Taboos for women during menstruation

　　Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for adult women, but during menstruation, the body will also be affected to a certain extent, such as reduced resistance, easy mood swings, irritability, anxiety, etc. Due to menstrual blood loss, the body loses more iron, especially Menorrhagia who. Therefore, in addition to avoiding overexertion and maintaining a happy spirit during the menstrual period, you should also pay attention to the following dietary taboos.

　　(1) Avoid raw and cold foods, prefer warm ones: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when the blood is hot, it will flow, and when it is cold, it will stagnate. Eating raw or cold food during the menstrual period will damage the spleen and stomach and hinder digestion. Secondly, it will easily damage the human body's yang energy and easily cause internal cold. The cold energy will be stagnant, which can make the blood flow sluggishly, resulting in too little menstrual blood, or even Dysmenorrhea . Even in the sweltering summer months, ice cream and other cold drinks should not be eaten during menstruation. It is advisable to eat warm food to facilitate smooth blood circulation. In winter, you can also eat some warming and tonic foods, such as beef, chicken, longan, wolfberry, etc.

　　(2) Avoid sour and spicy food, prefer light food: Menstrual period can often make people feel very tired, with weakened digestive function and poor appetite. In order to maintain nutritional needs, the diet should be fresh. Fresh food is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage and less pollution. The diet during the menstrual period should be mainly light and easy to digest. Eat less or no spicy foods such as fried, sour and spicy foods to avoid affecting digestion and causing excessive menstrual bleeding due to spicy stimulation.

　　(3) Mix meat and vegetables to prevent iron deficiency: Women generally lose about 30 to 50 milliliters of blood each time during menstruation, and each milliliter contains 0.5 milligrams of iron, which means they lose 15 to 50 milligrams of iron during each menstruation. Iron is one of the essential elements for the human body. It not only participates in the synthesis of menstrual proteins and various important enzymes, but also plays an important role in immunity, intelligence, aging, energy metabolism, etc. Therefore, it is very necessary to take in foods rich in iron and beneficial to digestion and absorption during menstruation. Fish and various animal livers, blood, lean meat, egg yolks and other foods are rich in iron. It has high biological activity and is easily absorbed and utilized by the human body. The iron in plants rich in soybeans and spinach is not easily absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, when formulating a diet, it is best to use meat and 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 high-quality health food for menstrual period. It can be optionally consumed to meet women’s special needs for iron during menstrual period. In short, the principle of balanced diet should still be followed during the menstrual period, and reasonable meals should be provided based on the special physiological needs of the menstrual period. Pay attention to dietary taboos to ensure healthy。