Can I eat crabs during menstruation?

I believe that there are always a few days every month when female friends feel uncomfortable. In fact, this is because the arrival of the menstrual period makes them feel pain in the lower abdomen, cold limbs, fatigue and so on. Therefore, during menstruation, we should eat more foods rich in nutrients so that we can better replenish the blood we lose. So can you eat crabs during menstruation? Regarding this question, please let me find out with you in the following time.

The main manifestation of menstruation is the cyclical changes of the endometrium under the influence of ovarian hormones. The shed endometrium and blood that flow out of the vagina is called menstruation. Women should not eat raw or cold food during menstruation. In addition to cold drinks and raw cold dishes, foods such as crabs, snails, and clams should not be eaten during menstruation, as they may stimulate the contraction of the uterus and fallopian tubes, inducing or aggravating dysmenorrhea. Crabs are yin in nature, and eating too much will make your whole body feel cold. This is why people always eat ginger when eating crabs, because ginger is warm in nature and can drive away the cold.

You cannot eat crabs during menstruation, and you need to pay attention to hygiene during menstruation. If you are not careful, you will easily be affected by the external and internal environment and develop various diseases. Sometimes, environmental changes, mood swings, cold stimulation, or excessive labor can cause menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, excessive or insufficient menstrual flow, etc., so you should pay attention to menstrual hygiene.

How to pay attention to menstrual hygiene, the following are the precautions for menstrual hygiene

1. Pay attention to hygiene and prevent infection: Pay attention to the cleanliness of the external genitalia. It is not advisable to take a bath in a tub during menstruation, but you can take a shower to prevent ascending infection. The sanitary napkins used should be soft, clean and changed frequently.

2. Avoid overwork, do not eat raw, cold, spicy, alcoholic and other irritating foods, drink more boiled water, keep bowel movements smooth, reduce pelvic congestion, pay attention to proper rest and maintain adequate sleep.

3. Keep warm and avoid cold stimulation: such as swimming, cold water baths, going into paddy fields, etc. If you are exposed to sudden and excessive cold stimulation during menstruation, it may cause too little menstrual blood or dysmenorrhea.

You cannot eat crabs during menstruation because crabs are raw and cold food, and you cannot eat cold food during menstruation, which can easily lead to dysmenorrhea or menstrual disorders, etc.

What are the taboos of eating crabs?

1. Avoid eating dead crabs: After a river crab dies, the bacteria in the crab's body will multiply rapidly and spread into the crab meat, causing vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea in the eater.

2. Avoid eating raw crabs: The infection rate of Paragonimus larvae metacercariae in live crabs is very high, reaching 71%. Lung fluke parasites live in human lungs, irritating or destroying lung tissue, causing fever, cough, and hemoptysis; if they invade the brain, they can cause paralysis.

3. Avoid eating overnight crabs: Crabs are foods that contain more histidine. The histidine in leftover crabs overnight will be decomposed into histamine under the action of certain microorganisms. Although reheating can kill pathogenic microorganisms, it cannot destroy the toxins, thus leading to histamine poisoning. Therefore, it is best to steam and eat crabs immediately, generally not more than 4 hours.

4. Avoid eating four parts: The crab's body surface, gills and gastrointestinal tract are covered with bacteria, viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, when eating, you must remove the crab gills, crab intestines, crab heart (commonly known as hexagonal plate), and crab stomach (that is, a triangular bone package containing mud and sand).

I believe that with our understanding of the above, most of our friends have their own unique insights and more standard answers on whether it is okay to eat crabs during menstruation. Of course, I would like to remind everyone that although crabs are a tonic food and have a good nutritional effect on our bodies, we cannot eat them in excess, otherwise it will easily cause us to have overnutrition.