It’s true that you can’t preserve food during your period. Why you can’t ferment cabbage on critical days

Healthy hair and strong nails, at the same time improving memory and becoming several times happier - this is a well-known fact. But did you know that sometimes food works as well as medicine? In particular, in the case of menstrual pain, during which you are used to grabbing Noshpa and Nurofen, but certainly not running to the refrigerator.

We tell you which foods should be added to your diet during this period, and which, on the contrary, should be abandoned for a while.

It is forbidden

Carbonated drinks

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Leafy vegetables

During menstruation, iron levels in the blood may drop, so foods containing this element large quantities, should definitely be on your menu. But instead of ordering yourself a cheeseburger, head down to the supermarket and fill your shopping cart with items like kale, spinach and chard.

Oranges

Calcium intake reduces feelings of depression and anxiety. Vitamin D regulates the enzyme that converts tryptophan into serotonin, improving mood. And working together, calcium and vitamin D can prevent symptoms premenstrual syndrome. Products with high content calcium may also relieve spasms and pain by acting as a muscle relaxant. In this case, you should look for a magical combination in oranges, lemons and limes.

Bananas

They are one of the best nutritional ways to boost your mood thanks to their high dose of vitamin B6. In addition, they are rich in potassium and magnesium, which reduce water retention and bloating, and at the same time regulate digestive system, which fails at this time of the month.

Watermelons

Often, menstruation causes an irresistible craving for sweets, and experts advise satisfying it not with a box of chocolates, but with fruit. The best options for this task are those rich in water and natural sugars - watermelons, melons, plums and berries.

Salmon

Salmon is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, capable of relieving pain and cramps, relaxing muscles and neutralizing the source of pain. If for some reason you don't eat fish, you can also get a healthy dose of omega-3s from nuts and flax seeds.

Dark chocolate

is an excellent source of magnesium, which not only improves mood by increasing serotonin levels, but also helps keep them at optimal levels. However, for all this to be true, a chocolate bar must contain 60% cocoa or more.

Critical days or menstruation are the most necessary and most common physiological process, which occurs monthly in the body of every woman. But why is it that menstruation is associated with only all kinds of myths and prejudices?

Of course, some statements can be considered quite justified. For example, during menstruation it is not recommended to drink aspirin and other medications that contain it. Why? Aspirin thins the blood, and bleeding can be quite prolonged.

You should not have sex during your period. This is not very aesthetically pleasing, and on such days an infection can be introduced into the uterine cavity quite easily. In addition, you should not soak in the bath for a long time, since the cervix opens a little during menstruation and, again, germs or bacteria can enter the uterine cavity. You shouldn’t do too much sports during your period. This may cause increased bleeding.

Everything seems to be clear with this. But what does cabbage have to do with it? It turns out that it has very much to do with it. But everything is in order.

I became incredibly interested, what else can’t be done during menstruation? It turns out that a lot of things are not allowed. You can’t whitewash a house, knead dough, bake bread, plant, weed, harvest, pickle cucumbers and lard, make pottery, look at newborns, look at building a house, you can’t ride a horse, wash in a bathhouse with other women...

And this is only the smallest part of what a woman should not do during her period. Why can’t it be?! It turns out that this is very easy and simple to explain.

We all know very well that during menstruation, an unfertilized egg leaves a woman’s body. But she's not the only one leaving female body. During menstruation, a woman's body leaves and negative energy, which has accumulated in the body over whole month. You can believe in it, you can not believe in it. But it's still worth listening to.

It was precisely this release of negative energy from a woman’s body that our ancient ancestors were afraid of. But it is known that all the negativity that comes out of the body will not just go away. It turns into that same sauerkraut. And the cabbage becomes completely tasteless. And these are not just prejudices. This is a proven fact. That is why during menstruation a woman in ancient times was forbidden to create anything. Or look at what is being created.

But in one African tribe, a woman during her period went into a specially built hut and did not leave it until the end of the bleeding.

What then can be done? There are two options - either clean the house or do nothing at all. Who will be drawn to what. By the way, it would be very nice if employers gave women days off these days. But these, of course, are just unrealistic dreams.

So, dear women! During your period, listen to your body, and if you don’t want to do anything, don’t do it. And under no circumstances should you ferment cabbage.

By the way, have you noticed what delicious pies, pies and soups our grandmothers make? Have you ever wondered why? It's simple. They are in menopause, have no periods, and their vital energy does not leave them. Therefore it tastes bad sauerkraut and jars with exploding cucumbers do not threaten them.

Considering individual characteristics every female body, active phase menstrual cycle may be accompanied different symptoms. Against the background of a woman’s absolute health, there are no special discomfort, but at various influences external factors There are always risks of deterioration in health. So, what should you not do during your period?

Ban on physical activity

It is better to suspend active sports during the active phase of the menstrual cycle. If sport is a profession for a woman, it is better to resort to regular warm-up, light workout. Elevated physical exercise increase blood flow to reproductive organs. Against the background of a tide, bleeding may increase.

