After people reach middle age, they must pay more attention to health care, because after middle age, the body will not be as good as before. If you do not pay attention to health care, health problems will easily occur, which will have a negative impact on people's lives. influence. So what taboos should middle-aged men pay attention to in maintaining their health? What tips should middle-aged men pay attention to in maintaining their health in summer?
1. Six taboos that middle-aged men should pay attention to in maintaining their health
Taboos: When people reach middle age, in order to avoid premature aging, they can only be affectionate and not have too many desires. Excessive sexual intercourse can damage your mind, longevity, and affect your health. Some middle-aged people rely on "aphrodisiacs" in order to have endless sexual pleasures, which is tantamount to self-mutilation.
Avoid anger: All diseases arise from Qi. If Qi is not harmonious, it will easily evolve into harmful factors that cause disease. Therefore, middle-aged people must not get angry easily or lose their temper. You should keep in mind: "Complaining too much will prevent heartbreak. It is better to keep an eye on things."
Be wary: Middle-aged people may be overburdened with thoughts due to work or family, and are prone to sentimentality. This emotion is very common. Easily promotes aging. For this reason, middle-aged people should learn to deal with problems and deal with them calmly, and do not become worried at every turn.
Avoid alcohol: Some middle-aged people often drink excessively and eat without alcohol for a day without taste. As everyone knows, excessive alcohol intake can damage liver function and affect the health of the kidneys, spleen and digestive system. For this reason, it is best for middle-aged people to quit drinking. When they must drink, they should drink some low-alcohol alcohol, or replace alcohol with tea or fruit juice. Avoid being greedy. Young people will gain bones, young people will gain fat, and middle-aged people will gain fat. This is the law of human growth and development. In order to prevent body weight gain, middle-aged people should pay special attention to eating less high-fat and high-sugar foods in addition to regular exercise. At the same time, don’t eat too much for dinner, generally 50% full is appropriate.
Beware of laziness: As the saying goes, "A tree ages before its roots, and a person ages before its legs." When people reach middle age, they often feel that their legs are heavy, their backs and legs are sore, and they do not like to exercise. This shows that aging is creeping in. For this reason, middle-aged people should avoid laziness and regularly engage in sports and physical activities within their capabilities according to their physical and work conditions. Doing some housework appropriately is also a good exercise.
Avoid fatigue: Middle-aged people shoulder the heavy burdens of work and family, and the human body can only withstand external pressure. If it exceeds a certain limit, it will cause illness due to overwork. Therefore, middle-aged people should remember not to overwork themselves.
2. Tips for middle-aged men’s health
Tips 1: After the beginning of summer, the northern hemisphere has sufficient sunlight and prolonged daylight hours. In addition, as the temperature rises, people’s sleep will decrease. People with sleep disorders are more likely to get worse, have trouble sleeping, or have restless nights. Traditional Chinese medicine says that in summer it is advisable to "go to bed early and get up early" to comply with the solar terms. If you can't go to bed early at night, taking a proper lunch break at noon is still a good adjustment. It is the best arrangement to get up early and do moderate morning exercises in summer.
Tips 2: Pay attention to hidden diseases: Men aged 0 to 40 years old suffer from tumors, and cancer is one of them. If discovered in time, the cure rate of this disease is 85%, otherwise it is quite difficult to treat. Men should check their sexual organs frequently, preferably in a warm bath when they become soft. If there are bumps and bumps on the skin, they should go and check them immediately.
Tips 3: Although the temperature is high, you still need to take care of the human body’s yang energy. It is also commonly referred to as "nourishing Yang in spring and summer". Yang Qi is the driving force of human beings. It fluctuates to a certain extent with the alternation of seasons and the sun and the moon. In summer, Yang Qi is strong and often floats outside. It is easily injured by external evils. For example, if you sweat profusely, your Yang will be destroyed. In other words, in hot summer, it is generally not advisable to do a lot of exercise. After exercise, you should replenish water and nutrients in time.
Tips 4: Attention to diet: Summer is relatively dry and hot. In this case, we eat more fruits and vegetables and drink at least 3-4 cups of water every day. Smoking is harmful to health. People with vascular diseases should pay special attention to smoking as little as possible or not smoking. Eat more vegetables, such as carrots, bell peppers, onions and garlic, and eat more fish and other foods that are good for the body. food.
Tips 5: When it comes to midsummer, the temperature is high and the humidity is high, giving people a feeling of sweltering heat. This is what Chinese medicine calls the long summer. Changxia belongs to the earth among the five elements, which corresponds to the spleen among the five internal organs in traditional Chinese medicine. The spleen hates dampness the most and prefers dryness. Therefore, Changxia often suffers from spleen and stomach diseases, with symptoms such as loss of appetite and diarrhea. People with weak spleen and stomach should adjust their diet in time to have sufficient nutrition without increasing the burden on the spleen and stomach. They can eat small meals frequently. People often sweat in summer, which makes people thirsty, but be careful not to drink a lot of water before meals, let alone a lot of cold drinks. Otherwise, it is easy to damage the spleen and stomach, leading to chronic spleen and stomach diseases.
Tips 6: Pay attention to what you eat to reduce the harm caused by smoking: Smoking will increase the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. To be healthy, it is best to quit smoking. If you can't quit for a while, you should eat more sweet peppers, garlic, and orange fruits, eat more fish and drink regularly, etc., which can reduce the harm of smoking.
