A small gesture, a life span of 20 years.
Eating a nutritious breakfast every day is very important to your health. If you can make good use of half an hour after breakfast, you can get twice the result with half the effort for health preservation. So, what's the best thing to do and what not to do after breakfast?
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1. Have some fruit
Eating some fruit after breakfast is a good supplement to breakfast. The best choices are: kiwi fruit that can reduce fat aggregation, grapefruit that can lower blood sugar, and strawberry with high vitamin content. Eating rich vitamins in the morning can refresh your mind and ensure your work efficiency in the morning.
2.*** Knee
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, rubbing the knee joint repeatedly by hand about 20 minutes after meals can make the stomach meridian unobstructed.
Hit the outside of the calf
Pat the outside of the calf for 5 minutes after breakfast, which helps to prolong life. There is one of the most important acupoints in the human body-Zusanli. Flapping after meals can produce stomach qi, dry spleen and promote diuresis, which is beneficial to longevity. Although it is only a small action, it may lead to a long life of 20 years. Why not?
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Eager to exercise
Many middle-aged and elderly friends are used to exercising in the morning, but it is best not to exercise immediately after breakfast (it is recommended to exercise for half an hour after breakfast), otherwise it will easily cause indigestion; If the intensity of exercise is high, it will also cause abdominal pain or gastrointestinal diseases, which is also very dangerous for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Take a nap, stretch and stand on tiptoe.
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Take a nap.
Half an hour after lunch is the key moment to adjust the physical and mental state, and middle-aged and elderly friends can take a nap during this time. Psychologists at Harvard University found that taking a nap at noon can relieve stress and improve memory, even if it is only ten minutes, the effect is immediate.
Step 2 stretch, stand on tiptoe and take a deep breath
"If you can't sleep, it's best to rest your voice, especially those who usually talk a lot." Experts from the University of Michigan pointed out that you can use this time to stretch your waist, stand on tiptoe, take a deep breath and refresh your mind.
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Drink strong tea
Many middle-aged and elderly friends like to drink strong tea, but drinking strong tea after meals will affect protein's absorption. Tannic acid in tea will also hinder the absorption of iron, and drinking strong tea after meals for a long time will easily lead to iron deficiency anemia.
In addition, drinking tea immediately after a meal, a lot of water enters the stomach, which will dilute the digestive juice secreted by the stomach, thus affecting the digestion of food by the stomach.
Do housework and play meridians.
In a busy day, the time after dinner is the most abundant, and people also like to arrange a lot of things after dinner. But keeping in good health after meals is taboo.
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1. Do some housework
During this time, you might as well do some housework, such as washing dishes or tidying your room, so that you can exercise without burdening your digestive system.
2. Beat the meridians
Use this time to beat the meridians, mainly for Ren meridian, that is, the middle part above the lower abdomen. There are many important acupoints here. After eating, gently pat it for 20 minutes from top to bottom, which can help digestion and keep fit.
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1. eager to take a bath and soak your feet
Doing so will increase the blood flow on the body surface and decrease the blood flow in the gastrointestinal tract, thus weakening the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract. It is recommended to rest 1~2 hours first.
2. Take part in some direct activities, such as square dance and boxing.
In order to avoid physical discomfort, middle-aged and elderly friends had better go half an hour after meals.
Do this before meals.
Go to bed before meals
In the past, people used to have a rest after lunch, because most people felt headache, brain swelling, limb weakness and general laziness. This is because human blood has a relatively constant index. When people eat, the blood flow will be more concentrated in the digestive system, which will reduce the blood supply to the brain and body. As a result, the brain and limbs can't get enough oxygen and nutrition, and the metabolites can't be eliminated in time, thus causing a series of uncomfortable symptoms. Research shows that taking a half-hour break before meals is more effective than sleeping for two hours after meals, and it can greatly improve the work efficiency in the afternoon.
Drink soup before meals.
As the saying goes, drinking soup before meals does not require a doctor to prescribe. This statement has certain scientific truth. If you drink some soup before eating, it will relieve the sudden and severe feeling of * * * on an empty stomach and protect your stomach. Just like doing some preparatory actions before exercise, it can mobilize the whole digestive system, make the digestive glands secrete enough digestive juice to digest food, and it is also more conducive to the absorption and utilization of food nutrition.
Eat fruit before meals.
Because food needs to be digested 1 ~ 2 hours before it can be discharged slowly, and fruit is a monosaccharide food, which is easy to absorb and does not need to stay in the stomach. If you eat fruit after a meal and stay in your stomach for too long, it will easily lead to bloating, diarrhea or constipation, which will lead to digestive dysfunction over time. Therefore, it is most appropriate to eat fruit before meals 1 hour.
Go before dinner.
There used to be a saying: walk a hundred steps after dinner and live to ninety-nine. However, according to scientific analysis, it is not entirely correct to take a walk immediately after a meal, because the food after a meal is concentrated in the stomach and needs a lot of digestive juice and blood to participate in digestion. If you walk immediately after a meal, blood needs to be transported to other parts of the body, so the blood supply to the gastrointestinal tract is relatively reduced, and food cannot be fully digested. The latest research shows that if you change your past habits and take a short brisk walk before a full meal, you can quickly eliminate harmful blood lipids in your body, which is of great benefit to preventing heart disease.
Brush your teeth before meals
The formation of dental caries is mainly the result of chemical reaction between tartar and sugar in food, forming acidic substances to corrode teeth. When people eat, tartar has reacted with sugar in food, and acidic substances have been formed. It's too late to brush your teeth. Only by removing tartar before meals can the formation of acidic substances be significantly reduced, thus keeping teeth clean and healthy. Of course, brushing your teeth after meals is helpful to remove food residues, which is also necessary.
Conclusion: People can't live without three meals a day. How to distribute the diet reasonably to make it more conducive to human health and nourishing health is a problem that people care about. Today, I helped you sort out those things about health care before and after meals. If there is any negligence at ordinary times, pay attention quickly! A healthy body begins with diet.