Longevity has always been a hot topic, many people can't wait to use various methods to achieve the purpose of health and longevity, blindly eating health care products is one of them.
Aunt Huang had surgery to change her heart valve five years ago, and she needed to take medication for a long time after surgery to maintain the normal function of the heart.
Three years ago, Aunt Huang's granddaughter died of kidney failure, which brought her a lot of blows, and she paid more attention to health. As a result, Aunt Huang was exposed to health care products, and since then she has been out of control, and even replaced the health care products with drugs.
Even if Aunt Huang feels unwell, she still chooses to believe in health care products. In the end, Aunt Huang died because of the ineffectiveness of organ failure rescue.
When the family sorted out Aunt Huang's relics, they found that Aunt Huang had previously spent 300,000 yuan to buy health care products, and most of these health care products came from a "only one" brand, the main ingredient of which was purified water, and the rest were traditional Chinese medicine and sugar.
Some people hope to achieve the purpose of longevity by eating health care products, but health care products are not a panacea. In fact, there are some indicators of the body that may reflect the physical condition.
These 4 indicators may be closely related to the length of life
Modern scientific research may have given us a more reliable basis for judgment.
1. The pace is fast and slow
A decade-long follow-up study of 500 elderly people found that 77 percent of those who walked slowly died, 50 percent of those who walked slowly died, and 27 percent of those who walked fast died.
A subsequent study of 4581 elderly people at the University of London also found that elderly people who walked slowly were more likely to suffer from depression than those with average pace.
In fact, the speed of walking has a certain relationship with heart function, muscle strength, digestive system condition, bone and joint health, and mental mood, and the faster the pace, the better a person's aerobic endurance.
The American Heart Association found that aerobic endurance is a more accurate predictor of a person's chances of death than blood pressure, blood sugar, and lipids.
2, fat and thin
One study specifically analyzed 3.5 million people, and as the follow-up became longer, more and more physical problems increased among obese people, including a 7 percent increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and a doubling risk of heart failure and stroke.
In recent years, studies have also found that obesity significantly increases the risk of thirteen cancers, including breast cancer, bowel cancer, kidney cancer, and cervical cancer. Therefore, a person who is overweight will face more and greater health risks, which is naturally not conducive to longevity.
3. The size of the grip force
A 2016 multinational study found that a person's grip is a better predictor of a person's risk of death than systolic blood pressure.
A 2018 study of 5,000 adults at queen Mary University of London also found that grip strength is one of the important indicators of heart disease risk, and usually the greater the grip, the healthier the heart.
To assess physical fitness, it can be calculated as "Grip Force BMI": Grip Force BMI = Grip Force (kg) / Body Weight (kg) ×100%. In general, the normal grip index should be greater than 50. Around the age of 40, men have a grip of about 43-50 kg, and women are qualified at 27-31 kg.
4. Ability to sit and stand
Chen Fakui, director of the Physical Examination Center of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, introduced that the squat posture in the sitting and standing test movements can help test the flexibility of the joint ligaments of the lower limbs and the health of the knee joint. In people with good ligament flexibility and joint health, the probability of subsequent lower limb dysfunction will be reduced, which is more conducive to longevity.
Returning from a sitting position to the original standing position, without the help of the strength of the arms, this is a test of the coordination and balance of the body, especially in the elderly. If the balance and coordination are not good, the risk of falling fractures or even cerebrovascular accidents increases, which is also not conducive to health.
It is not aging and disease that determine the length of life
The gimmick of health care products has attracted the attention of many people, and not only the middle-aged and elderly, but also many young people have gradually become "loyal fans" of health care products. But can the desire for longevity be achieved by relying on health supplements alone? There is no such effect at all.
Academician Zhong Nanshan said that the five major determinants of human health are parental genetics (15%), social environment (10%), natural environment (7%), medical conditions (8%), and the most important is lifestyle (60%).
Therefore, if you want to live a long and healthy life, changing your lifestyle is the key.
In the Guangdong Staff Lecture Hall, Elder Zhong once held a lecture on the theme of the best doctor is himself. He expressed his advice.
First of all, health care should start from around the age of 30, after all, many living habits are developed from youth. For example, smoking and drinking, so we should start to learn to maintain health from our youth, rather than considering how to maintain health in middle age.
Secondly, living long, not high quality, personal views on health are very important.
In 2004, Academician Zhong Nanshan had a myocardial infarction problem after fighting SARS, and after the operation, Academician Zhong, who thought that he was very healthy, was very frustrated, until one day his relatives said from the bottom of their hearts: You are very lucky, the domestic technology in this area has gradually matured, and you should pay more attention to health in the future. The academician was suddenly cheerful, and after the release of the nostalgia, academician Zhong became more and more relaxed.
Bad psychological emotions such as anxiety, depression, and irritability can disrupt the balance of the internal environment, thus affecting a person's health.
In addition, eating seven points full, vegetables do not like to eat also have to eat. Modern people's eating habits are not healthy, more like greasy things, and this change in eating habits has also made the incidence of bowel cancer in the mainland grow rapidly. Vegetables are rich in fiber, which helps cleanse the intestines.
Also quit smoking. Academician Zhong, as a leading figure in the department of respiratory medicine, understands the harm of smoking. A 10-year study found that a person who smokes is 10 times more likely to develop lung cancer than a person who doesn't smoke.
In addition, tobacco will also increase the incidence of malignant tumor diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes and other diseases.
Finally, like eating, sleeping, and working, Academician Zhong will squeeze out time to exercise every day no matter how busy he is. Many people actually know the importance of exercise, but there is a misunderstanding that exercise is to go to the park on the weekend to play ball and run, or to do a large amount of exercise training.
According to a report by the World Health Organization, it is recommended that we can exercise for 150 minutes a week, which translates to about 20 minutes a day, exercise should be insisted on instead of three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, long-term adherence to exercise can reduce the incidence of cancer, coronary heart disease and diabetes.
Summary: It is not aging and disease that determine the length of life. If we want to be healthy and live a long life, we should change our lifestyles, and we should not pin our health on health products.
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