Tips 7: In summer, the human body's yang energy floats on the body surface and leaks out with sweating, which makes the defense energy insufficient and the resistance reduced. If you feel the external wind at this time, it can also cause wind-cold, wind Heat, summer-dampness and other syndromes. Therefore, there are many types of colds in summer: wind-cold cold, mild fever but obvious aversion to cold, runny nose, and continuous sneezing. At this time, you should immediately take 2 bags of cold heat-clearing granules, take them hot, or drink green onion, white ginger, and brown sugar water. , drink it every 2-3 hours, and most symptoms will be significantly relieved.
If the body temperature rises rapidly, accompanied by aversion to cold, throat discomfort, etc., it is mostly due to wind-heat cold. In the early stage, you can take Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid, Antiviral Oral Liquid, Qingkailing, Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets, etc. If the fever is accompanied by nausea or vomiting, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, etc., it is mostly summer cold, similar to Western gastrointestinal cold. At this time, Huoxiang Zhengqi capsules or water should be taken in time. The dose can be increased for the first time, 3-4 times a day. , control your diet at the same time, and cook some lotus leaf and mung bean porridge.
Tips 8: Change the bad habit of not wanting to seek medical treatment: Many men do not like to go to the health website and always think that they are not sick. According to statistics, 80% of seriously ill patients admit that they have not gone to the hospital for a long time, and minor illnesses have become serious illnesses by mistake, and they have to go to the hospital only when heart disease or cerebral hemorrhage occurs. In fact, annual physical examination is very necessary, especially men who like to eat greasy and fried food should pay more attention to timely physical examination. Usually, when I have minor symptoms, I think they will be fine in two days. I always irresponsibly say that minor symptoms don’t matter. If symptoms such as shortness of breath occur, seek medical examination immediately to avoid side effects of treatment.
Tips 9: Summer is rich in fruits and melons, so you can eat more, but you should pay attention to the nature and taste of the fruits and understand your own body constitution to avoid damage. For example, people with spleen and stomach deficiency should not eat large amounts of watermelon, pears, kiwis, grapefruits and other cooling fruits; those with strong internal fire and phlegm and dampness should eat less longan, lychee, etc.; people with allergies should be careful with mango, pineapple, etc. There is also a saying: "Peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and plum trees carry dead people." Eating more plums can cause phlegm, help dampness, and even make people feel weak, hot, and dizzy. People with urinary tract stones should not eat more strawberries; gastric acidity People who are prone to diarrhea should eat less bananas; apples, peaches, grapes, cantaloupe, mulberry, watermelon and other fruits contain high sugar content, so people with diabetes should eat with caution.
Tips 10: Appropriate vitamin supplements. : In summer, when men exercise more, they will sweat a lot and lose more physical energy than usual. Therefore, you should drink some salt water every day to maintain body balance while replenishing water. During the season, it is best to supplement 2 mg of vitamin B1 and 2 mg of vitamin B2 and 1 gram of calcium per person per day. This can reduce the consumption of sugar and tissue protein in the body and is beneficial to human health.
Summary: After the Beginning of Summer, As the temperature rises, people sleep less. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "going to bed early and getting up early" in summer. It is a better plan for middle-aged men to get up early and do moderate morning exercises in summer.
3. Small details of men’s health care
1. Drinking tea after a meal is not good for health
Many people like to drink tea immediately after a meal, but it is actually very unscientific to drink tea blindly. The health-care effect may even worsen the more you drink it, because the tannic acid in tea can combine with the iron in food to form insoluble iron salts, which interferes with the absorption of iron and can easily induce iron deficiency anemia over time. 1 Hours are the best time to drink tea. People who like to drink tea should try not to drink tea on an empty stomach, otherwise the tea will dilute the gastric juice and reduce the digestive function, which may easily cause gastritis over time.
2. Be careful when taking supplements. Time
The absorption function of the digestive system is the lowest at 8 a.m., and it is most suitable to take vitamin supplements; if the iron is left to be taken until 19 o'clock in the evening, the effect will be more ideal than taking it in the morning; the human body's blood calcium level It is lowest between midnight and early morning. Therefore, calcium supplementation before going to bed can fully absorb and utilize calcium.
3. It takes 15 seconds to wash hands.
Most people wash their hands every time on average. In less than 8 seconds, it is difficult to effectively remove bacteria on your hands. There are more than 400,000 bacteria on one hand. If you have the habit of picking your nose or rubbing your eyes, it is very likely that germs will take advantage of it. . When washing your hands, be sure to wash them with soap and water for at least 15 seconds.
4. It is best not to eat yogurt to satisfy your hunger.
Because the gastric juice in people is acidic when they are fasting, and the content of yogurt is not good. Lactic acid bacteria are easily killed by gastric acid, and the health care effect of yogurt will be weakened. About 2 hours after a meal, the gastric juice is diluted, and the pH in the stomach is most suitable for the growth of lactic acid bacteria. Drinking yogurt at this time is more effective, especially 2 hours after dinner. The best choice. From the perspective of calcium supplementation, drinking yogurt or milk before going to bed is the best way to supplement calcium.
5. The time after get off work is best for fitness
From 16:00 to 18:00. During this period, your body temperature rises, your muscle strength and elasticity reach their peak, and your lung capacity and heart function become stronger. At the same time, your taste, vision, hearing and other senses are the most sensitive, and your whole body coordination is the best, which is especially suitable for tennis. , volleyball, weightlifting and fat-burning aerobic exercise.