people have three treasures: essence, energy and spirit. And health is mainly about cultivating people's "vitality". Essence, qi, and spirit are important components of traditional Chinese life-preserving theories. So, how can we keep our spirits? It can be said that there are many methods, such as diet, exercise, a good lifestyle and so on.
People who are in good health, like to "work hard" in 4 aspects. After 40 years of age, they must do their best to do their best:
1. Pay attention to healthy eating
Western food is becoming more and more popular in our diet, while hamburgers, cheese, french fries, chicken nuggets It is characterized by high fat, high salt, high sugar and high protein. These are unhealthy foods that are harmful to our body.
Approximately 30% of heart disease cases in the world may be caused by this diet. Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables is the healthiest way of eating. It can reduce the incidence of heart disease by 30%-40%; a diet based on tofu and soybeans has no significant effect on the incidence of heart disease; Western food is most likely to cause heart disease , Can increase the incidence of heart disease by 35%. These foods represent high fat and high sugar, especially desserts or ice cream, which promote the accumulation of fat or sugar in the body.
For example, the fatty acids in fish can keep the heartbeat rhythm stable. You can eat 2-3 servings of fish, chicken, pork, 50-100 grams a day; 6 tablespoons of staple food, or 3 tablespoons of legumes as supplementary food, plus 2 eggs ; Try not to eat butter and trans fatty acid snacks, but choose olive oil and rapeseed oil, eat 1-3 servings of olive oil, rapeseed oil or nuts (30 grams) a day, the amount of oil is 1 to 2 Spoon. As long as you stick to the above diet plan, you can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease.
2. Relieve depression and cultivate self-confidence
When people reach middle age, they feel that life has entered a process of constant loss. The deterioration of health, the indifference of marriage and the changes of the times make middle-aged people feel depressed and gloomy for a long time, which also affects their health. Middle-aged people need to maintain a healthy and good attitude.
Long-term depression can lead to excessive secretion of glucocorticoids. In addition to reducing the body's resistance, it can also accelerate the production of monoamine oxidase and accelerate the aging process. People in middle age should learn to let go and decompress their lives.
3, drink a glass of water before going to bed to prevent cerebral thrombosis
cerebral thrombosis is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly people, and it is closely related to the elderly hypertension, arteriosclerosis, blood viscosity increase . Drinking a glass of water before going to bed can prevent cerebral thrombosis to a certain extent.
The onset of cerebral thrombosis is mostly between morning and morning. Human blood viscosity reaches its highest value between 4:00 and 8:00 in the morning, and then gradually decreases, indicating that the increase in blood viscosity is related to the occurrence of cerebral thrombosis. relationship.
Therefore, people, especially the elderly, drink about 200 ml of water before going to bed in the middle of the night. In this way, the blood viscosity of the body in the morning will not increase, but will decrease. Medical experts also generally believe that drinking water at night can indeed reduce blood viscosity, maintain smooth blood circulation, and prevent thrombosis.
4. Persist in exercise
Long-term physical exercise can gradually strengthen the myocardial fibers of middle-aged and elderly people, improve cardiac circulatory system function, and prevent or delay the occurrence of common cardiovascular diseases. For the respiratory system, regular exercise will make the respiratory muscles strong and powerful, and breathing will become deep and slow-breathing will deepen and the frequency will decrease. For the digestive system, it can increase appetite, gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase digestion and secretion, and accelerate the digestion and absorption of food. Can improve the function of liver and pancreas. The effect of exercise on the nervous system is more obvious. During exercise, various parts of the muscles contract regularly and coordinately, various stimuli are transmitted to the brain, and the brain sends out various action commands. Therefore, it is a good exercise for the nervous system. It makes the nervous system react quickly and accurately, moves quickly, is not easy to fatigue, and can keep the body's good defense function.
Middle-aged people should also pay attention to the following five aspects to prevent aging:
first, avoid laziness. By middle age, peoplePeople will unconsciously feel heavy legs and tired body and mind, so they don't like exercise, which shows that "aging" has quietly come. Therefore, after middle age, people should try to avoid being lazy, and often participate in some sports activities within their capacity, such as jogging, walking, boxing, doing exercises, swimming, etc.
Second, avoid overwork. By the middle age, people are burdened with heavy work and housework. If life, study and work are not arranged properly, all tissues and organs of the body will not get proper rest. Over time, it can lead to chronic fatigue and disease, leading to poor sleep, poor diet, weight loss, and even increased blood pressure, hypoxia and heart disease.
Third, quit smoking. In middle age, people often want to smoke because of laziness or tiredness, but smoking is the chief culprit that threatens the health and life of middle-aged people.
Fourth, abstain from indulgence. In middle age, the husband and wife had deep feelings. At this time, they are easily impulsive, which is extremely harmful to health. Indulgence makes them easily feel dizzy, weak in the waist and knees, and even life-threatening. Therefore, when a person reaches middle age, husband and wife life must be temperate.
Sixth, don’t eat too much. Eating more will increase weight and cause obesity . Obese people often have "four highs", namely high blood sugar , high blood pressure, high triglycerides and high cholesterol. These "four highs" are closely related to the formation of atherosclerosis, which is the bane of cardiovascular disease. At the same time, every meal will cause too much blood to concentrate in the gastrointestinal tract and induce other diseases. For health, people must avoid eating too much in their middle age.
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