Winter health knowledge includes: getting up late in the morning, going to bed early at night; eating late breakfast, eating early dinner, etc.

1. Get up late in the morning and go to bed early at night

Traditional Chinese medicine theory believes that man and nature are a whole, and people should adapt to the changes in the four seasons of nature and arrange their daily life and rest reasonably. Professor Hong Zhaoguang, a well-known health education expert and chief physician of the Department of Cardiology at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, also pointed out that when the sun rises, the body's biological clock will issue instructions and the sympathetic nerves will begin to be excited, which means it is time for you to get up.

2. Eat breakfast late and eat dinner early

If you get up late in winter, breakfast should also be postponed. Because when a person is sleeping, the digestive system is still working hard to digest the food eaten throughout the day. If you eat breakfast too early, it will cause fatigue and challenge to the digestive system. After getting up, you can drink some water first, and then prepare breakfast in a leisurely manner, leaving enough rest time for the digestive system.

3. Eat "hard" food in the morning and drink water in the evening.

The "hard" food mentioned here in the morning does not actually refer to something hard in taste, but something rich in nutrients and high in energy. High food. Liu Dequan said that eating a good breakfast can better ensure the energy required for a day's activities. Such as lean meat, cereal foods, etc. However, the elderly with weak digestive function must also consider whether the food is easy to digest.

4. Drink water in the morning and honey in the evening

There is a saying in Chinese medicine: "Drink salt water in the morning and honey in the evening." Professor Yang Li from Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences explained that salt has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, and nourishing the kidneys. Drinking a cup of light salt water on an empty stomach after getting up in the morning can help reduce internal heat and nourish the kidneys, relieve constipation, improve the digestive function of the stomach and intestines, and is also good for people with internal heat and sore throat.

5. Exercise later in the morning and earlier in the evening

Whether you are getting up early to exercise or exercising in the evening, you need to adapt to the seasonal characteristics of winter. Liu Dequan believes that one of the major principles for choosing exercise time is: don’t exercise if you can’t see the sun. Therefore, morning exercise should wait until the sun comes up, and evening exercise should be done before the sun goes down. Only in this way can the yang energy in the human body be ensured not to be damaged.

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