Early on the morning of the holiday, Mr. Li slept until he woke up naturally. He stretched his waist and pulled open the curtains with great satisfaction. He picked up a glass of water at the head of the bed, poured it down, and instantly felt refreshed.
"Stop drinking, do your stomach still want it!" Before Mr. Li could wake up, he felt empty in his hand, and his mother took off his cup:
"Don't you know if you can't drink water when you wake up in the morning? It's more harmful to the stomach than not eating breakfast. I see that experts on the Internet say......" Listening to his mother's lessons and nagging, Mr. Li could only shake his head helplessly.
Is drinking water on an empty stomach really hurting the stomach than not eating breakfast?
When I heard this statement, many friends who have similar habits to Mr. Li may have trembled in their hearts. Did they drink the wrong "get up and have a glass of water" for so many years?
The reason why
has such a statement is mainly because of the theory of "diluting gastric juice" proposed by some Internet experts: believes that drinking water in the morning will dilute gastric juice , and then the digestive efficiency is reduced when eating breakfast, thereby increasing the risk of gastrointestinal diseases.
But this statement actually does not hold up. After one night of digestion, the human stomach and intestines are mostly empty. At this time, the stomach acid directly contacts the stomach wall. For the stomach, the gastric acid concentration at this time is actually too high , which causes irritation to the inner wall of the stomach and may increase discomfort. Especially for gastritis and people with gastric ulcers and , it may also aggravate the condition.
. Drinking a glass of water in the morning can dilute gastric juice, but it helps protect the gastric mucosa and reduces the occurrence of discomfort. Not only that, water intake can activate the stomach and intestines that have been silent for a night, but it is beneficial to improve digestive efficiency.
So, drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning is actually a healthy behavior. The typical bad habit of not eating breakfast is naturally incomparable. However, you should also pay attention to the type of water. There are three types of water that are not recommended to drink in the morning.
"A glass of water in the morning" is good, but it is not recommended to choose these three waters
are ice water, honey water and light salt water respectively.
The temperature of ice water is too low, and the stomach and intestines like warmth and hate cold. Drinking ice water in the morning will cause blood vessels on the surface of the gastric mucosa, which is more likely to cause gastric mucosa to break down, increasing the risk of inflammation and ulcers. And from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, after getting up early, yang energy gathers on the top of the head, and drinking ice water is also a wrong behavior of "destroying yang energy" and should not occur.
. Honey water and light salt water are nourishing in the eyes of most people, but they are also wrong. Although honey water has certain health care effects, it has the effect of promoting stomach acid. If you drink honey water early, it will aggravate the stimulation of gastric acid to the gastric mucosa;
and light salt water is even less recommended, especially in today's dietary environment, salt intake is generally excessive, and light salt water is consumed after getting up early, which is undoubtedly a behavior that can make things worse.
is truly suitable as "a cup of water in the morning". In fact, it is warm boiled water. The appropriate temperature is easier to be accommodated by the stomach and intestines, and it is more suitable to activate the stomach and intestines and start a new day. However, don’t drink too much water when you get up in the morning. Just one cup. Too much will lead to a disguised reduction in breakfast intake, which will affect the balanced diet.
But then again, in addition to "a glass of water in the morning", various behaviors after waking up are also of particular importance. If you can perform them in order after getting up, it will also be of good help in maintaining your health level.
Don't rush to wash up after getting up. After doing these two things, you will prolong your life and make your life better
The first thing : Meditation for 5 minutes
The human brain has the ability to adjust independently. Whenever you should do anything, you will switch to the corresponding state.For example, when sleeping, the brain's operation efficiency will be reduced, allowing us to sleep faster. Therefore, after waking up, the brain will also resume operation.
If you wake up immediately, you will have more confusing thoughts in your brain, which can easily cause dizziness, memory loss, and irritability in , which will affect your subsequent life and work. On the contrary, if you can sit quietly for about 5 minutes after waking up, and let the brain fully adapt to the state after waking up, it is also a changing guarantee for sleep quality.
Especially for middle-aged and elderly people, they may have morning stiffness, dizziness, , etc. After getting up, sit quietly to slowly adapt to avoid injuries and accidents, which will help longevity
The second thing: Defecation
In my country, intestinal cancer has become the fourth leading cause of death. Protection of the intestine cannot be ignored. After a night of gastrointestinal digestion, there will be more toxins and feces accumulated in the intestines. If not excreted in time, the toxins will cause irritation to the intestines and can easily pose hidden dangers to the intestines.
Therefore, it is important to defecate in time after getting up in the morning. Intestinal health, the risk of intestinal cancer is reduced, and it is also a behavior that helps to have a healthy and long life. However, the bowel movement should not be too long. Long-term bowel movement will increase the probability of symptoms such as anal prolapse, hemorrhoids and . Please pay more attention.
In short, it is still recommended that everyone maintain the habit of "get up a glass of water in the morning", which is a behavior that helps health and longevity, but the types of water should be selected scientifically and reasonably. After getting up, every move may be related to health preservation. If you arrange your life details reasonably, your health will not treat us unfairly.
Reference:
[1] Ni Zheng. Is it right or wrong to drink water on an empty stomach in the morning [J]. Health care guide , 2014(3):1.
[2] Mei Wenyu. A glass of water in the morning, drinking it with particular attention [J]. Friends of Party Members and Cadres, 2011(8):1.
