during your period.. myths, can't wash hair? can't eat cold foods? Options

[m&m]

my mum has like all these theories and stories bout .. periods. she's chinese and gets all these stories from china from, her mum who got it from her own mum and so on.. she's really .. stingy and gets pissed when i wash my hair. she says "you will get bags and dark circles under your eyes if u wash ur hair wen u have ur period"
im like as if! i take her to the doctors and they say its not true but she wont belive a word they say.

and also another story i heard.. cramps are caused from eating/drinking cold foods. i drank cold ribena 2day and jus had the worse cramps. the other day it was iced water.. >< nearly died from the pain. is it jus coincidence? or is it really the coldness causing it.

[qoddesscheeks]

yea, most asian females tend to believe in those myths about period. but the one about eatinq somethinq cold durinq ur period&it`ll cause cramps is not a myth. i heard the coldness affects ur uterus&make u qet a heavy flow or somethinq.

i try to avoid soda when i have my period but it`s really hard cus i`m addicted to cocacola ;x