Text/Xiaoluzi

Recently I shared my usual diet with many friends, and all I got was an exclamation: "You are eating too healthily!" Many people around me have been influenced by me and started to exercise, pay attention to their diet, and ask me for various advices. Some even asked me what I usually eat and use, and then asked for my address to follow them to buy.

Now, in order to make myself better, I insist on exercising, yoga, and dancing, including paying great attention to my diet. Now I am reluctant to even spend money to buy clothes, but I am willing to use it to buy all kinds of food and kitchen utensils that are beneficial to me.

In fact, there is no earth-shattering reason. It is very simple. I just want to make myself better.

I am neither a nutrition guru nor a professional fitness coach. Here, I just want to share some practical things from the perspective of life that I have learned from my own exploration in the past few years. I hope it will be useful to everyone. It's useful. I hope everyone can start to pay attention to their own health and learn to be truly good to themselves.

1. About the crescent moon

The crescent moon is a white arc-shaped trace that appears one-fifth of the way below the fingernail, which is very similar to the shape of a crescent moon. According to the number of crescent moons, the qi and blood condition of the body can be determined. Generally speaking, 8 crescents is the best condition. Between 3 and 7 crescents means that Qi and blood are insufficient. Less than 3 crescents means that Qi and blood are already in deficit.

1. Pay attention to food attributes

I believe everyone must have eaten one dish, which is tomato scrambled eggs. In fact, tomatoes themselves have a cold property, and eggs are yin foods, so scrambled eggs with tomatoes have a colder yin plus yin property. Therefore, it is recommended that people with a cold body constitution can use ginger, garlic, pepper, etc. when making tomato scrambled eggs. For heavy flavors, you can add some chili peppers. Use these hot ingredients to neutralize the coldness of the food. You can do this with other similar foods, and you can use hot things to neutralize them.

For people who are already deficient in Qi and blood, the more they eat cold food, the weaker their bodies will become and the fewer crescents they will have, forming a vicious cycle. If you have 10 crescents on your finger, you should also pay attention. If your Qi and blood are too abundant, such a person will not get sick easily, but if you get sick, it will be a serious illness. Such a person can eat more cold food.

In addition, there is no need to completely avoid food just because it is cold. Everything should be done in moderation. There is no harm in eating a little of seasonal food, but you must not eat too much.

2. Don’t blindly take supplements

One more thing, some people feel that they are not in good health and relatively weak, so they take various supplements, such as the popular donkey-hide gelatin ointment. I would like to emphasize that if you have a weak spleen and stomach, it will not matter how many supplements you take. Instead, it will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, and the body will not be able to effectively excrete it and will get angry and cause acne. If you experience various symptoms of discomfort while taking supplements, it means that your body is not suitable for eating. The most important thing is to regulate your spleen and stomach first.

I am 8 months old now, and my spleen and stomach function are also very good, so I can be more willful in eating. Now, whether I eat donkey-hide gelatin or deer fetus paste and other tonic things, my body is already in good condition. any reaction.

Food itself is not good or bad. It is important to choose food according to your body constitution.

2. About diet

So what is a healthy diet? You must have seen a lot of such theories, and I would like to share some practical ones with you simply and clearly.

1. High protein and low fat

Regardless of whether you are exercising or not, try to follow a high protein and low fat diet every day, with more vegetables and less fruits. To put it simply, eat more protein-containing foods (fish, shrimp, eggs, milk, soy products, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, etc.). Vegetables are very low in calories and are rich in vitamins and dietary fiber. You can eat them as they are. Fruits are appropriate. (Most fruits are cold in nature and have high sugar content).

2. People who want to lose weight

If you want to lose weight and gain muscle, dieting is definitely not recommended. The weight lost by dieting is only the water in your body and your muscles. Once you recover, you will be more likely to gain weight, become flabby and lose valuable muscles, which is simply not worth the gain.

People who want to lose weight should be more strict with themselves in terms of diet. Generally speaking, they should follow the above-mentioned principle of high protein and low fat. Eat staple food in the morning and noon, and eat higher calories in the morning and midday, and eat it in the evening. Keep heat to a minimum. It is not recommended to skip dinner. Skipping dinner is equivalent to dieting in disguise. It is best to have vegetables and protein for dinner without consuming carbohydrates. However, if you are a high-intensity fitness person, you can consume some carbohydrates in the evening.

Always cook with less oil and less salt. Excessive salt intake will do no harm to the human body. Most drinks and snacks not only have no nutritional value but also contain various additives. Please avoid or consume as little as possible.

3. About exercise

Exercise is also something that varies from person to person. You can choose according to your own preferences. But you must remember to practice three-quarters and eat seven-tenths. If you eat messily and have no scruples, the effect of your exercise will be greatly reduced, no matter how vigorously you exercise.

My personal favorite exercise is yoga, because yoga is a whole-body exercise that not only makes the body soft, but also unblocks the meridians of the body. Only the meridians of the human body can be smooth, and the blood and qi can run smoothly. will be good.

Here I would like to share two small exercises that I think are particularly good and very simple (especially for girls).

These two methods are recommended because they are very simple, practical and do not cost money. They only require you to spare a little time every day, and you can also read a book or play with your mobile phone, making your time efficient. use.

4. About sleep

You should go to bed before 11 o'clock at the latest, because 11-1 o'clock in the evening is the time for the liver to detoxify, so if you don't rest at this time, it will cause the liver to detoxify. Without a good environment for detoxification, toxins cannot be metabolized through the blood and kidneys well, and it is easy to accumulate toxins. This is why we wake up late the next day with poor energy and spirit, especially the skin.

Lack of sleep can also make you gain weight, because lack of sleep time will significantly reduce your leptin level, increase your appetite, and make you more likely to be hungry. It will also reduce your brain's self-control, making it difficult to resist delicious food. temptation.

Because of the limited space, I will share this much with you for the time being. I will share others with you when I have the opportunity.

Although these may seem very simple, if you can really persevere, you will not become better or more beautiful.

My dear, you must learn to be kind to yourself. We come to this world naked and bring only this body and soul. Especially in an era where everything is changing rapidly, investing in yourself is the most stable and worthwhile investment.

A truly beautiful person is not only beautiful on the outside, but also on the inside. It’s not about covering up your appearance with makeup, but really making your body look better from the inside out. And inside, through movies, books, music, writing, etc., in short, you have to find the fields you like to continuously enrich and improve yourself.

When you can freely control your body and life and let them show their beauty from the inside out, you are truly good to yourself.