Why can’t women drink tea during menstruation?

　　female Menstrual periods often have heavy constipate knot symptoms. According to research, this is related to progesterone secretion. The high amount of tannic acid in green tea can also aggravate constipation symptoms, because tannic acid has an astringent effect and can slow down intestinal peristalsis, causing stool to remain in the intestines.

Green tea on human body healthy It plays a very important role. However, no matter how good the food is, there are certain dietary taboos. For women during menstruation, drinking green tea is not only not beneficial to health, but may also cause certain troubles to the body.

Women during menstruation face a large amount of blood loss. At the same time, iron, an important element for the body's synthesis of hemoglobin, is also lost along with the blood. According to research, in addition to the body's normal iron loss, women also lose an additional 18-21 mg of iron during each menstrual period. Therefore, we often encourage women to add more iron-rich foods at this time, such as black fungus, pork liver, etc., to avoid iron deficiency. anemia . However, if you drink green tea during menstruation, these efforts will be in vain. Because green tea contains a lot of tannic acid, it will combine with iron molecules in food to form a large amount of precipitates, which will hinder the absorption of iron molecules by the intestinal mucosa. Research shows that the stronger the green tea, the greater the hindrance to iron absorption, especially when drinking tea after a meal.

Therefore, women and people with anemia should drink less strong tea even in normal times.

Secondly, women often have symptoms of constipation during menstruation. According to research, this is related to progesterone secretion. The high amount of tannic acid in green tea can also aggravate constipation symptoms, because tannic acid has an astringent effect and can slow down intestinal peristalsis, causing stool to remain in the intestines.

Third, during women’s menstruation, due to nerve Changes in endocrine regulation function are often accompanied by varying degrees of mental stress, headache, breast swelling and pain Wait for reaction. To avoid these reactions, you should control your emotions and don't let your spirits get too high. However, in tea coffee Substances such as alkali and theobromine have an exciting effect and can aggravate the Dysmenorrhea , headache, backache and other menstrual reactions.

For women who are accustomed to drinking tea, if they suddenly stop drinking tea during menstruation and are not used to it, you can also try gargling with tea, which can not only satisfy your tea addiction, but also make your mouth fresh and comfortable, and eliminate the effects of tea. Bad breath , the role of protecting teeth.

Foods you should eat more during menstruation

During menstruation, you should eat more green onions, fungus, peanuts, walnuts, jujubes, longans, and roses. 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. 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.

Western medicine does not exclude any food. 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 possible diseases.