In fact, "baby fat" is a unique state of youth. Once lost, it means that the body has begun to age. You can pay attention to the old lady's face if you don't believe me. No matter how fat the elderly are, their cheeks can't bulge, and excess fat will only droop and fold. You can also look at your changes on different days. When you are tired or in a bad mood, the fullness of your face is usually greatly reduced, slightly flabby and haggard, and people look obviously old. Especially after the age of 35, the whole body tends to sag. If you are undernourished, your body is too thin and your muscles are slack, you are prone to wrinkles, dryness and aging. How can you say young?
Therefore, if you want to stay young, you must keep your face full, even a little baby fat is the most beautiful state with the least wrinkles. People over the age of 30, if they don't do special photogenic work, don't pursue sunken cheeks. Once the makeup is removed, it will look very old. What is needed at this time is full muscles, which support the skin and make the whole body full and smooth. If you want to "thin into a lightning bolt", I am afraid it will only make people feel a little scary.
Is thinness related to health? Most people believe that "a thousand dollars is hard to buy, and getting old is thin." Is it really reliable? This is the result of lifelong research.
The study of longevity has found some interesting phenomena, and sometimes even subverted people's conventional ideas. Scientific research and commercial insurance information in western countries prove that people who are obese from childhood have a relatively short life span; However, those with normal weight in their youth and slightly overweight in their old age, that is, those with a body mass index in the range of 25-27, live longer than the thin old people. China's research also found that among hospitalized elderly people, overweight people have a greater chance of recovery; And those skinny old people who are already skinny have obviously little chance of recovery.
Other studies show that most women's weight peaks in their fifties, while men are in their sixties. After the age of 70, the weight will gradually drop. In the years before death, the elderly usually have obvious weight loss and muscle atrophy, that is, they will become obviously emaciated. At the same time, their physical fitness will be greatly reduced and it will become difficult to walk. Those old people who are still full and strong after 70 years old have the longest life expectancy.
The study of blood lipids found that among young people, people with the highest total cholesterol level have the greatest risk of chronic diseases; In middle-aged people, high and low levels of total cholesterol will affect health; Among the very old people, the people with the highest total cholesterol level have the longest life expectancy. Blood sugar research found that even in people without diabetes, with the growth of age, the levels of insulin and blood sugar in the human body will gradually increase, that is to say, the growth of age will lead to the decline of blood sugar control ability. However, since middle age, people with relatively low insulin and blood sugar levels will live longer.
Are these findings really contradictory? In fact, the two are not contradictory.
All the studies tell us that before the age of 50, we should not have too much body fat, especially visceral fat, to maintain a healthy body shape. When you are young, life is full of vitality, and your body is not easy to accumulate fat. If there is too much fat at this time, it usually means a decline in metabolic rate and premature aging of the body, which is of course harmful to health and longevity.
However, after old age, the synthetic ability of the body is greatly reduced, and catabolism becomes dominant. Both cholesterol and muscle need good synthetic function to ensure. If malnutrition occurs at this time, it will aggravate the excessive decomposition of muscle tissue, leading to the occurrence of "sarcopenia" or "sarcopenia syndrome", which is an important symbol of aging and low metabolic level of the body. Think about it. If you compare your body to a home, the useful furniture items at home are gradually damaged and thrown away, and new things can't get in, so you always make ends meet. Can this family last?
The study of muscle shows that even if young people eat decently and have less protein for a period of time, it will not cause obvious muscle decomposition and reduction. However, once protein is obviously lacking in the diet of the elderly, muscle loss will be very obvious. Middle-aged people are in between. The ancients said that "people are over forty, and Yin Qi is half", which may mean that after middle age, the synthetic function of the human body is obviously reduced, and physical fitness is reduced.
Therefore, we should pay attention from middle age and abandon those ways of losing weight such as eating apples, tomatoes and cucumbers at night. Although you can't overeat, you can't just skip a meal. The so-called eating seven or eight full points means improving the nutritional quality of food, and eating three meals evenly so as not to be obviously hungry. Muscle gain will lead to weight gain, so instead of caring about weight, it is better to think more about physical fitness and whether there is too much fat on the waist.
The so-called "a thousand dollars is hard to buy old and thin", and it is correct to explain it in another way. In other words, with the growth of age, the body will still not be puffy, and the muscles will still be full. The so-called "thin" here refers to the low body fat content, not the skinny and weak state. Studies have found that people with poor muscle strength when they are young will have an increased risk of developing diabetes in the future. Poor muscle strength in the elderly is related to shortened life span. It is the most important thing to maintain physical and mental state-this point has never changed regardless of any research, regardless of age or gender.
So, what are you waiting for? Get rid of the idea of losing weight on an empty stomach and act quickly! When people reach middle age, in addition to aerobic exercise, don't forget to do exercise and maintain muscles!