Q 1: How many secrets are hidden in our intestines?
A 1: The intestine is the most important digestive organ in our body. First of all, the intestine is very long, generally 6- 10 meter long. In fact, this length is equivalent to five times the height of the human body. And there are many folds in the intestine, which can expand its area to three times. Many folds have a lot of fluff and microvilli, which can expand dozens of times. So if our intestines are completely expanded, it will be nearly 200 square meters, which is equivalent to the area of a tennis court. What's the use of such a large area? Is to fully absorb all kinds of nutrients in food.
Q2: Since the intestine is so long in our body, what are its main functions and responsibilities?
A2: Intestine is mainly where human body digests and absorbs. The length of the intestine is five times the height of the human body. Such a long length also needs enough time and area to absorb all kinds of nutrients in our food. All the food we eat in our life adds up to about 70 tons. These foods have to be digested and absorbed by the intestines before they can be converted into tissue components of our human body. This weight is equivalent to the weight of 12 elephants. You can imagine how big this food is and how much it affects our health. In fact, a lot of work that our intestines do in our bodies is dirty and tiring. Because in addition to the nutrients absorbed by the intestine, the last food residue is actually discharged from the intestine, so we sometimes call the intestine not only the gas station of our body, but also the sewer of our body. It can be imagined how much it affects our health. Besides digestion and absorption, the intestine is actually the largest endocrine organ in our body. Intestine brings together 70% endocrine factors of our human body, and 80% immune function of human body is realized in intestine. So it is also very important for our health. Moreover, the intestine also has a very important function, which is the shielding function of the intestine. It is a very important barrier between human body and harmful substances outside. If the intestinal function declines, these toxic and harmful substances will have many harmful effects if they leak into our bodies. So we all know that there are three kinds of bacteria in the intestine.
The first category is probiotics, mainly bifidobacteria and lactic acid bacteria.
The second category is harmful bacteria, mainly represented by Escherichia coli.
The third category is called conditional pathogenic bacteria. The so-called conditional pathogen, sometimes good and sometimes bad, depends on what nutrition you give it.
Q3: Since the intestine is so important, what kind of problems will it face? What kind of intestines are good or bad?
A3: Intestinal health. It has an impact on the overall health of our human body. Because all our food is digested and absorbed in the intestines. If the food structure is unreasonable, such as too little dietary fiber, then our intestines can't get enough nutrition; At the same time, if there is too much energy and fat, the intestine will be unbearable and many problems will arise. In fact, many studies have found that a large part of our human health is related to intestinal bacteria. More and more studies have found that the species balance of intestinal bacteria has great influence on health. It will affect our mood, intelligence, cardiovascular system, and even our digestive system and endocrine system. As you can imagine, there are more than 400 bacteria in our intestines, and its total amount can reach 100 trillion, and 1 trillion is 1 billion. Such a large number of bacteria have evolved with our human body. After hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, it has become a very important part of our health balance. In other words, if the bacteria in the intestine are unbalanced, then our human health will also have various problems.
Q4: What kind of crisis will low intestinal strength cause to us?
A4: Actually, the shielding function of intestine is very important to our health. Intestinal cells are updated every four days, so they need a lot of nutrition. If we girls are not balanced in nutrition, there will be a situation directly: many food ingredients, including some toxic and harmful ingredients, will leak into the blood through this intestinal barrier. This will directly cause skin allergies, acne, herpes, acne and other problems. In addition, people with poor intestines can easily see that their faces are dull, that is, people who often have intestinal problems such as constipation and diarrhea usually have dull skin, which is the biggest problem. In addition, there are many intestinal diseases in China. According to statistics, 654.38 billion people in China suffer from diarrhea and constipation every year, and 30 million people in China suffer from intractable intestinal diseases for a long time. It can be said that intestinal diseases are second only to colds and are very common. And if it is not well treated for a long time, it will cause many of the most dangerous consequences like colon cancer and rectal cancer.
Question 5: If this situation persists for a long time, what are the most dangerous symptoms of our unhealthy intestines?
Answer 5: Everyone may have experienced intestinal symptoms. The most common symptoms are constipation and diarrhea, others appear alternately, that is, sometimes constipation and sometimes diarrhea. Some people will have bloating or fart. In fact, all these indicate that the intestinal function has decreased. We used to have an old saying that if you want to live forever, your stomach will be clear. In other words, our intestinal health is actually related to our beauty and health. Now we can do colonoscopy in hospitals. The number of colonoscopes in Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai can reach the first place in the world, and it has won a Guinness Book of Records. Many colonoscopy doctors said that they found that many young people may only be in their thirties, but colonoscopy looks like they are in their sixties. In fact, many people's aging starts from the intestines, and the unhealthy intestines lead to a series of health problems.
Question 6: Since the intestine is so important, how can we get normal nutrition?
A6: For the sake of intestinal health, the first thing is to drink enough water. The suggestion of our Chinese Pharmaceutical Society is 6-8 glasses of water. But our research found that only 30% people can do it. Many women forget to drink water because of their busy work. In fact, drinking water is the first major element of beauty. In addition, we should pay attention to balanced nutrition, so we will recommend that you eat 15 kinds of food every day. This 15 food does not include oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, nor does it include onion, ginger and garlic. When we say 15 kinds of food, we mean 15 kinds of ingredients, not 15 kinds of food patterns. It is actually a bit difficult to do this. What we should pay attention to in life is to increase the variety of food as much as possible, including the variety of staple food, the variety of vegetables and fruits, and the variety of animal food.
Q7: Then how to ensure the intestinal health and scientifically supplement some nutrition?
In fact, the diet of modern people is very different from that of our ancestors. One of the biggest differences is that there is too little dietary fiber in our diet. Our China Nutrition Society suggests that everyone should consume 25 to 30 grams of dietary fiber every day. But in fact, according to the survey, the average level of China people is only about 10g, which means only half to one third, and most people are not enough. In fact, it is for many people to ensure adequate dietary fiber intake. We say that we still need to add fruits and vegetables, potatoes, beans and other foods, but when many people can't, we can suggest adding some prebiotics appropriately.
Common prebiotics are mainly resistant starch, oligosaccharides and resistant dextrin. What is it used for? It is provided by our body as probiotic food, so it is also called prebiotic. We should let intestinal bacteria multiply in large numbers and let those conditional pathogens turn over a new leaf. Then we should provide them with enough nutrition and weapons to fight against those harmful bacteria, so we should provide them with enough prebiotics as nutritional supplements. Therefore, prebiotics are two golden partners of dietary fiber and fructooligosaccharides.