The food we eat every day needs to be digested and peristalsis in the stomach, and if there is a problem with the stomach, the food will not be completely digested and absorbed, which will also cause gastrointestinal diseases to become more serious.
After many people have stomach problems, they will think of using stomach drugs to treat, but long-term medication will affect and damage their liver and kidneys.
As the saying goes, "ten stomachs and nine diseases", the stomach, as an important digestive organ of the human body, is very easy to get sick, so you should change bad habits in ordinary times and do not often do things that are not conducive to the improvement of stomach function. So what behaviors can cause noticeable damage to the stomach?
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These 4 behaviors are very hurtful and should be corrected as soon as possible
1. Smoke regularly
A considerable number of people think that smoking will only hurt the lungs, but in fact, smoking will not only hurt the lungs, but also cause great damage to the stomach. Smoke contains nicotine, carbon monoxide, coal tar and other harmful substances, which will enter the stomach, damage the gastric mucosa, cause bleeding and erosion.
2. Not hygienic
Some people's stomach problems are repeated, which is actually related to not paying attention to hygiene. Often eat directly with things in your hands, but people's hands touch other items, easy to let bacteria, microorganisms transfer, touch food and then send into the mouth, may increase the risk of parasites and other germs infection.
3. High-salt diet
Daily salt intake of more than 10 grams is easy to damage the gastric mucosa and increase the body's sensitivity to carcinogens. Moreover, some high-salt foods also contain a large amount of nitrates, which are reduced in the stomach and combined with the amines in the food to form N-nitroso compounds such as ammonium nitrite that have carcinogenic effects, which are easy to induce malignant changes.
4. Disorderly schedule
Whether it is forced to stay up late for work, or actively stay up late, it will have an impact on endocrine, thereby disrupting gastrointestinal function, causing stomach damage, increasing gastrointestinal burden, causing indigestion, diarrhea and other problems.
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Gastrointestinal "prosthetics" or published? Doctor: These 5 things, often eaten or help nourish the stomach
1. Yam
As a common vegetable, yam is very mild, especially in autumn and winter when used in soups, and has a great tonic effect. The spleen, stomach and digestive functions of yam are difficult to compare with other vegetables.
It can secrete a sticky protein, which can attach to our gastrointestinal mucosa for a period of time, playing a role in protecting the stomach. Therefore, a bowl of yam when the stomach hurts can also play a certain analgesic effect.
2. Cabbage
If you want to nourish the stomach well, cabbage must not be less, it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, relieving pain, detoxifying and reducing swelling, clearing heat and water.
And cabbage also contains a lot of vitamin C, this substance has the effect of relieving pain and promoting ulcer healing, cabbage and barley, tangerine peel, honey simmering can also treat stomach swelling, upper abdominal fullness and stomach, duodenal ulcer and other conditions.
3. Spinach
Sweet and cool, can moisturize and nourish the liver, benefit the stomach, and relieve constipation. "Food Therapy Materia Medica" contains: "Benefit the five internal organs, clear the stomach, and relieve alcohol and poison." "Spinach promotes stomach and pancreas secretion, increases appetite and aids digestion.
Rich in fiber also helps intestinal peristalsis and facilitates bowel movements. However, spinach oxalic acid content is high, hindering calcium absorption, should be avoided with tofu, seaweed and other high-calcium foods, or before cooking to remove oxalic acid.
4. Milk
The main functions of milk are to replenish the lungs and stomach, generate jin liquid, moisturize the large intestine, and have a good effect on yin deficiency stomach pain, deficiency and constipation.
Studies have found that milk has a very effective therapeutic effect on peptic ulcer disease, habitual constipation and other conditions. Although milk has a good stomach nourishing effect, experts remind that patients with diarrhea, spleen deficiency, wet symptoms and other patients are not suitable for excessive milk drinking in daily life.
5. Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a very stomach-nourishing food, because pumpkin is very mild, sweet taste, very good for the stomach, especially pumpkin contains high nutritional value, the pectin contained in it can also absorb bacteria and other harmful substances in the stomach.
The pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract from rough food stimulation, promote the healing of ulcer surface, and is suitable for patients with stomach diseases. Pumpkin can also help digestion, pumpkin contains ingredients that promote bile production, which can make the digestion of food in the stomach smoother.
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Extension – What's wrong with always gagging when brushing your teeth in the morning?
1. Chronic tonsillitis
Patients with chronic tonsillitis will have hyperemia, swelling and other conditions of the tonsil mucosa, which can easily lead to a foreign body sensation in the throat of the patient, and adverse reactions such as retching and nausea may occur when brushing teeth in the morning.
2. Chronic laryngitis
People with chronic laryngitis are prone to sputum in their throat, which can cause swelling in the throat when it accumulates in the throat. When chronic mucosal hyperemia and lymphoid tissue hyperplasia occur in the throat, the discomfort in the throat will be aggravated, and the retching will also be aggravated.
3. Dry atrophic strep throat
Usually, patients with dry atrophic laryngitis have a lack of water and inflammation in their throat, which can easily lead to obvious symptoms such as dry throat or retching when brushing their teeth in the morning.
4. Pregnancy
In the first trimester, nausea and retching when brushing teeth in the morning may occur due to changes in hormone levels in the body.