Does Cold Foods Affect Periods?
My mom always tells me to avoid anything cold, and this includes ice cream, popsicles, etc... Especially straight out ice cubes. I don't believe her so I've always done it and I've never experienced exhausting period pains from it, and she says that you'll have pain all the time till you reach menopause. Is there any scientific evidence to back this up because I really do believe she's wrong, but then again, I could be wrong. I've asked all of my friends and they don't believe it either.
Update:Thanks to the first answer, but I didn't mean cramps as I've known that already, but a pain besides cramps(I think my mother mentioned migranes or something)
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Well newsflash, I'm 50 years old and yes, you will have cramps all of your life til menopause. However, cold foods have nothing to do with cramps. That's nonsense.
Sometimes cramps are worse some months than others. When you are young like you probably are, you aren't used to things hurting like this but unfortunately, you get used to it, you deal with it, you still have to go to school and to work no matter what. Basically no one cares if you have cramps or not, so you just keep moving on and do what you gotta do, take some Midol or Tylenol and on the days it is bad you lay down a bit more. Exercise helps and it's good for you too.
There is lots of different opinions on this subject. I personally think your mother is wrong, wrong, wrong. A common myth is that getting cold will make your cramps worse, but cramps come from the uterus, and cold stuff isn't going to affect that.
However, cold can make pain worse for some people. Depending on your body, a cold temperature can make the pain worse. Some say cold slows down the movement in the body (like hypothermia) and will make period problems worse. Another belief is that eating cold foods will stop the flow of menstrual blood. They think the cold will thicken the menstrual blood to stop it, and inhibit your period. The Chinese thinks cold constricts and slows blood flow (to the uterus), and a cold uterus can be the cause of a scanty period, no period, or a painful period.
So, depending on what you choose to believe, cold foods could affect your period.