Can you eat spicy food during your menstrual period?

You should not eat spicy food during menstruation. Eating too spicy food during menstruation may cause prolonged periods, increased bleeding, and stomach irritation and discomfort. Menstrual diet should be light, eat more food rich in protein and vitamins, such as milk, fish, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables, which can improve the body’s immunity, and eat appropriate iron-supplementing foods, such as animal liver and egg yolk, to replenish the iron lost during menstruation, and not eat raw, cold, spicy and stimulating foods. Pay attention to keeping the abdomen warm, not to get cold, so as not to cause dysmenorrhea. Most women experience physical symptoms during menstruation, such as weakness, anorexia, lumbago and abdominal pain, and can drink brown sugar and ginger water to invigorate blood stasis and drive away cold, and also improve the symptoms of abdominal pain. During menstruation, you should pay attention to vulva hygiene, change sanitary napkins regularly, do not have intercourse during menstruation, so as not to cause bacterial infection or menstrual blood reflux gynecological diseases.