Can I eat bitter melon during menstruation? 10 foods to avoid during menstruation

　　Bitter melon has very high nutritional value and can help female Clear away heat and detoxify. Therefore, many women with acne-prone skin choose bitter melon to reduce inflammation and eliminate acne. However, women have no way to avoid menstruation every month, and women have many dietary taboos during menstruation. Therefore, many women ask whether they can eat bitter melon during menstruation. Next, I will answer the questions for you. In addition, the editor introduces 10 kinds of foods that should not be eaten during menstruation. Female friends must avoid them.

　　Can I eat bitter melon during menstruation?

　　Momordica charantin in bitter melon is known as the "fat killer" and can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharides. It clears away heat, dispels heart fire, detoxifies, improves eyesight, replenishes qi and replenishes essence, quenches thirst and relieves summer heat, and cures carbuncles. If you have to endure hardships in summer, bitter melon is undoubtedly a good choice. However, "enduring hardship" must also be done dialectically. Some people's spleen and stomach are relatively weak and cold, and they are easily affected by cold food. diarrhea , usually the stool is pulpy and has a light smell. Female friends should not eat bitter melon during menstruation, because bitter melon is bitter and cold, has astringent properties, and the cold coagulation slows down the blood flow. Therefore, women during menstruation should not be "too hard" as it will affect the smoothness of menstruation.

　　10 foods that women should not eat during menstruation

　　1. Crab

　　Crab is very cold in nature and can clear away heat, cool blood and disperse blood stasis. Women should not eat raw or cold food during menstruation, especially those with cold nature. Dysmenorrhea People who are pregnant should avoid eating it.

　　2. Milk

　　Cheese is the source of dysmenorrhea: such as milk, cheese, butter, yeast milk, these foods will destroy the absorption of magnesium.

　　3. Bamboo shoots

　　Bamboo shoots are cold in nature and contain more crude fiber and insoluble calcium oxalate. Women should avoid eating them during menstruation.

　　4. High-fat foods

　　Beef, pig and mutton are high-fat foods, and eating too much will deplete a lot of minerals in the body.

　　5. snail

　　Field snail is very cool in nature and can clear away heat. Avoid eating cold food such as snails during menstruation.

　　6. Cheese foods

　　Cheese is the cause of menstrual cramps. Milk, cheese, cream, yeast milk, egg Such foods can disrupt the absorption of magnesium and cause menstrual cramps.

　　7. Green tea

　　Menstrual blood contains relatively high levels of hemoglobin, plasma protein and hemoglobin, so women will lose a lot of iron after menstruation and should take more iron supplements.

　　8. Chocolate

　　Chocolate can make you more emotionally unstable and addicted to sugar. In addition to making you gain weight, it can also deplete vitamin B in your body. 4. Sugar will consume vitamin B and minerals in the body, and make people's stomach prefer eating sugary foods.

　　9. Persimmon

　　Persimmons contain tannic acid, which easily combines with iron and hinders the body's absorption of iron in food. Because women lose a lot of blood during menstruation and need to supplement iron, persimmons are not suitable.

　　10. High-sodium foods

　　Foods high in sodium can cause breast cancer distended pain Causes edema and breast tenderness. Invisible foods with high sodium content in daily life include preserved eggs, salted duck, herring, red sausage, ham, tofu curd, dried fragrant beans, dried tofu, candied fruits, olives, roasted peanuts, canned tomato juice, canned corn, canned Pickle Waiting for food.