In daily life, I think everyone is more familiar with health care products. Especially for the middle-aged and elderly, they even do not hesitate to take out their own "coffin books" and buy so-called health care products to achieve the effect of strengthening the body.
However, according to the survey, some health care products have not achieved a good health effect, and even the pit money has risen, which belongs to the "pay IQ tax". Which health supplements are not recommended for everyone to take?
Doctors remind: these five kinds of health care products, may be pit money and hurt the body, please be cautious to buy
[1] Fish oil
Some middle-aged and elderly people will spend high prices to buy fish oil, fish oil health products sold on the market, there is no definite evidence that it can prevent cardiovascular disease and reduce blood lipids, etc., and it is not as magical as everyone imagines.
The main ingredients of fish oil are N-3 unsaturated fatty acids, including EPA and DHA. There have been early studies suggesting that fish oil is beneficial for cardiovascular disease, but over time academics have evolved.
Further research clarifies the fact that fish oil does not have the powerful effects imagined. Instead of eating these so-called high-priced fish oils, it is better to eat more deep-sea fish or suzi oil in life.
Some parents because of the deception of the salesman, buy a large amount of fish oil, constantly store at home, and even tell their children to maintain health, if you blindly eat fish oil, eating more is likely to increase the burden of liver and kidneys, affecting their own health.
[2] Enzymes
Objective analysis, the term enzyme first originated from Japan, and then through Taiwan into the mainland, in essence, enzyme is an enzyme, with catalytic activity of macromolecular substances.
Enzymes have a very important role for the human body, most activities in our body require the participation of enzymes, if the human body lacks enzymes, it is easy to bring a series of problems.
For example, when the human body lacks glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase, it is easy to cause fava bean disease, and if the human body lacks tyrosinase, it is easy to cause albinism.
Since enzymes play an important role in the human body, is it enough to supplement enzymes? Of course, it is not the enzyme left over when producing enzymes, the number is actually very limited, and the main remaining ones are amino acids, polypeptides and vitamins.
Enzymes are specific, simply put, an enzyme can only do one thing, more specific. Even if enzymes are a universal enzyme, most enzymes are destroyed after being eaten, and they can't do the same effects that merchants claim.
Enzymes may cause acute gastroenteritis due to mixing with miscellaneous bacteria when making, and in severe cases, they may cause toxic shock, which is very serious to the body, so enzymes are not as magical as everyone thinks.
[3] Bird's nest
Objective analysis, bird's nest is relatively expensive. On the one hand, the yield of bird's nest is relatively low; On the other hand, the bird's nest after picking cannot be eaten directly, and further sorting, disinfection, hair picking, etc. need to be further sorted, which will undoubtedly increase the cost of bird's nest.
Although the price of bird's nest is more expensive, but this is not to say that the nutritional value is high, the same weight of bird's nest contains more protein than eggs, from this point of analysis it seems that bird's nest is better than eggs.
However, the protein in bird's nest is not a high-quality protein, and the protein in eggs is relatively easy to be absorbed and utilized by the human body.
Many friends think that the reason why bird's nest is supplemented is because it contains sialic acid, sialic acid, with anti-viral, enhance immunity, anti-aging and other effects, it seems to be very reasonable at a glance, but in fact, bird's nest is not as magical as everyone imagines.
The human body itself can synthesize sialic acid, if you spend money to buy bird's nest, supplementation is really not necessary. The eggs we usually eat also contain sialic acid, and the amount of sialic acid contained in 4 eggs is equivalent to the same quality of bird's nest!
Eating bird's nest itself has risks, bird's nest is sold according to a piece, from here it can be seen that the price is more expensive, but some people will be fake, if you eat fake bird's nest will only lead to heavy metal residue in the body to affect health.
[4] Ejiao
Some people think that ejiao has a great tonic effect, usually eat a disease to cure the disease and no disease to supplement the kidney, but from the essence of the analysis of ejiao is boiled donkey skin, boiled donkey skin can be how much supplement?
Some people have conducted relevant studies and found that the protein content in ejiao is relatively high, but ejiao contains protein, which is an inferior protein and cannot be well absorbed and utilized by the human body.
The use of donkey skin to make ejiao, in fact, is also made of pig skin, sheepskin, cowhide and other materials, if only by the taste can not be detected.
If you want to achieve a great supplement through ejiao, it is better to eat more high-quality protein, such as shrimp, fish, beef, etc., there is really no need to spend such a high price to buy ejiao.
[5] Cordyceps sinensis
Cordyceps sinensis has been hyped up in recent years, resulting in its soaring value, Cordyceps sinensis has even been included in the ranks of luxury goods, many merchants promote Cordyceps sinensis acid, not only can enhance immunity, but also help prevent and treat many incurable diseases.
However, according to relevant studies, the so-called cordycepinic acid is a relatively common mannitol, which is not only found in Cordyceps sinensis, but also contains this substance in kelp.
Although Chinese medicine believes that Cordyceps sinensis has medicinal value, it is not a medicine that only belongs to medicinal materials, and medicinal materials are only used as compatibility, and cannot be directly used to treat diseases, and drugs have a real therapeutic effect.
The media hype about the miraculous efficacy of Cordyceps sinensis is clearly exaggerated. As early as 2001, the Ministry of Health clearly pointed out that it is necessary to restrict the use of national second-level protected species such as Cordyceps sinensis as raw materials for health food. This may be due to the limited number of Cordyceps sinensis, but it is not really pathogenic.
When buying health food, you should look for the identification
According to the relevant person in charge of the China Consumer Association, the health food produced by regular enterprises has the "blue hat" logo licensed by the state administrative organs, and there is also an "approval number" below the logo.
There are many irregular health food marketing routines, the most prominent of which is to exaggerate publicity and use false advertising to mislead consumers. The typical performance is to "functionalize ordinary foods and curative effects of functional foods", and package ordinary foods that do not have health care functions at all into "panaceas" with health care and even disease prevention and treatment functions.
Consumers should remember that any health food or ordinary food that claims to have preventive or therapeutic functions for a certain disease is illegal. The main function of health food is to assist, promote and improve human body function, but it cannot be used for treatment.
How to stop parents from buying health supplements?
[1] To combat death anxiety
The elderly buy health care products stemming from the fear of death, with age, the various physical functions began to deteriorate, because the children are often away from home, many of their old friends have gone to "heaven". The elderly try to get a psychological comfort by buying health care products, so that their sense of security can be compensated for and their inner anxiety about death can be alleviated.
[2] The feeling of needing and being needed
The elderly generally feel lonely, eager to be accompanied and listened to, some elderly people actually know that the effect of health care products is not so magical, but still willing to spend money to buy, in fact, they buy the care and care of those salesmen, they need to be concerned, need to be accompanied.
[3] For good health
Some elderly people are keen on health care products in order to make themselves healthier and not drag their children behind. The survey shows that 54.5% of children think their parents are healthy, and 49% of children say that they have a cordial relationship with their parents. But only 17.8% of the elderly think so. When we think our parents are healthy, they are actually old and not as healthy as before. 25.3% of the elderly hide health care products and health care equipment because they are afraid of their children's injury....
[4] Herd mentality
When the elderly see or hear that the people around them have bought a certain health care product, the effect is particularly good, and they can't wait to buy it, which is the herd psychology of "buying more".
For the elderly to buy health care products behavior. Children should be discouraged, but do not be overly accusatory. The elderly in the family are keen to buy health care products, as children, they should reflect more on whether it is not enough to give them companionship and care.