. However, these efforts will be wasted if you drink green tea during your menstrual period. Because green tea contains more tannic acid, it will combine with the iron molecules in food to form a large amount of precipitate, which hinders the absorption of iron molecules by the intestinal mucosa. Studies have shown that the stronger the tea, the greater the obstacle to iron absorption, especially when drinking tea after a meal.

There are many different opinions on whether you can drink tea during menstruation. Generally speaking, it is not advisable to drink some cool or cold tea during menstruation, but there is no problem if you drink some warm tea during menstruation. Therefore, female friends who want to drink tea during menstruation should choose some warm tea.