6 ways to use diet to extend your life

　　Today we specially investigated the physical conditions of different elderly people and summarized the common characteristics of long-lived people. Come and see which ones we urgently need to correct.

　　Elderly people can live longer, but some bad habits in their eating habits can also shorten their lifespan. What kind of eating habits can make the elderly's fragile lifespan even shorter?

　　Bad habit: long fasting time

　　Someone surveyed 1,400 elderly people aged 60 to 64 and found that 1/3 of those who ate two meals a day suffered from cardiovascular disease. disease , only 1/5 of those who eat 5 meals a day (the total calories are equal) get sick. Another report pointed out that among people who eat three times a day or less, 57.2% are obese and 51.2% have elevated cholesterol. However, among people who eat five or more times a day, only 28.8% are obese and 17.9% have high cholesterol. Experts believe that longer fasting times increase the likelihood of fat accumulation in the body.

　　Bad Habit 2: Dinner is too late.

　　Eating dinner too late and eating indigestible food will aggravate the deposition of cholesterol on the arterial wall and promote arteriosclerosis. Someone has done such an experiment: rats were fed a high-fat diet at night and then fell asleep immediately. The fat content in the blood of these rats rose sharply. If these high-fat meals are eaten in the morning or at noon, they will have little effect on the fat content in the blood.

　　Three bad habits: eating refined grains

　　Some people do not eat whole grains such as brown rice, but only polished rice and white flour. Little do they know that the bran of rice and wheat contains a variety of trace elements and plant cellulose that the human body needs. For example, chromium and manganese have the highest content in whole grains, beans, and nuts. After processing and refining, these two elements will be greatly reduced. If rats and rabbits are fed feed lacking these two elements, the animals are prone to arteriosclerosis. Plant cellulose can increase the excretion of cholesterol and reduce blood cholesterol levels. Food that is too refined and has too little fiber makes it difficult to feel full, often leading to overeating and obesity. Therefore, people who eat a low-fiber diet for a long time have an increased incidence of arteriosclerosis and hypertension.

　　The four bad habits are eating fat and sweet foods.

　　Excessive consumption of animal oil, fat meat and some cholesterol-rich foods, such as pork, liver, preserved eggs, crab roe, butter, etc., can cause an increase in blood lipids, but it is not necessary to abstain from the above foods. In recent years, studies have shown that normal cholesterol does not cause atherosclerosis, but corrupt cholesterol is the culprit.

　　Therefore, some animal oils, especially lard, should not be stored for too long. If they have deteriorated, are dark in color, have moldy spots or have a rotten smell, do not eat them. If you consume too much sugar, the excess will be converted into fat. As blood lipids increase, the chance of coronary artery thrombosis increases. Other studies have found that sugar can enhance the liver's ability to synthesize lipids. After normal people eat a high-sugar diet for 3 weeks, their blood triglycerides can more than double. If given Hyperlipidemia When patients eat a high-sugar diet, triglycerides can also increase 4 to 5 times.

　　Five bad habits: picky eaters.

　　Picky eaters often result in incomplete absorption of nutrients. If you eat less green leafy vegetables, vitamin C deficiency often occurs, and vitamin C can lower cholesterol and reduce or prevent arteriosclerosis. If you eat less soy products, you will not be able to increase the excretion of cholesterol in your feces. Some people don't eat garlic and onions because they think they have a special smell. However, they don't know that garlic and onions have good blood-lipid-lowering effects.

　　Bad habits include smoking and drinking.

　　The world scientific community has recognized that most cardiovascular diseases are related to smoking. Long-term excessive drinking can cause the increase of fat tissue in the myocardium, weakened heart function, and heart hypertrophy. Especially people who drink a lot of beer for a long time are more likely to have this kind of heart change. Medically, it is called "beer." Alcohol can affect people's lipid metabolism and reduce the body's ability to remove lipids from the blood, thereby increasing atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease chance of disease.