Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "spring belongs to wood, which is the most suitable for nourishing the liver".
It's late March, and it's time to put liver nourishment on the agenda.
How to nourish the liver? A few suggestions for everyone -
Wake up in the morning 1 do not drink, the liver will thank you
Now that the weather is warmer, many people like to have a cup of detoxifying vegetable juice after waking up.
However, vegetable juices, especially fruit juices, are not as healthy as everyone thinks.
In fact, fruit juice is concentrated sugar water.
After the fruit is juiced, its nutrients such as dietary fiber, β-carotene, etc. are greatly lost, and the pomace is filtered out, and the freshly squeezed juice is a cup of concentrated sugar water.
For example: a glass of 500~600ml of juice contains about 100 grams of sugar. The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" pointed out that the daily added sugar of adults should not exceed 50 grams, and it is best to control it below 25 grams.
Long-term intake of excessive sugar will cause great harm to the liver: sugar is metabolized in the liver, and the liver will convert sugar into fat, inducing fatty liver; It can also cause insulin resistance, interfere with metabolism, and cause blood pressure to rise, which can damage the liver.
Therefore, for the health of the liver, it is best to drink less or no juice.
Eating 2 is not conscious, the liver suffers a lot less damage
Although saving food is a virtue, the following two saving behaviors will bring great threats to liver health——
1. Overnight dishes are reluctant to pour
Not all overnight dishes are suitable for hot and hot re-eating.
For example, overnight seafood, fish and other foods, high protein content, easy to produce protein degradants after overnight, these protein degradants will damage liver and kidney function.
Another example is the common overnight green leafy vegetables, which will produce more nitrite, which will react with the protein breakdown product secondary amine under the action of stomach acid to generate carcinogenic nitrosamines, thereby increasing the risk of cancer in the human body.
In addition, the dishes are repeatedly heated, which not only has a poor taste, but also greatly reduces nutrition. If it is stored improperly, it is easy to breed germs, and people's stomach will be uncomfortable after eating, and it will cause foodborne poisoning in serious cases.
So, make a meal and eat it, throw it away if you can't finish it, and don't cook so much next time!
2. Moldy food should not be thrown away
Some damp and moldy grains and nuts, such as corn, peanuts, walnuts, etc., should not be eaten again.
Because these foods are likely contaminated with the "notorious" toxin, aflatoxin.
Aflatoxin is a metabolite produced by Aspergillus flavus, parasitic Aspergillus, etc., and its toxicity is higher than that of cyanide, arsenide and organic pesticides. Acute poisoning is mainly strong liver toxicity, manifested as vomiting, anorexia, jaundice, ascites, lower limb edema, etc., severe cases will die due to fulminant liver failure.
What's more frightening is that aflatoxin is still a liver cancer substance.
Therefore, when eating grains, nuts and other foods, even if you can't see mold, if you feel bitter taste, you should spit it out and rinse your mouth; Don't assume that cooking is safe, because aflatoxin is very thermostable and cannot be broken down in conventional cooking.
3 before bedtime, the liver does not suffer
1. Don't eat more than dinner
The weather is warmer, and many people turn on the late-night snack mode, often eating their stomachs round in the face of tempting food.
However, eating too much for a late-night snack is not just a simple stomach upset, the liver also suffers!
When we eat, the liver, as the largest metabolic organ in the human body, needs to secrete bile through liver cells in time to help digest food.
That is to say, when you eat late-night snacks, the liver also has to work overtime.
Of course, it is not against everyone eating before going to bed, after all, the taste of hunger is really uncomfortable, and being hungry may cause it difficult to sleep.
If you really want to eat a late-night snack, pay attention to two points:
(1) Don't eat too much, some friends can't stop eating, even more than dinner. Eating too much before going to bed will not only affect sleep, but also increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, and it is recommended that the amount of supper is preferably less than 1/5 of the amount of food eaten throughout the day.
(2) It is best to eat light and easily digestible foods, such as milk, millet porridge, a handful of nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc.
2. Don't compare
In the dead of night, everyone is often full of thoughts, and their minds are like playing a movie, recalling the people and things they have recently encountered.
And one of the weaknesses of human nature is that they like to compare, and when they think of where they are inferior, they will be upset.
For example, the old king next door bought a new car and was still shouting in front of me; Xiao Li has shallow qualifications than me, but he was promoted...
The more I think about it, the more angry I get, the more I think about it!
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon states that every emotion is associated with the physiological functions of the relevant internal organs. For example, "anger is angry", "anger hurts the liver". It is said that anger reverses the body's qi and impairs the function of the liver.
That is to say, getting angry before going to bed not only makes it difficult to sleep, but also hurts the liver.
People have emotions, this is instinctive. People can control emotions and are skills. Only by recognizing instincts and improving the ability to control emotions can we master our own health.
Therefore, it is recommended that everyone try not to think about those negative things before going to bed, so that their minds are calmer and more conducive to sleep.
3. Don't sleep later than the moon
They all say "I don't sleep if the moon doesn't sleep, I'm a bald little baby".
This seems to be a joke, but there are really many late-night parties, the moon is going to "go home" and refuses to sleep, too able to stay up!
Some people can't sleep, and some people refuse to sleep. Common reasons are none other than being too busy at work, too heavy with school, and too fun with mobile phones.
Everyone knows that staying up late hurts the body, and the liver is the first to bear the brunt.
Because "the liver hides blood", the liver is open to the eyes, so the symptoms of dry eyes are particularly prominent. Since yin and yang are interdependent and mutually interactive, in the long run, yang will also be affected.
So, go to bed early if you have nothing to do, there is nothing worth staying up late with your life!
By the way, if you have to stay up late because of night shifts, breastfeeding children, etc., remember to catch up on sleep the next day.
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(Daily Wellness Push)