For a long time, human society has been fighting hunger. There is not enough food, hungry face and insufficient basic nutrition, so health is naturally out of the question. This concept has long been deeply rooted and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
However, overeating, paunchy, and excessive junk food in the body are also unhealthy manifestations. It involves not only the change of lifestyle, but also people's health concept.
Compared with before, our living standard has improved and our diet has become more colorful. But eating something makes people fat, accompanied by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes and so on? Rich disease? More and more. In this regard, Professor Hong Zhaoguang, a national expert on cardiovascular diseases, pointed out that this is not the fault of material civilization, but the lack of spiritual civilization and the outdated concept of health.
In fact, mild hunger is good for health. Folk saying? Always hungry with three points and full with seven points. ? What was Li Yu's regimen in Ming Dynasty? The degree of hunger and satiety should not be too seven points. The reason is? If you eat twice as much, your stomach will hurt. ? According to Professor Wofford of UCLA, he and seven colleagues were in the Arizona desert in 199 1- 1993. Second biosphere? I lived alone for two years. The changes of the physical condition of these scientists after reducing food intake were recorded in detail: the average weight of four men decreased 18%, and the average weight of four women decreased 10%. The blood pressure of 8 scientists decreased by 20% on average, and the blood sugar and insulin decreased by 30% on average. The cholesterol value of 8 people dropped from the average 195 to? Extremely healthy and normal 125? .
Slight hunger also contributes to longevity. Some scientists have done similar experiments on mice in the laboratory. Let some experimental rats eat enough, while others eat half. Therefore, the physical and mental state of semi-starved experimental mice is much better than that of complete experimental mice, with healthier heart, stronger immunity, stronger reproductive ability and 70% longer life span. Studies on obesity show that people with the same height but heavier weight have higher mortality and shorter life expectancy; On the contrary, non-smokers with the same height but lighter weight have lower mortality and longer life expectancy. Because eating less is easy to avoid the chronic toxicity of food, there is less chance of getting seriously ill, and people with light weight have light heart burden and can enjoy a long life.
Now with the improvement of human material life, there are more and more things to eat. With the development of science and technology, activities that used to require a lot of physical energy consumption have become less physical energy consumption, and people's demand for heat has changed greatly compared with decades ago. So three meals a day is not necessarily a healthy eating pattern for many people. People feel hungry every time they eat, which is more a habitual reaction than a physiological need.
As for why mild hunger can lead to animal health and longevity? Professor Nulsen from the University of Texas Health Science Center explained that cell death is an important factor of aging, and slight hunger can stimulate the potential of saving cells from death in the body. Therefore, he further suggested that people who like to eat and drink at ordinary times might as well subtract one meal from three meals a day on a regular basis, or reduce the amount of food they eat per meal.