You cannot lift weights during your period or start training without prior preparation. With heavy bleeding, a decrease in hemoglobin is possible, which can provoke a deterioration in health. The following conditions often occur after training:

general weakness;

overwork:

drowsiness;

pain in the pelvic organs.

During menstruation in young girls, the medical commission usually grants an exemption from physical education lessons.

Early age is often accompanied by bright clinical picture, frequent mood changes.

Is it possible to have sex

high risks of infection for both partners;

a woman's inability to achieve sexual satisfaction;

soreness;

aesthetic discomfort (staininess, bad smell, inconvenience).

If women consider menstruation to be a protection against... unwanted pregnancy, then gynecologists have long debunked this myth. Sex is the same physical activity that should be avoided during this period.

Is it possible to drink alcohol

Alcoholic drinks of any strength are contraindicated for a woman’s body in general, not to mention the active phase of the menstrual cycle. Under the influence of ethanol, the vascular lumens expand and the blood flow increases. With weakened vessels, increased bleeding is possible, which in severe cases cannot be eliminated without medical assistance.

Ban on saunas and hot baths

During menstruation, constant hygiene is important, but during this period a warm shower before each pad change is sufficient. Clinicians know many cases where reception hot bath or visiting the sauna provoked serious bleeding. When swimming in open water or pools, infection is possible. Vaginal tamponing is not an absolute protection against pathogenic microflora.

Various procedures and interventions

One of the contraindications to various cosmetic procedures, surgical operations(except emergency), examinations and laboratory tests is the active phase of the menstrual cycle. This fact is due to a pronounced decrease in blood clotting ability, a change in hormonal levels. Tests may give incorrect results, and bleeding during procedures will be difficult to stop.

Specialists from the field of aesthetic medicine, plastic surgery and dentistry considers the period of menstruation an unfavorable period for carrying out various manipulations. In cosmetology, there are known cases of unpleasant complications of the procedure, pigmentation, bruises and bruises in the facial area (for example, with Botox injections). Chemical peeling and deep facial cleansing can cause negative reaction skin, which manifests itself as redness, allergic rash, swelling.

Ban on drugs

During menstruation, you should not take certain medications unnecessarily that affect the functionality of the hematopoietic organs and blood clotting ability. Analgin and Aspirin as analgesic drugs cause maximum blood thinning, which contributes to increased bleeding. For pain, it is recommended to use painkillers that do not contain acetaminophen or acetylsalicylic acid(Ibuprofen, Paracetamol).

With constant drug correction of some chronic diseases organs or systems, the effectiveness of drugs may change. During the active phase of the menstrual cycle, you can discuss with your doctor a change in dosage, if necessary. Application of some herbal infusions can provoke contraction of the uterine muscles, severe cramping pain, and increased bleeding.

Menstrual hygiene products

Many gynecologists are against wearing tampons during menstruation. Allowed use tampons only 1-2 times, for example, for a certain outfit or while visiting the pool (accompanying a child, relaxing with family on the beach). The reasons for the ban are the following:

high risks of vaginal infection;

unhygienic;

traumatization of the mucous membranes of the cervical canal.

Changing tampons does not always take place in sterile conditions, when it is possible to wash your hands with soap and wash the perineum. When worn for a long time, a warm environment promotes rapid decomposition of blood cells, unpleasant odor, and infection.

During menstruation, it is better to use pads, which should be changed at least every 4 hours. This is necessary when scanty discharge. Heavy bleeding can be controlled using urological pads.

Nutrition during menstruation

Women who are watching their own figure are not recommended to start diets or limit themselves to the daily amount of food. A weakened body may react to food restrictions with nausea, dizziness, fainting, and malaise. It is enough to adhere to the usual diet, which corresponds to the woman’s clinical history and her health. During menstruation, the levels of iron, protein, calcium and folic acid, therefore it is very important to have a balanced good nutrition. Additionally, you can take vitamin complexes.

What is important for every woman to know

Women's periods require constant perineal hygiene. Before each change of sanitary tampons and pads, you must wash your genitals and hands with running water and soap. During menstruation, the body is cleansed and blood discharge comes out. For these purposes the most the best means hygiene products are sanitary pads. Modern materials have excellent absorbency, protection against leaks, secretions come out and do not accumulate in cervical canal as when using tampons. A woman’s lifestyle during her period must meet the following criteria:

regular change of pads (every 4 hours);

constant washing of the perineum;

using napkins after each toilet;

wearing breathable, comfortable underwear (these items cannot be used for several days in a row);

long walks on fresh air;

avoiding alcohol and bad habits;

a balanced diet including fresh vegetables and fruits.

At emotional disorders You should drink soothing tea, get a good night's sleep and relax. If the irritation is severe enough, sedatives can be used.

