With the continuous improvement of our quality of life, more and more people began to pay attention to their health and began to keep in good health slowly. In fact, in our daily life, health care can also start from some small things. The following small series introduces some common sense of healthy living and health care, hoping to help everyone. So what is the common sense of healthy living? What is the common sense of a healthy life?

First, brushing your teeth manually is cleaner.

The electric toothbrush gives you a false sense of security. You think everything will be fine if you put it in your mouth. Actually, it's best to use an ordinary toothbrush. Using electric toothbrush may lead to some areas in the mouth being neglected, while using manual toothbrush, people will clean every part of every tooth more consciously, especially the junction between teeth and gums. As long as you brush your teeth one by one for two minutes at a time, the effect of manual use of toothbrush is as good as that of using electric toothbrush, or even better.

Second, ice is more useful for back pain.

We are usually used to hot compress the affected area when we have back pain, but experts from the British Chiropractic Association say that ice compress is more effective. He believes that there is a common misunderstanding that ice will slow down the blood flow, so it may aggravate inflammation and pain. On the contrary, high temperature may aggravate inflammation and increase the pain of patients. Heat will dilate blood vessels and increase blood flow, thus reducing muscle spasm. But muscle spasm can protect the wound and prevent joint inflammation. If you apply hot compress to the pain, the protective spasm will disappear, which may further damage the joint. Although the pain and spasm may disappear for an hour or two after hot compress, it will only get worse after that, because you have stimulated the affected area. In contrast, ice can numb the affected area, constrict blood vessels and expel substances that may cause inflammation. Then, the blood vessels dilate again, allowing fresh blood to circulate and reducing pain and inflammation.

38 glasses of water is not a hard standard.

The European Food Safety Agency recommends that women drink 1.6 liters (about 8 cups) and men drink 2 liters (about 10 cups) every day. Many people drink water according to this standard, but independent nutritionists point out that the amount of water consumed that day is not only clear water, but also other liquids. So we don't have to force ourselves to drink a lot of water. When calculating our daily water consumption, don't ignore drinks or liquid foods such as soup, tea and coffee. Many people think that drinking coffee will make the body lose water. But in fact, coffee is a stimulant, which can only make people want to go to the toilet more, not a diuretic, and will not make you produce more urine. So how much coffee you drink is equivalent to how much water you drink without losing any water.

Fourth, you don't have to eat breakfast to lose weight.

"If you want to lose weight, you must have a good breakfast." Is it true?/You don't say. /You don't say. There is no convincing evidence that if you don't eat breakfast, you will eat more the next day. Although various studies show that eating cereal for breakfast helps to lose weight-the idea is that breakfast helps to start the body's metabolism, thus burning calories; Breakfast can also prevent us from eating too many snacks, because then we will not be hungry all morning. However, it doesn't matter if you lose weight without breakfast.

He usually doesn't want to eat anything in the morning, so he doesn't eat breakfast. He believes that even if you don't force yourself to have no appetite for breakfast, a person's metabolism can still go on. There is no convincing evidence that skipping breakfast will lead to an increase in total calorie intake in a day. The most important factor that determines our calorie consumption is the ratio of fat to muscle, because muscle consumes energy when you are resting. Compared with a big breakfast, increasing your muscle content is more conducive to losing weight. =

Five, migraine don't rush to take medicine.

The standard advice is that once you feel the symptoms of migraine, you should take painkillers such as ibuprofen as soon as possible to relieve the headache. However, the headache expert at King's College Hospital, University of London, said that he would not do this, but would first drink several cups of dehydrated products (1 product dehydration amount is about 0.5 liters) to get rid of the headache. Although he doesn't know why drinking water is effective in treating headaches, sometimes dehydration does cause headaches. Therefore, if you have symptoms of migraine, you may wish to drink water first, if not, then take ibuprofen.

Six, sleep less than 8 hours.

Sleep quality is the most important. Six hours of uninterrupted sleep is better than 10 hours of restless sleep. So, if you can have a good sleep easily, it doesn't matter if you sleep less than 8 hours. Everyone needs 8 hours of sleep, which is a misunderstanding. "

If you feel sleepy all day, it is indeed possible that you are not getting enough sleep; But if you are awake all day, no matter how long you slept the day before, you don't have to worry about your lack of sleep. In addition, it is normal to feel sleepy only at noon, so don't worry about your lack of sleep. Taking a nap at noon is a very good habit, because according to our biological clock, we need a long sleep at night and a short sleep in the afternoon. A 20-minute nap at noon can refresh you all afternoon. This kind of nap is not deep and will not affect the sleep at night.

Seventh, don't be too obsessed with body mass index.

Measuring body mass index (BMI) is one of the criteria used by doctors to evaluate whether a person's weight is normal. However, waist measurement is more important. Take the doctor himself as an example. During playing professional football, his muscles and weight increased, and his body mass index increased to 30, which reached the standard of obesity. In fact, he only has 7% fat. Therefore, the body mass index can not truly reflect the overall health status. A more accurate method is to assess your health through waist circumference, because too much waist fat will increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer. If your waistline exceeds the standard, your risk of health problems will be higher. The waist circumference of men is within 37 inches (93.98 cm), and that of women is within 3 1.5 inches (80.0 1 cm).

There are various opinions on health care among the people, and people have different opinions on which choice is more conducive to health. However, unscientific practices are not only harmful to health, but also harmful to health. Therefore, we should choose some healthy lifestyles and articles to add points to our health. The above seven suggestions are health suggestions made by experts through scientific experience.