What should you eat less during menstruation?

Menstruation is a physiological phenomenon that every normal woman of childbearing age will experience. This is a very normal thing, but women's physique is naturally colder, especially during menstruation, the contact area between the uterine cavity and the outside world becomes larger, so they are more worried about uterine cold, which requires women to keep warm during menstruation. The lower abdomen must not be exposed to cold, so what are the dietary requirements? What should you eat less during menstruation?

What not to eat during menstruation:

Women with low menstrual flow also have some dietary taboos. It is best to eat less or no food:

1. Spicy and irritating food. Women with scanty menstrual flow should avoid spicy foods such as ginger, wine, and chili peppers.

2. Greasy food. Women with scanty menstruation often have poor gastrointestinal function, so their diet should be easy to digest, appetizing and spleen-stimulating, and avoid greasy food that hurts the stomach.

3. Cold food. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women need to keep warm during menstruation and should avoid eating cold foods to avoid affecting menstruation. Cold foods include: crabs, conches, clams, cucumbers, lettuce, watermelons, iced drinks, etc.

Notes during menstruation:

1. The diet should be light and eat more nutritious food. Pay attention to supplementing iron and eat more foods rich in vitamin C. The important role of vitamin C is to promote blood production and to assist in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia. You can eat more high-protein foods such as beans and fish.

2. The diet one week before menstruation should be light, easy to digest and nutritious. You can increase your intake of green leafy vegetables and fruits, and drink more water to keep your bowels open and reduce pelvic congestion.

3. In the early stage of menstruation, women often feel back pain and lose appetite. At this time, you may wish to eat more appetizing and easily digestible foods, such as dates, noodles, barley porridge, etc.

Female friends must pay attention to their health. There are many things they should not do during menstruation, such as not taking cold showers, not getting caught in the rain, etc. You need to pay close attention to it when you are young, otherwise it will cause problems later when you are older. It is very harmful to women’s own health.