Diet during menstruation One of the principles of women's beauty-nourishing and body-building diet is the "periodic diet" which is consistent with the change of menstrual cycle. This is also the most important difference between men and women in the diet of nourishing face and strengthening body. Many women have some uncomfortable symptoms in the first few days of menstrual cramps (premenstrual period), such as depression, anxiety, emotional tension, insomnia, irritability, irritability and fatigue. 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 not only beneficial to skin care, but also can invigorate qi, soothe the liver and regulate bad mood, such as cabbage, grapefruit, lean pork, celery, japonica rice, duck eggs, fried atractylodes, yam, coix seed, lily, honeydew melon, wax gourd, kelp, sea cucumber, carrot, white radish, walnut kernel, black fungus and mushroom. During menstrual cramps, symptoms such as poor appetite, backache and fatigue may occur. At this time, it is advisable to choose foods and medicines that are beneficial to both skin beauty and "water travel". Suitable foods and medicines are; Mutton, chicken, red dates, bean curd skin, apples, coix seed, beef, milk, eggs, brown sugar, motherwort, angelica, prepared rehmannia root, peach blossom, etc. Zhao Zhibi, an ancient man, said: "When traveling through water, heat is often used instead of cold, and cold stops its blood, which makes it endless and full of filth." Therefore, during menstruation, many foods that have a good skin-benefiting and beauty-caring effect should also be fasted, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ears, stone flowers, water chestnuts, white gourd, kale, black fungus, rabbit meat, hemp seeds and so on. As mentioned above, when menstruation comes, you will lose some blood. The main components of blood are plasma protein, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium and other inorganic salts. That is to say, every time you come to menstruation, you will lose some protein and inorganic salts. Therefore, in principle, 1? Within 5 days (after menstruation), protein, minerals and other nutrients should be supplemented and some blood tonic drugs should be used. During this period, the foods and medicines that can benefit skin and beautify, and also have the functions of enriching blood and promoting blood circulation are: milk, eggs, quail eggs, beef, mutton, pig pancreas, Euryale ferox, spinach, cherry, longan pulp, litchi pulp, carrot, apple, angelica sinensis, safflower, peach blossom, prepared rhizome of rehmannia, Polygonatum sibiricum and so on. During the menstrual period, the diet nursed back to health, the resistance decreased, and the mood fluctuated easily. Some people may have symptoms such as poor appetite, backache and fatigue. Because of menstrual blood loss, especially menorrhagia, the main components of blood, such as plasma protein, potassium, iron, calcium and magnesium, will be lost every menstrual period. Therefore, protein, minerals and blood-enriching foods should be supplemented within1~ 5 days after menstruation is clean. Choose foods and traditional Chinese medicines that have the functions of beautifying, enriching blood and promoting blood circulation, such as milk, eggs, pigeon eggs, quail eggs, beef, mutton, pig pancreas, Euryale ferox, spinach, cherry, longan, lychee, carrot, apple, angelica, safflower, peach blossom, radix rehmanniae Preparata, Polygonatum, etc. During menstruation, you should also supplement some foods that are beneficial to the "trip through water", such as mutton, chicken, red dates, tofu skin, apples, coix seed, milk, brown sugar, motherwort, angelica and longan. When you have symptoms such as poor appetite and low back pain, you should choose nutritious, spleen-invigorating, appetizing and digestible foods, such as jujube, noodles and coix seed porridge. In order to maintain the nutritional balance, we should eat fresh vegetables and fruits at the same time. Food is mainly fresh, which is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage. Menstrual diet should avoid menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon of adult women, but during menstrual cramps, the body will also be affected to some extent, such as decreased resistance, easy mood fluctuation, irritability, anxiety and so on. Because of menstrual blood loss, the body loses more iron, especially those with menorrhagia. Therefore, in addition to avoiding overwork and maintaining a happy spirit during menstruation, the following taboos should be paid attention to in diet. (1) Avoid being cold, but be warm: According to Chinese medicine, blood with heat will do, while blood with cold will stagnate. If you eat cold during menstrual period, it will hurt the spleen and stomach and hinder digestion, and it will easily damage the human yang, which will easily lead to internal cold and cold stagnation, which will lead to poor blood circulation and even dysmenorrhea. Even in the hot summer season, it is not advisable to eat ice cream and other cold drinks during menstruation. Warm diet is good for smooth blood supply. In winter, you can also eat some foods with warming effect, such as beef, chicken, longan and medlar. (2) Avoid being sour and spicy, and it should be light: Menstrual period can often make people feel very tired, weakened digestive function and poor appetite. In order to maintain the nutritional needs, the diet should be fresh. Fresh food is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage and pollution. Menstrual diet should be light and easy to digest in food production, and eat less or no irritating foods such as fried, hot and sour, so as not to affect digestion and spicy stimulation and cause excessive menstrual blood. (3) Mix meat and vegetables to prevent iron deficiency: Generally, women lose about 30-50ml of blood each time during menstrual period, and each ml contains 0.5mg of iron, which means that iron15-50mg is lost each time. Iron is one of the essential elements for human body. It not only participates in the synthesis of blood proteins and many important enzymes, but also plays an important role in immunity, intelligence, aging and energy metabolism. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement foods rich in iron and beneficial to digestion and absorption during menstrual period. Fish and various animals' liver, blood, lean meat, egg yolk and other foods are rich in iron. High biological activity, easy to be absorbed and utilized by human body. The iron in plants rich in soybeans and spinach is not easily absorbed by the stomach. Therefore, when making recipes, it's best to mix meat with vegetables, and eat more animal foods, especially animal blood, which is not only rich in iron, but also rich in high-quality protein. It is a cheap and good health food for menstrual period. Can be eaten selectively to meet the special needs of women for iron during menstrual period. In a word, menstrual period should still follow the principle of balanced diet, and combine the special physiological needs of menstrual period to provide reasonable diet and pay attention to diet avoidance to ensure health.