There is a saying in China: ten people have nine stomachs! This means that ten adults go to check their stomachs, and nine of them have different stomach problems.
Although there is an exaggerated component of this sentence, it has to be said that the incidence of chronic stomach diseases in the mainland is indeed very high. Of the 120 million people with gastrointestinal diseases, chronic gastritis accounts for 30%, about 36 million people.
Not only that, in recent years, the incidence of gastric cancer has also increased year by year, and it has become the second largest gastrointestinal cancer after colorectal cancer, with the number of confirmed cases reaching about 400,000 per year. Behind this, in addition to factors such as genetics and age growth, unhealthy eating habits and food choices are also the main factors contributing to stomach diseases.
You know, the stomach itself is a digestive organ, food after the teeth chewed, will be transported into the stomach with the esophagus, the first step of grinding digestion. Although the gastric mucosa has the ability to repair itself, long-term consumption of unhealthy food will cause repeated damage to the gastric mucosa, and eventually promote different types of chronic stomach disease.
So the question is, which foods are harmful to the stomach?
1. Pickle food
Pickled ingredients, as the name suggests, are made with a lot of salt, such as various kimchi, processed meats, salted duck eggs and so on. Many people mistakenly believe that high salt content only increases their chances of developing high blood pressure.
As everyone knows, after the salt enters the body, it will first cause damage to the gastric mucosa. This is the case because the salt is extremely permeable and corrosive, and it directly penetrates the protective layer of the gastric mucosa to cause damage to the mucous membrane. Long-term large-scale consumption of high-salt foods can increase the chance of chronic diseases such as gastritis and stomach ulcers;
2. Piping hot food
This is a bad habit that many Chinese have, such as eating hot pot, drinking hot soup or milk tea, and so on. You know, the mucous membranes of the digestive tract are actually very fragile, and the temperature of food they can accept is quite limited.
If the eating temperature exceeds 60 ° C, at the moment of contact with the mucous membrane, it can cause mild burns to the mucous membrane. After long-term repeated eating of hot food, the mucous membrane will be repeatedly damaged and repaired, and gradually develop into peptic ulcers, inflammation, intestinal metaplasia, and even the possibility of cancer.
It is for this reason that the International Agency for Research on Cancer has listed hot food above 65 ° C as a Class 2a carcinogen;
3. Sweets
After sweets enter the body, they can promote the secretion of dopamine and make people feel happy, so many people love sweets, and even reach the level of "sweets". However, sweets are not only the source of obesity and related to blood sugar metabolism disorders, but also can cause damage to the stomach.
Because sweets in the process of digestion, will stimulate excessive secretion of stomach acid, agree to appear acid reflux, stomach pain, heartburn and other symptoms. Once there is gastroesophageal reflux, it may cause ulcers, erosions and other problems. Especially in patients who already have stomach ulcers, they should control their sweet intake.
In addition to the above three foods, long-term large-scale consumption of greasy food, spicy food, raw and cold irritating food, will also cause more or less damage to the gastric mucosa, becoming a stepping stone to induce chronic stomach disease.
Therefore, if you want to stay away from chronic stomach diseases, you should learn to reasonably match three meals in your daily life, and ensure a balanced nutritional intake on the basis of a light diet.