If there is a sentence that can represent the concept of health maintenance, I think it should be said in the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" that "diet is moderate, and living is constant".
The so-called health is just a means to ensure good health. In fact, what can really affect our physical health is our daily diet and living habits, and this sentence of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic is all said.
So what does "diet have a festival, and live a regular life" say?
Cao Tingdong, a health expert in the early Qing Dynasty, paid enough attention to and advocated food, diet, medicinal porridge and other items in his book "Old And Old Hengyan", combined with practical experience. He believes that if the diet is not moderate, the spleen and stomach are injured, and pointed out that "the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and it is more appropriate to regulate the spleen and stomach for the elderly." "The stomach is weak and sick, and the spleen and yin are full of evil breath."
Therefore, moderation of diet and conditioning of the spleen and stomach are the most fundamental ways of health and longevity.
In terms of moderate diet, the first thing is the control of the amount, "the amount of abdominal knots" is very good, to determine the appropriate amount according to their own feelings, to maintain seven points of full is appropriate.
Three meals a day, breakfast should be full, lunch should be eaten well, dinner should be eaten less. Breakfast is the main source of energy required in the morning, and lunch is the most energy-needed meal of the day; as for dinner, because there is little mental or physical work after the meal, it only takes a small amount of food.
Regarding the cold and heat of food, we should obey the natural changes of the cold and heat at four o'clock, because the temperament of the stomach is to like warmth and dislike cold, so heat is less harmful, and cold is harmful. However, food should not be overheated, and the temperature of the matter should be guaranteed to be the healthiest for the body.
The best time to condition the spleen and stomach is the right time to do this season. After the summer solstice, before the autumn equinox, the outside is gradually blazing, and the inner is slightly yin, and the spleen and stomach should be mediated, and do not enter the fat. In the summer, the shade is inside, and the hot food is slightly sweaty. Sweat is vaporized by gasification, and it is also the thought of the surface of the tongsai.
Regarding living, the first and most important thing is to develop a good sleep rhythm, to sleep regularly, to sleep enough, not to stay up late. Only sleep at night, around two o'clock can secrete melatonin, no matter how much sleep during the day, there is no such effect.
In addition, it is also necessary to ensure the combination of work and leisure, not to consume the body too much; to maintain good hygiene habits to avoid the invasion of infectious diseases; pay attention to adjusting the psychological state, do not be affected by emotions for a long time, and then cause physical discomfort...
"Diet has a festival, living and living is constant" is the crystallization of the ancient people's health wisdom, the road to simplicity, in a word.
In modern society, materialistic desires are complex, in order to ensure physical health, we should follow the health principle of "diet is moderate, living is regular" and be responsible for our own body.