What is bad for your health when you have your period?

Women should take special care of their bodies during menstruation, because the female body is in a state of decreased immunity during menstruation. They should pay attention to some issues, especially what they eat. Some foods are really not suitable for eating during menstruation, otherwise it will cause certain harm to women's bodies. Next, we will introduce what foods women should not eat during menstruation.

1 Avoid eating raw or cold food and eat warm food instead. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood flows when it is hot and stagnates when it is cold. 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 great biological activity, and are easily absorbed and utilized by the human body; while the plant iron found in soybeans and spinach has a lower absorption rate. Therefore, during menstruation, you should pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables in your diet, and eat more animal foods to meet the special needs for iron during menstruation.

In the 5 days or so after the menstruation is over, you need to eat more foods that are high in protein, minerals and blood-enriching foods. You can eat eggs, beef, pork, milk, spinach, carrots, apples, cherries, pears, etc. Do not catch a cold during menstruation, do not eat particularly cold foods such as ice cream, do not stay up late often, drink more warm water, and you can drink brown sugar every day to replenish your blood.