During monthly cycles there is a hormone called estrogen will be secreted in huge level in our body. This hormone suppresses the immune system making them prone for viral and bacterial infections. That's why they make the mensurating women sit separately in a room don't allow them to roam around in the crowd. 

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Whatever was told was for our safety thing. Following it or making fun of it depends on individuals. If we follow we will live healthy life.

The monthly cycles are days meant to give rest and relaxation to the body, muscles, nerves and mind.

It needs proper understanding of the hygiene of the individual, and of the psycological , emotional stress of the mind due to harmonal changes during that period of time.

The monthly cycles generate excess heat in the system of females, which are required to pump down the menstrual blood totally out of the system and it enables timely cleaning of the body.

The heat energy generated at that time is several times more than normal days and this heat causes a lot of dehydration and hunger along with emotional turbulence due to harmonal changes

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There is an energy level imbalance or shift created in between the body and the outer environment.

 In order to avoid the wastage or release of the heat energy from the body of the individual inside other things or people,  it is considered essential that the particular individual has a separate place to rest, eat and relax herself.

The Food cooked by the woman during her period times cannot be partaken by others  and by herself also,since diffusion takes place., because the heat in her body is highly concentrated and it diffuses inside the pathaartham or the food that is made.

Critics and feminists make question this just to say that they are upholding women's right.

There is a huge difference between "Rights" and "stress free work"

Cooking during the monthly cycles stresses the person to such an extent that she will feel tired even to eat after so much work.

In these days, their energy has to be preserved and they need to be served .

So, actions like cooking, touching the clothes or folding them, going near  Pooja room is to be avoided.

During the monthly cycles, as told before, her body will not be in terms with the outer environmental energies and spiritual plane is auch higher plane where diffusion occurs.The spiritual energies will automatically try to get diffused inside us,when we enter a spiritual plane or temple,but during periods, the system behaves like like poles, they repel spiritual energies.unconsciously this will be done. 

Taking satwik foods, fruits, uncooked items, sprouts, milk,  buttermilk, ground nuts, only during the days, relaxing , maintaining calmness and serene attitude are good.