What should I not eat during menstruation?
Many women think that they should eat something warm during menstruation, such as red dates and donkey-hide gelatin to replenish blood. In fact, this is a very general and wrong view. Gynecologists said that the menstrual diet is very particular, and proper diet can play a role in nourishing health.
1, adjust qi and blood in time before menstruation. You can't eat too hot food. You can take a little iron maple bucket, pork chop, yam (spleen and stomach), angelica, lotus root (iron supplement) and kelp (phlegm and diuresis, laxative and detoxification). During menstruation, yin and yang qi and blood run vigorously. At this time, you can't eat things with a hot yang, such as red dates and Ejiao.
After menstruation, you should nourish yin and replenish blood, and replenish the blood lost before. You can cook some nourishing soup, such as Wuji Lycium barbarum jujube soup, or you can eat pork chop, yam and lotus root. Of course, it is best to eat traditional Chinese medicine that can nourish yin and blood. At the same time, you can also eat more "black" foods, such as black fungus, black beans, snakehead, loach and so on.
2. Caffeine can cause breast pain, cause anxiety, irritability and emotional instability, and at the same time consume vitamin B stored in the body and destroy carbohydrate metabolism.
3. Cheese is the source of dysmenorrhea. Milk, cheese, cream, yeast milk, eggs and other foods will destroy the absorption of magnesium and cause dysmenorrhea. Chocolate will cause more emotional instability and sugar addiction. In addition to gaining weight, it also consumes vitamin B in the body.
4, high-sodium food can cause breast pain, causing edema and breast pain.
5, fried food is also a big taboo for menstrual women, because under the influence of progesterone secreted by the receptor, menstrual women will secrete a lot of sebum, and at the same time, capillaries will expand, and the skin will become very sensitive. At this time, if you eat fried food, it will increase the burden on your skin and easily lead to acne, acne and dark circles. In addition, due to the slow metabolism of fat and water during menstruation, if you eat fried food at this time, fat will easily accumulate in the body.
What you can't do during your period
Menstruation, that is, women's menstrual period. During the official holidays, most women know that they should pay attention to cold and warmth and avoid swimming. However, it is often ignored by some women. Please pay more attention!
1, it is not advisable to pat the back.
Many women often feel back pain before and after their holidays. They often pat their backs with their hands. The pain is temporarily relieved, but doing so may cause more trouble.
It turns out that during the official holiday, pelvic congestion is obvious, and women will feel slight discomfort, such as backache, swelling of calf or lower abdomen, breast pain, increased defecation times, diarrhea and constipation. And even fatigue, drowsiness, facial edema and other general symptoms. These are normal physiological phenomena, which can disappear automatically after menstruation, generally without treatment. However, if you beat your back hard at this time, it will cause local vibration and stimulation, which will lead to further congestion of the pelvic cavity and accelerated blood flow, which will lead to an increase in menstrual flow, which will lead to menorrhagia or prolonged menstruation. In addition, at this time, women's systemic and local resistance is low, the endometrium falls off to form a wound, and the cervix is slack. If you are often stimulated by external slaps, it will not only hinder the repair and healing of wounds, but also be prone to infection and suffer from acute and chronic gynecological diseases.
Therefore, women should pay more attention to rest when they have backache during holidays, and don't beat their backs at will to avoid adverse consequences.
2, it is not advisable to drink more tea.
Drinking tea is good for health. Many women have the habit of drinking tea, but when you come to menstruation, it is better to drink less or not to drink tea.
Tea contains a certain amount of tannic acid, which can combine with iron in food and blood, thus directly preventing the absorption of iron in gastrointestinal tract and hindering the normal utilization of iron in blood. If you drink too much tea during menstruation, it will cause iron absorption and utilization obstacles, which will easily lead to iron deficiency anemia. Furthermore, some women will have headache, tension, irritability, insomnia and other uncomfortable symptoms during menstruation, and caffeine in tea will stimulate the nervous system, which will further aggravate these symptoms and bring harm to physical and mental health.
Therefore, it is advisable for menstrual women to drink warm water, and it is best not to drink tea, especially strong tea.
3, should not be strenuous exercise
Violent exercise during menstruation, such as high jump, long jump, running and playing football, will induce or aggravate general discomfort during menstruation, and even cause dysmenorrhea and menstrual disorder. Some strength exercises to increase abdominal pressure, such as weightlifting and dumbbells, should also be avoided as far as possible, otherwise it will cause menorrhagia or prolonged menstruation.
In addition, because the uterine mouth is slightly open during menstruation, bacteria can easily invade the uterine cavity, increase the chance of infection and cause various gynecological inflammations, so it is not suitable for swimming during menstruation. It is not appropriate to participate in competitions during menstruation, so as to avoid menstrual disorders and endocrine disorders caused by excessive mental stress. For girls with severe dysmenorrhea and inflammation of reproductive organs, it is best to suspend physical exercise during menstruation.
But moderate physical exercise is good for girls. Such as gymnastics, table tennis, Tai Ji Chuan, jogging, queuing and other sports activities with little exercise, light intensity and gentle movements can promote blood circulation and relieve abdominal distension and abdominal pain during menstruation. At the same time, it also helps to regulate the excitement and inhibition process of the brain, distract attention, maintain a happy spirit, and reduce discomfort such as menstrual tension and irritability.