Eat too much
For this view, a nutritionist called it "the road to aging paved with calories." In order to emphasize this point, some experts bluntly said that "the more you eat, the faster you die." This statement is not alarmist. A large number of animal experiments have proved that for animals, proper food restriction can prolong their life; For humans, if food restriction is started from childhood, the immune system will develop and degenerate in the later stage, and the activity of the immune system will remain at a high level until middle age. If there is overnutrition in childhood, the cellular immune system of human body will develop rapidly, and the immune system will deteriorate rapidly after middle age, thus increasing the incidence of cancer and other aging diseases. Practice has proved that overeating and overnutrition are the chief culprits of senile diseases such as hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, obesity and diabetes. It is their common habit to study the diet of the long-lived old people at all times and in all countries.
(2) Eating too much.
Eating too much leads to too little intake of vitamins and fiber, especially dietary fiber has the functions of laxative, detoxification, cancer prevention and blood lipid reduction, which is especially important for middle-aged and elderly people. Otherwise, it will cause a large number of toxic metabolites in the intestine to be absorbed by the human body and accelerate cell aging.
(3) Too little exercise.
Aristotle, an ancient Greek thinker, said, "Nothing makes people older than not exercising for a long time." It is also said that long-term lack of physical activity equals chronic suicide. Lack of exercise leads to premature aging, which is not only confirmed by scientific experiments, but also by countless long-lived elderly people.
(4) Bad psychology
At all times and in all countries, people who are not narrow-minded and selfish are old. Long-term narrow-mindedness and greed make people easy to haggle over every ounce, impetuous, and too much psychological pressure, which directly causes the dysfunction of the human neuroendocrine system. This mental state plays a more prominent role in accelerating human aging than any other factor. In ancient times, Confucius followed the principle of "different people have different opinions, and the wise have different opinions", and the core of Laozi's regimen was "purity and inaction".
(5) Bad habits
Irregular sleep and irregular diet are also one of the factors that accelerate aging, especially for middle-aged and elderly people. Irregular daily life prevents all kinds of cells that have declined from getting normal rest and nutritional supplement. In this way, human cells will accelerate aging from structure to function. All kinds of staying up late, working overtime, clubbing, playing mahjong and frequent parties are not the right choices for middle-aged and elderly people.
(6) Bad habits
Among the bad habits, experts compare smoking to the first killer of accelerating aging, and regard alcoholism as the second biggest killer. As we all know, smoking will accelerate aging, and the impact of alcohol on the human body may be somewhat confusing. Alcohol has two effects on human health. People can stay young by drinking, and they can also accelerate aging by drinking. Excessive drinking will increase the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, accelerate brain damage, increase the incidence of cancer and increase the chance of premature death. 3. The way to live a long life lies in health.
Today, China has moved towards a well-off society. After people have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, they should pay attention to improving their quality of life, health care and physical health. In this way, everyone can live a long and healthy life and die.
In ancient China, the society was turbulent, wars were frequent, epidemics were prevalent, and people lived in poverty. The average person's life span is very short, but why did the ancient famous doctors have a long life span? There are four ways to sum up their experience:
(1) Regular daily life and moderate diet.
Regular daily life and moderate diet. In other words, life must conform to the laws of physiological requirements. "Su Wen Gu Naive Theory" said: "Ancient people, knowing it, learning Yin and Yang, and counting tricks, eating moderately, not rashly, can be in harmony with God until they are 100 years old. And there is no festival in daily life, so it is also a decline over half a year. " People get up and lie down, which is the habit of doing activities during the day and sleeping at night. Sleep regularly, wake up regularly, get up on time, form a set of fixed sleep rhythm, and then the biological clock will work, and there will be a reflection of wanting to sleep, wake up and get up. According to this habit and rhythm, you will feel very natural and comfortable. If we often disrupt this rule, don't get up on time and indulge in nightlife, it will disrupt the rhythm of the biological clock, cause some abnormal diseases in the body, such as insomnia, irritability, fatigue, drowsiness, etc., and lead to the decline of the body's disease resistance. In his early years, Gao Lian said in the Eight Diagrams of Respect for Life: "People have three deaths, not their own lives, but their own lives. From time to time, my husband sleeps, his diet is not good, and excessive work and rest will be killed by illness. " Therefore, the rule of life, getting up and lying down, is the way to live longer.
Moderate diet is neither starvation nor overeating, but moderation. Most old Chinese doctors pay attention to eating regularly and quantitatively, not eating too much. They understand the nutrition theory of "medicine and food are homologous" and often choose food to regulate their bodies according to their own needs. For example, Dr. Zhang Zhichun, the former director of the Department of Epidemic Febrile Diseases of Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, drinks bean juice (a Beijing snack fermented from mung beans) all the year round. More than 80 years old, still alert, hands do not shake. At that time, I had followed the example of drinking bean juice. Sure enough, I feel very comfortable after drinking it. If I have a sore throat, I will drink a bowl of bean juice and the pain will go away. I often say by analogy that drinking bean juice can be comparable to using penicillin.
As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Li? Tiangong divides doctors into four categories: food doctor, disease doctor, doctor selection and veterinarian, and clearly points out that food doctor comes first. This shows that the ancients knew the importance of a reasonable diet to people's health long ago.
(2) Be good at grasping the seven emotions and be calm.
