As we all know, the disease enters from the mouth. Many diseases are inseparable from unhealthy eating habits. For example, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, gout, tumor, etc. What are they all related to? Did you eat something wrong? Related. If we want to be healthy, we must reconcile the five flavors, otherwise, the disharmony of the five flavors will easily lead to diseases. This paper discusses the relationship between diet and health, taking modern research as an example that improper diet will damage the heart. ?

One, five flavors harmonize and nourish people.

As the saying goes:? People are iron, rice is steel, and you are hungry without food? . People have to eat when they are alive. The purpose of eating is to obtain qi and blood and regulate the five internal organs with sufficient qi and blood. The generation of qi and blood comes from the five flavors of diet and is related to the five internal organs. ?

Among them, acid enters the liver, bitter enters the heart, sweet enters the spleen, pungent enters the lung and salty enters the kidney. If the five flavors are harmonized, the five internal organs will be nourished. Neijing clearly points out:? Yin gives birth to five flavors? . For example, if you eat salty taste properly, salty taste can nourish the kidney and make the kidney essence work normally, then your bones and muscles are strong and your physical strength is sufficient; Eating bitter taste properly can dry, strengthen and relieve constipation (diarrhea, purging fire, discouragement and lowering qi), which is beneficial to the balance of viscera. The same is true for the other five flavors. If the five flavors are not excessive, they can nourish the five internal organs and be beneficial to health. ?

Second, five flavors exceed the standard and hurt people?

If the five flavors are excessive, the five internal organs will be injured. Neijing clearly points out:? Five flavors of yin, five palaces and five flavors of injury. ? Like what? The taste is too sour, the liver qi produces fluid, and the temper is absolutely lost. The taste is too salty, strong and tired, with short muscles and depressed heart. The taste is too sweet, the heart is full of asthma, the color is black, and the kidney is unbalanced. The taste is too bitter, the temper is not strong, and the stomach is strong. The smell is too pungent, muscles and veins relax and concentrate.

We all have this experience. If we eat too sweet, we will feel abdominal pain, or feel greasy and unsmooth, because if we eat too sweet, it will hurt the spleen and lead to the spleen being unable to transport; For another example, if you eat too spicy food, it is easy to get stomach fire or even acne, which will lead to a sore throat. The same is true for the other five flavors. Therefore, the five flavors should not be too heavy, which will hurt the five internal organs. ?

Lao Tzu said:? Five flavors are refreshing? This? Is it cool? The meaning of corruption. Five flavors are too extreme. If you always eat cream and strong flavor, it will easily spoil your appetite. My understanding is that five flavors nourish people, but if you enjoy food too much, it will not only hurt your five internal organs, but also make you sad, which will lead to the rise of fire and increase your desire. As the saying goes: fish makes a fire, meat produces phlegm, and radish and cabbage keep safe. Why? Because radish and cabbage not only nourish the spleen and stomach, promote gasification, make blood angry, but also calm the mind, which makes people feel calm and want less, so they can naturally keep their physical and mental safety. ?

Third, unhealthy diet hurts the heart?

From June 5438 to October 2020 10, researchers from Central South University and other institutions published in the Journal of the European Society of Cardiology, European Heart Journal? A new study in the journal of medical quality and clinical efficacy found that an unhealthy diet can also make the heart very weak? Hurt? . Using the data from the 20 17 global disease burden study, the researchers analyzed the incidence, mortality and attributable risk factors of coronary heart disease in 1990-20 195 countries and regions around the world. 1 1 identified the variable risk factors leading to the global death of coronary heart disease in 20 17 years. ?

Among them, unhealthy diet is the primary cause of death from coronary heart disease. Followed by high systolic blood pressure, high low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high fasting blood glucose, smoking, high body mass index, air pollution, low physical activity, impaired renal function, lead exposure and drinking. ?

From the perspective of life, salty taste hurts the kidney, which is also sad. Too salty can cause? Depression? ; Too sweet and sad can lead to? Heart full of asthma? . How to understand it? ?

Salt enters the kidney and belongs to water. Too salty taste will first hurt the qi of its original organs. Heart belongs to fire, and excessive water and yin will lead to fire, resulting in insufficient heart fire, weak heart yang deficiency, natural inhibition of heart qi, and symptoms of shortness of breath. ?

Too sweet, panting? . It can be explained from two aspects. On the one hand, sweet taste enters the spleen, too sweet will hurt the spleen, leading to spleen loss of health, phlegm stagnation in the stomach, phlegm stagnation in the chest, affecting the spread of heart yang, leading to heart asthma and fullness; On the other hand, this? Gan? "Tai Su"? Bitter? . If you are bitter, you will be sad first, and your heart will be full of breath because of lack of fire. ?

Fourth, how to adjust diet is good for the heart? ?

The researchers also estimated the proportion of deaths from coronary heart disease that could be reduced by eliminating different risk factors. Assuming that all other risk factors remain unchanged, 69.2% of deaths from coronary heart disease in the world can be prevented if a healthier diet is adopted. ?

According to the above analysis, the five flavors of a healthier diet that nourishes the heart should be less salty, less sweet and less bitter. Simply put, a light diet nourishes the heart. Why? On the one hand, less salty means sufficient heart and kidney, less sweet means vigorous spleen, and less bitter means nourishing the heart. On the other hand, a light diet can make the fire return to its original position, make the fire bright, calm the mind, reduce the desire, and naturally balance the functions of the heart governing the gods and the heart governing the blood vessels. ?

Healthy living habits can prevent the onset and death of coronary heart disease to a great extent. We should take the initiative to change unhealthy living habits, eat healthily, exercise regularly, quit smoking and drinking, and keep a healthy weight to minimize the risk of coronary heart disease and death. ?

In terms of diet, the researchers pointed out that the intake of processed foods, sugary drinks, trans fats, saturated fats, salt and sugar should be reduced, while the intake of fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains should be increased. ?

From the analysis of Chinese medicine, it is actually? Honesty and five flavors? , so that the five flavors are balanced, and then? The bones are strong and soft, the qi and blood flow, the reason is dense and the essence is abundant. If it's okay? Do you obey the law? Of course. Is there a destiny? . My experience is that it is best to have a light diet at ordinary times, which can nourish the qi of the five internal organs, naturally enrich the qi and blood, harmonize the five internal organs, perform their duties, and have a dense diet, which is not affected by external evils. In this way, we can not only get healthy, but also make people feel calm and safe, thus making them happier and happier. Dong Hongtao