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Women's dietary taboos during menstruation

1, spicy and cold: eat spicy and cold food spicy and cold food is irritating, easy to cause pelvic vasoconstriction caused by the amount of menstrual blood is too small or even suddenly stop. In addition, tobacco and alcohol and other stimulating substances will also have a certain effect on menstruation, if you do not pay attention to avoid these adverse stimuli, in the long run, will occur dysmenorrhea or menstrual disorders.

Eating cold food during menstruation will not only trigger menstrual cramps but also cause harm to the body. In addition, cold foods such as crabs, snails, bamboo shoots, etc. are also avoided.

2, cheese: eat cheese food cheese is the bane of menstrual cramps. Milk, cheese, cream, yeast milk, eggs and other foods will destroy the absorption of magnesium, causing dysmenorrhea.

3, salty food: eat salty food women in the menstrual period before remember to avoid eating salty food. Because salty food will make the body's salt and water storage increased in the menstrual period before the increase in progesterone, easy to appear edema, headaches and other phenomena. Start eating low-salt food 10 days before the onset of menstruation, you will not experience the above symptoms.

4, carbonated beverages: drink gas-containing beverages there are many women who like to drink gas-containing beverages, in the menstrual period will appear tired and weak and mental weakness, which is a manifestation of iron deficiency.

Soda and other beverages mostly contain phosphate, with the body of iron chemical reaction, making iron difficult to absorb. In addition, drinking more soda will be due to the bicarbonate of soda and gastric juice and neutralization, reduce the digestive capacity of gastric acid and sterilization, and affect the appetite.

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Women's diet during menstruation

1, at the beginning of the menstrual period, women often feel back pain, do not think of eating, then you may want to eat more appetizing, easy to digest food, such as jujubes, noodles, barley porridge and so on.

2, menstruation should eat nutritious, easy to digest food, in order to facilitate the supplementation of nutrients. Drinking more water and eating more vegetables can keep your bowels clear, which can also reduce pelvic congestion.

3, the week before menstruation diet should be light, easy to digest, rich in nutrients. You can eat more beans, fish and other high-protein foods, and increase the green leafy vegetables, fruits, also drink more water, in order to maintain smooth stools, reduce pelvic congestion.

4, menstruation will lose some blood. Therefore, the late menstrual period needs to be supplemented with more food containing protein and iron, potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium, such as meat, animal liver, eggs, milk and so on.

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