Health For Everone Q&A Women’s Health

What will you eat when your aunt is here?

Asked by:Alice

Asked on:Mar 23, 2026 11:40 PM

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  • Elora Elora

    Mar 23, 2026

     

      female During menstruation, diet is very important. Do you know which ones you should eat more and which ones you should eat less?

      The best foods to eat during menstruation

      During menstruation, you should eat more green onions, fungus, peanuts, walnuts, jujubes, longans, and roses. Experts say that if you accidentally eat cold food during your menstrual period, or you can't help but eat ice, you can drink more brown sugar and boiled ginger to balance the blood circulation in the body and promote smooth blood flow.

      Traditional Chinese medicine is against women eating ice during menstruation, but Western medicine believes that there are no contraindications. Experts point out that menstrual blood is Uterus The peeling of the endometrium causes menstrual blood to be discharged through the contraction of the uterus. When eating ice, the temperature of the gastrointestinal tract drops, which affects the contraction of the uterus and makes it difficult to discharge menstrual blood, thus forming blood clots. In order to discharge the blood clots, the uterus has to increase its contraction strength. This is the reason why eating ice may cause menstrual pain.

      Foods not to be eaten during menstruation

      Experts point out that in fact, it is not just about eating ice, but also some foods with cooler properties, such as ice, winter melon, eggplant, loofah, cucumber, wax gourd, crab, snail, kelp, bamboo shoots, oranges, pears, grapefruits, watermelon, etc., as well as sour foods, such as sour plums, immature sour fruits, or some hot and spicy foods, such as fried foods, peppers, peppers, mustard, etc., should also be avoided during menstruation to avoid causing poor blood flow.

      However, experts say that Western medicine does not exclude any food, and even people who are postpartum can eat ice. Although eating ice may cause uterine contractions and cause menstrual pain, these blood clots can be excreted through the body's internal mechanisms, so women do not need to worry too much. However, if you have excessive menstrual pain due to eating ice, you should go to the obstetrics and gynecology department to check whether there are other problems. disease possible. Here, how much to eat may become another issue.

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