"Fasting is a secular and mysterious fasting." In ancient times, it was regarded as an important means of Taoist cultivation. People who cultivate immortals think that all grains are turbid and heaven is the cleanest place. You can't become immortal without removing the turbid body. Including Christianity and Islam, all have doctrines and canons similar to fasting, which makes fasting a rather feudal superstition and a layer of ignorance from the perspective of public cognition. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that macro-grains will be transformed into vital energy and body fluid needed by the human body through the transport of spleen, but if they are eaten too much, they will produce "phlegm dampness" which is not conducive to health, that is, fat, blood lipid and metabolic abnormalities considered by modern medicine. Therefore, there is still a saying in the traditional health-keeping saying: "If you want to be healthy, you must always be hungry and cold." However, Professor Qin Jian pointed out that from the perspective of never eating, fasting and crossing the valley are basically the same, but fasting is different from crossing the valley because it is based on scientific medical means. Fasting is divided into two days on weekends, short-term fasting for health care and medicine, and long-term fasting for 7- 1 1 day for treatment. Short-term fasting does not require strict procedures, and fasting for more than 2 days must be carried out in the hospital under the close monitoring of various functions of medical staff. Professor Qin Jian said: "Fasting is a secular fasting and a mysterious fasting. Fasting is not a matter of course It must be carried out in strict accordance with medical monitoring and procedures to ensure that it will not cause harm to human health on the basis of treating diseases. " In the trilogy, fasting is good, and drinking more water is the first. Professor Qin Jian said that under normal circumstances, it is very safe to fast for two days at home, and there is no special attention in principle, but it would be better if we could follow the fasting trilogy: step one: buffer period. If office workers want to fast on weekends, they can start preparing from Friday. This preparation is not "you can't eat anything tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so eat more and save it today", but consciously reduce your food intake and only eat fruit and water, giving your body a signal of insufficient energy. When the body's energy intake is insufficient, the brain will order the body to gradually shut down all non-essential functions of the body to ensure that the body can function normally without energy intake. Step 2: Fasting period. Starting on an empty stomach on Saturday, you can drink sodium sulfate in 500ml warm water to achieve the effect of "clearing the intestines". However, Professor Qin Jian stressed that this kind of "bowel cleaning" behavior is not to clear the so-called "stool" or "detoxification", but to empty the intestines and reduce the stimulation of intestinal garbage to the intestines, thus reducing the hunger of the human body. After emptying the intestines, people can live a normal life and even do light exercise, including jogging, yoga, walking and other light and not strenuous exercise, but Professor Qin Jian also reminded that it is best not to drive and climb on an empty stomach, so as to avoid the danger caused by insufficient physical strength. At the same time, he stressed that when fasting, drink more water than usual, so that water can excrete uric acid, keto acid and other wastes from the body. The intake of water should be about 3000 ml per day. If you are too hungry, you can drink vegetable juice or fruit juice properly. If you have a strong feeling of discomfort, you should stop fasting immediately so as not to endanger your life. The third step: recovery period. After two days of short-term fasting on weekends, you can resume your normal diet on Monday. However, because your stomach has been hungry for two days at the weekend, you will eat less than usual. You can take the form of gradual recovery and eat more fruits and vegetables. You must not eat like big fish and big meat, otherwise the burden on the stomach will increase and you will feel indigestion and even pain. Fasting for the first time may cause some discomfort caused by hunger. After repeated several times, you will find that the discomfort disappears and you will benefit a lot. Fasting can treat digestive tract diseases such as gastritis, and it will not cause harm to the stomach. We often hear that someone has been diagnosed with stones or even stomach cancer because of long-term irregular diet or long-term skipping breakfast, which makes people more and more deeply and horribly aware of the "harm of irregular diet". So if you don't eat anything except water for two whole days, will it cause harm to digestive organs such as stomach and gallbladder? Professor Qin Jian replied that the risk of gallstones is undeniable, but at the same time, he believes that this risk does not necessarily mean that it will be obtained. If fasting therapy can cure more serious and life-threatening diseases such as coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis, then we should choose a method that is beneficial to overall health. In addition, consciously and actively fasting will not only harm the stomach, but even treat gastritis and protect the stomach. For example, he said that most drivers used to have stomach problems because they wanted to eat after dinner time, but they didn't necessarily have time to eat. However, because the brain constantly imagines the delicious food, the gallbladder will automatically secrete bile, and the stomach will automatically secrete gastric acid, but there is nothing to digest in the stomach, and gastric acid will constantly stimulate the gastric mucosa and aggravate stomach problems. But after the fasting therapy was buffered, the body itself realized that there was nothing to eat these two days. Subjectively, this consciousness inhibits the related reflex of the nervous system, so that the stomach will not secrete gastric acid, thus reducing the burden on the stomach and treating gastritis. This is the principle of fasting treatment for many patients with gastric bleeding. Who is suitable for fasting? Fasting is good, but not everyone can take it for granted. Professor Qin Jian pointed out that it is very safe to fast for two days for a short time on weekends. In principle, everyone can fast at home, but patients with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, mental disorders, pregnant women, particularly thin people and the elderly over 70 years old should not fast. Patients with skin allergies and metabolic abnormalities (such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, etc.) are fasting. ), digestive system diseases, etc. It has a good effect on treating diseases, while people with mental stress and low back pain. You can also do it properly. The frequency of short-term fasting is generally 65438+ 1 0-2 times a month, even if it is used to lose weight, it should not be too frequent. People with conditions should closely monitor blood pressure and blood sugar when necessary to ensure scientific, safe and healthy fasting.