Is it true that you won’t gain weight if you eat during your period?

For many women, the menstrual period can be said to be a special day. Not only will the body experience discomfort, but they will also feel very hungry. For the fatter sisters, this is very worrying. Some people believe that eating during menstruation will not make you fat. In fact, this needs to be judged based on personal constitution. You can eat more during your menstrual period because of energy consumption, but eating too much will make you fat.

There are certain requirements for dietary intake during menstruation. Reasonable living habits are the key to successfully getting through the menstrual period. So how should you eat during the menstrual period? Experts point out that during the menstrual period, you should eat more green onions, fungus, peanuts, walnuts, dates, longans and roses. If you accidentally eat cold food during pregnancy, or can't help eating ice, you can drink more brown sugar boiled ginger to balance the blood circulation in the body and promote blood flow.

Traditional Chinese medicine is against women eating ice during menstruation, while Western medicine believes that there are no taboos.

Taboo 1: Eating salty food: Women should avoid eating salty food before menstruation. Because salty food will increase the body's salt and water storage, before menstruation, the progesterone level will increase, which can easily lead to edema, headaches and other phenomena. If you start eating a low-salt food 10 days before your period, the above symptoms will not occur.

Taboo 2: Drinking carbonated beverages: Many women who like to drink carbonated beverages will experience fatigue and lack of energy during menstruation, which is a sign of iron deficiency. Because soda and other beverages mostly contain phosphates, they react chemically with iron in the body, making it difficult to absorb the iron. In addition, drinking too much soda will neutralize the bicarbonate in the soda with gastric juice, reducing the digestive ability and bactericidal effect of gastric acid and affecting appetite.

Taboo 3: Eating spicy food: Do not eat spicy food and chili peppers before menstruation, and eat less fatty meat, animal oil and sweets.

Taboo 4: Eating spicy and cold foods: Spicy and cold foods are irritating and can easily cause pelvic blood vessel constriction, resulting in too little menstrual blood flow or even sudden cessation of menstrual blood flow. In addition, irritating substances such as tobacco and alcohol will also have a certain impact on menstruation. If you do not pay attention to avoid these adverse stimuli, dysmenorrhea or menstrual disorders will occur in the long run.