Dietary health care of smokers
Qianjiang evening news online edition
As we all know, smoking is harmful to health. For the sake of health, smokers should quit smoking. If it is difficult to quit for a while, you should adjust your diet to minimize the harm of smoking to your body.
(A), smokers diet conditioning
1, eat more alkaline food.
Experts have found that when human body fluids are alkaline, nicotine will be quickly removed. Smokers should eat more alkaline foods, such as milk, fruits, vegetables and soybeans, to help them quit smoking. At the same time, these foods can also stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, and prevent the occurrence of common indigestion, bloating and hyperlipidemia in smokers.
2. Eat more cholesterol-lowering foods.
Because smoking will increase the deposition of cholesterol and fat in blood vessels, reduce the blood supply to the brain, easily lead to brain atrophy and accelerate brain aging. Therefore, smokers should eat less fatty acids and increase some foods that can reduce or inhibit cholesterol synthesis, such as beef, fish, bean products and some high-fiber foods, such as Chili powder, cinnamon and the skins of fruits and vegetables.
3. Eat more foods containing selenium.
Studies have shown that smoking can lead to low selenium content in human blood, and selenium is an indispensable trace element for cancer prevention. Therefore, smokers should often eat foods rich in selenium, such as animal liver, seaweed, shrimp and so on.
4, often drink milk
Milk can not only provide vitamins for smokers, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, but also significantly reduce the possibility of bronchial inflammation. In addition, milk can also reduce the cancer mortality of smokers and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
5, vitamin supplements
Because some compounds in smoke will greatly reduce the activity of vitamins A, B, C, D, E, etc. And consume a lot of these vitamins in the body. Therefore, smokers should often eat foods rich in these vitamins, such as beef, carrots, peanuts, corn flour, bean sprouts, green leafy vegetables, fruits and vegetable oils. This can not only supplement the vitamin deficiency caused by smoking, but also enhance the body's own immunity.
6. Drink more tea
Some compounds in smoke can cause arterial intima thickening, gastric acid secretion decreased obviously and blood sugar increased. Catechins contained in tea can prevent cholesterol from depositing on blood vessel wall, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, and reduce blood sugar and urine sugar. Therefore, smokers should always drink tea to prevent these diseases. At the same time, tea has the function of diuresis and detoxification, which can promote some toxic substances in smoke to be excreted with urine and shorten its stay time in the body.
However, the above diet therapy can only improve the health problems caused by smoking, but can not fundamentally solve them. Only by making up your mind and saying "no" to cigarettes can we completely stay away from the harm caused by cigarettes.
(B), smokers' diet and health care
As we all know, smoking is harmful to health, but it is difficult to give up smoking. Is there any way to eliminate or reduce the harm of smoking to health? Yes Smoke contains radioactive substances harmful to bronchial and lung tissues, and tea has anti-radiation effect. Smokers had better drink tea while smoking, which is good for health.
Vitamin C plays an important role in eliminating nicotine in human body, improving cell resistance and maintaining vascular elasticity. Foods rich in vitamin C include oranges, oranges, lemons, Rosa roxburghii, fresh dates, tomatoes, peppers, Chinese cabbage, rape, cauliflower, bitter gourd, carrots and white radish. Therefore, smokers should also be lovers of fruits and vegetables.
Vitamin B2 can decompose benzopyrene harmful substances in tar, and cellulose can excrete the decomposed substances. Therefore, smokers should also eat foods rich in vitamin B2, such as animal liver, eggs, milk, mushrooms, peanuts, lean meat, yeast, wheat, spinach and other cellulosic vegetables and fruits, such as leeks, cabbages and kale.
Iron and vitamin B 12 can alleviate the oxygen transmission barrier, so smokers can supplement foods rich in iron, such as animal liver, meat, egg yolk, kelp and beans, and foods rich in vitamin B 12, such as milk, eggs, fish, clams and beer.
Smoking may also lead to cardiovascular diseases. Drinking persimmon leaf tea and eating more fish and roe can prevent arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Therefore, smokers should also be delicious goods!