What to eat during menstruation, women must know

Women’s diet during menstruation is very important to their health, because each woman’s body reacts differently during menstruation, so each woman needs different nutrients during menstruation. So what should women eat during their menstrual period? Let’s learn more about it below!

The diet during menstruation is different from usual. There should be some taboos at this time. Eating something that you shouldn’t eat is likely to aggravate the discomfort symptoms. The following dietary principles should be followed:

One of the principles of a healthy diet for women is a "cyclical diet" that matches the changes in the menstrual cycle. This is also the main difference between men and women in terms of diet regimen for beauty and health.

Many women experience some uncomfortable symptoms in the few days before their period (premenstrual period), such as depression, anxiety, tension, insomnia, irritability, restlessness, fatigue, etc. It is generally believed that this is related to the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone in the body. At this time, women should choose foods and medicines that are good for the skin and beauty, and can also replenish qi, soothe the liver, and regulate negative emotions, such as cabbage, grapefruit, lean pork, celery, japonica rice, duck eggs, fried atractylodes, yam, coix seed, lily, golden loofah, winter melon, kelp, sea cucumber, carrot, white radish, walnut kernels, black fungus, mushrooms, etc.

During menstruation, if you experience symptoms such as poor appetite, back pain, fatigue, etc., you should eat some foods that are beneficial to the "menstrual flow". Suitable foods include: mutton, chicken, red dates, tofu skin, apples, coix seed, beef, milk, eggs, etc.

The ancient Zhao Zhibi said: "During the menstrual period, heat is often used instead of cold. Cold will retain the blood, causing turbidity and filth, which will lead to stranguria and fullness." Therefore, during the menstrual period, many foods that have good skin-beautifying effects should be avoided, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ear, stone flower, water caltrop, winter melon, kale, black fungus, rabbit meat, hemp seeds, etc.

As mentioned above, some blood is lost during menstruation. The main components of blood are plasma protein, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium and other inorganic salts. This means that some protein and inorganic salts are lost every time menstruation comes. Therefore, in principle, within 1-5 days after the menstruation is over (after the menstrual period), nutrients such as protein, minerals and some blood tonics should be supplemented. During this period, you can choose foods and medicines that can benefit the skin and beautify the body and have the effect of replenishing blood and promoting blood circulation, such as: milk, eggs, quail eggs, beef, mutton, pig pancreas, water chestnut, spinach, cherry, longan meat, lychee meat, carrots, apples, angelica, safflower, peach blossom, cooked rehmannia, polygonatum, etc.