The seven emotions, namely joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise, are the mental state of the body and the different reflections of people on objective things. Under normal circumstances, it generally does not make people sick. Only sudden, intense or long-term emotional stimulation, which exceeds the normal physiological activities of the human body, will lead to the disorder of human qi, the imbalance of viscera, yin and yang, and qi and blood, and will lead to diseases. Seven emotions are one of the main pathogenic factors causing internal injuries, so they are often called "seven emotions of internal injuries".
The characteristic of seven emotions is that they directly act on the corresponding five internal organs. "Su Wen? Yin-yang reaction theory says: Anger hurts the liver, likes to hurt the spleen, grieves the lung and fears to hurt the kidney, which means that different emotional stimuli can affect the corresponding five zang-fu organs, making the qi and blood of the five zang-fu organs run in disorder and qi and blood out of balance.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that seven emotions are the "internal causes" that make people sick. People's mood and mentality have a great influence on health, because when people are calm and happy, the physiological functions of each system are normal. When people are in a bad mood, or all kinds of bad information are transmitted to the central nervous system, the nervous system will be disordered, leading to the decline of immune function, thus promoting the aging process of people, or leading to certain diseases, such as cancer, coronary heart disease, hypertension and so on. Because the seven emotions are an important factor of internal injuries, Chinese medicine particularly emphasizes careful conditioning, nourishing and strengthening the body and maintaining good health.
(3) pay attention to health and disease prevention.
The so-called "health preservation" is to maintain the body and prevent diseases. Health preserving has a long history in China and is an important part of traditional medicine in China. For thousands of years, through repeated practice, we have accumulated extremely rich and valuable experience. It is the crystallization of China's wisdom and creation. The content of health preservation is very wide, involving a lot. But most people pay more attention to medical care than health care. Our predecessors not only had a deep understanding in this respect, but also achieved good results in practice. In recent years, more and more people have begun to pay attention to the importance of health preservation. It is also highly valued internationally, and they gradually realize that health preservation plays an important role in delaying aging and preventing diseases, and also has therapeutic effects on many chronic diseases. It is the best means and method to improve human life coefficient and prolong life.
As early as the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Ministry of Health formulated the policy of health work, there was a leading idea of "prevention first". In the Ming Dynasty, Li Lian also listed "keeping in good health" as the first in his masterpiece Neijing. Neijing? Su Wen also discussed in many places: "righteousness lies in memory, and evil cannot be done;" Dialectical views of "Qi deficiency due to evil combination" and "Keeping the spirit inside and being content with illness". The ancients attached great importance to the unity of internal and external causes, with special emphasis on the importance of internal causes. This understanding is very valuable, because external causes work through internal causes. Many famous old Chinese medicine practitioners have their own different methods of keeping in good health and persevere, so they can get good results.
(4) cure "disease" and "disease".
"Early recognition of diseases" and "early treatment" were advocated by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage in Han Dynasty. The ancients had different interpretations of the word "disease". He said that "illness" is a small problem that is not easy to detect, and it is also called "no illness". The "sub-health" state that people often say now is the "disease" state that the ancients said. At this time, we should take active and effective measures to treat it. If we don't take any preventive measures, we can develop into a "disease". Neijing, an ancient book of traditional Chinese medicine, also has the saying that "saints can't cure their diseases, but they can't cure them". Old Chinese medicine practitioners attach great importance to early conditioning when they are unwell, which is also called "preventing diseases". Know the importance of "nip in the bud". In life, they also pay special attention to regulating gastrointestinal function. They keep in mind the famous saying "all diseases are caused by internal injuries of the spleen and stomach". It is believed that the spleen and stomach are "the foundation of the day after tomorrow". The function of the spleen and stomach is well maintained, the food is fragrant, the nutrition is sufficient and the body is good. This is basically consistent with the four cornerstones of a healthy way advocated by the Victoria Declaration, which emphasizes the need for comprehensive and balanced nutritional supplements. Secondly, pay attention to regulating qi and blood, and think that qi and blood are closely related to physiological functions and pathological changes of human body. Like "Su Wen? The Theory of True Meaning says, "If you stick to the pathogenesis, you must first win five victories (dirty), dredge your qi and blood, and achieve peace. "It means that one of the main keys to treating diseases and preserving health is to dredge qi and blood to make it smooth and normal." Su Wen? "The Theory of Yin and Yang should be alike" also said: "Try to judge their Yin and Yang, treat Yang disease with Yin, treat Yin disease with Yang, determine their qi and blood, each guard his hometown, determine those with excessive blood, and draw them with qi deficiency." "Those who are bloody should be determined" refers to guiding and dredging, such as determining rivers, which is a great method to remove blood stasis. "Qi deficiency should be induced", that is, qi is handsome for blood, pneumatic for blood, and qi stops for blood. Old Chinese medicine practitioners attach great importance to using the principles of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, tonifying deficiency and promoting qi circulation, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis to maintain good health. I have seen a traditional prescription composed of Panax Notoginseng, which is taken in beginning of winter every year, and it has a very good effect on preventing joint disadvantage and joint pain of the elderly in winter.
The experience of the famous Chinese medicine practitioners in preventing diseases is better than curing diseases, which is more than 2000 years earlier than the four cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle advocated in the Victoria Declaration formulated by the World Cardiology Association 1992 (namely, balanced diet, moderate exercise, smoking cessation and alcohol restriction, and psychological balance), and is more comprehensive, specific and practical than the Victoria Declaration. The health care experience of old Chinese medicine practitioners can also be said to be one of the most precious outstanding heritages in ancient China culture.