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  • Five Kinds of Food to Help Women Prevent and Resist Diseases
  • In our daily life, there are many kinds of common food which not only can supply a lot of nutrition to our body, but may also help women prevent and resist diseases.

    First, anemia--supplement foods rich in iron
    Because of periodic blood loss and reproductive reason, there are about more than 1/3 women suffering form iron-deficiency anemia. Long-term anemia may easily lead to the decline in ovarian function and will affect women's health. Foods such as liver, lean meat, spinach, etc, not only contain a lot of iron, but also are easy to be absorbed by the body. Medical experts remind women during menstruation should drink less strong tea and coffee, in case that the tannic acid will inhibit the absorption of iron.

    Second, menstrual discomfort--drink hot milk with honey
    When women are during the menstruation, they often suffer from common discomforts such as abdominal pain, weak waist, body fatigue, sleep disturbance and emotional irritability, and so on. Medical experts recently find that, women in the menstrual period can drink a glass of hot milk and honey before going to bed every night, which can reduce or eliminate menstrual discomforts, because the potassium in milk not only can soothe emotions, but also has the effects of relieving pain, preventing infection and reducing blood loss. The magnesium contained in honey can help women eliminate the tense emotion in the menstrual period, and alleviate the psychological pressure.

    Third, dysmenorrhea--eat some bananas
    Bananas are rich in vitamin B6, and vitamin B6 has the effect of stabilizing the nerves. It not only can calm down the anxious emotion during menstruation, but also can help improve sleep and relieve abdominal pain.

    Fourth, migraine--eat more food containing magnesium
    Migraine often occurs in women of childbearing age, particularly the women who are engaged in intellectual work. Study has found that some migraine patients lack of magnesium in the blood. As a result, if they pay attention to eat more food rich in magnesium, such as millet, buckwheat noodles, beans, bananas, nuts and seafood, it can reduce the occurrence of migraine.

    Fifth, depression--often eat fish
    Because of the effect of hormone change, women are more likely to suffer from depression than men. Foreign study has found that, often eating salmon, sardine and other fish rich in ω-3 fatty acids can help women relieve the depression or reduce the incidence of depression. Because the high content of ω-3 fatty acids contained in these fish have an antidepressant effect.


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