There is an opinion that one should not attend church during menstruation. Menstruation is shrouded in myth and in religious terms. Visiting religious shrines during menstruation is prohibited only due to the lack of personal hygiene products in past centuries. This is why women were considered "dirty". Modern world allows women to feel confident in any situation public place and not to trust dubious inventions.

Menstruation in women is a natural process of the body, a kind of renewal and preparation for future motherhood. All the body’s forces are aimed at cleansing, so a woman may experience malaise, fatigue, and general weakness. This is why many procedures cannot be performed. Even in the absence unpleasant symptoms V active phase menstrual cycle, women are advised to observe certain restrictions to maintain the health of the pelvic organs and reproductive system.

And recently, already quite adult woman, I learned that these days you can’t ferment cabbage either.

I became interested in what else should not be done on menstrual days, and what is the reason for this. Having scoured the Internet, I found a huge list of what is not recommended to do on these most ill-fated days.

Some of these prohibitions are directly related to the Christian religion: you cannot go to church or a cemetery, you cannot drink holy water, you cannot take communion. In general, there are many things that are forbidden, including the fact that you cannot wipe off dust from icons and put oil in lamps.

Well, with the church everything is more or less clear. The Church has always considered a woman a sinful being, but these days she allegedly became generally unclean and could desecrate the Temple with her presence. To the point that a candle lit by such a woman in front of the images will burn not for God, but exactly the opposite - for the devil.

However, I have always treated church problems with a grain of healthy skepticism.

I'll see what they say about this folk traditions. In them, a woman was never considered unclean; on the contrary, there was a cult of the woman in labor and entire rituals aimed at increasing the fertility of both Women and the Earth.

I looked... It turns out that you can’t whitewash a house, bake bread, weave and spin, sow, plant, weed, collect fruits and vegetables...

You can’t ferment cabbage, pickle cucumbers and lard, or make pottery...

You cannot ride a horse, approach a house under construction, look at newborns...

You can’t wash in a bathhouse or river with other women, you can’t go to gatherings...

And a whole bunch of “don’ts.” It’s not enough to just list everything. This is just some kind of disgrace! Well, we are not lepers! Why should we shy away from everyone? Or why should everyone shy away from us?

What happens to a woman these days? I'm not going to describe the physiology. This is discussed in some detail in school textbook“Anatomy”, I will not talk about another phenomenon that is rather covered up in glossy magazines, the so-called PMS.

I want to look at all this from the other side.

What happens to the woman? The female body cleanses itself of an unfertilized egg. But it’s not the only thing that leaves the female body. Everything unnecessary comes out, including the supposedly accumulated negative energy over the month. This is exactly what our ancestors were afraid of – the outburst of this energy.

However, the word “energy” was not in the vocabulary of our ancestors. This term, which came to us with various esoteric teachings, was successfully replaced by the ancient Slavs with the word “strength”. Remember: willpower, spirit power, thought power, word power...

So, on critical days, a certain force (okay, let’s say what has become more common - energy), a certain energy comes out of a woman. Since this is a time of purification, it turns out that this energy is all kinds of energetic dirt.

But we know from physics that energy cannot disappear into nowhere. And here’s your cabbage!

Do you need it so that all this energy dirt is absorbed into your cabbage? Cabbage, in general, is a very interesting vegetable - it absorbs everything very quickly: water, pesticides, and energy dirt... That’s why cabbage, fermented (salted) during menstruation, becomes soft and tasteless.

It's the same with everything else. Jars of cucumbers rolled up for the winter explode, manufactured dishes break, woven fabric breaks, etc. and so on.

Therefore, our wise ancestors forbade women in these days to do everything related to the production of a new product: weaving, spinning, building, and even preparing food for the builders.

What then can be done? Listen to yourself. The body itself will answer this question.

Be honest with yourself about what you want to do at this moment. And don't be surprised by the answer you receive. More precisely, there can be two answers received (or the whole variety of answers can be reduced to two): do absolutely nothing or clean the apartment (house).

Both answers are easily explained: you don’t want to do anything. There's a huge loss coming vital energy.

If you don't want to do anything, don't do it. I remember when I was a child I read a book about an expedition to Africa. I don’t remember the book itself, but I remember this moment: African women approached white people and asked if their women were goddesses. They were naturally surprised - where did you get the idea? Answer: you have been with us for several months, and your women have never retired to a special hut where the women of their tribe spend their menstrual days.

This exists in the religions and cults of many peoples. These are days for rest, contemplation, meditation, thinking about yourself and the world (by the way, maybe thanks to these days we think about the meaning of life more often than men?).

Well, and the second case. When you want to clean everything around, throw it away, get rid of all the trash. Moreover, such desires visit even the worst housewives and couch potatoes. There is an urge to crawl into the most “bearish” corners of your home and eliminate everything unnecessary. There is nothing strange here either. The body is being cleansed, and at the same time I want to cleanse the surrounding space.

So, cleanse yourself, clean, relax, meditate, just don’t ferment your cabbage!