Lao Wu, 48 years old, has always thought he was in good health, but during a routine physical examination, he unexpectedly found that his blood pressure was high, and the carotid arteries showed signs of atherosclerosis and plaque formation.
This discovery made Lao Wu anxious, and in order to remove vascular plaque and soften blood vessels, he began to try various methods. Among them, one of his strongest beliefs is "skipping dinner".
Lao Wu insisted on not eating dinner for half a year, thinking that this would help him remove the plaque in his blood vessels and soften them. But did it really turn out as he wanted, and what about his health?
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Since the results of the physical examination came out, Lao Wu has not felt good in his heart. He couldn't figure out why he usually felt very well, why did so many problems suddenly pop up?
Anxious, he began to look around for a solution, hoping to improve his health as soon as possible.
One day, Lao Wu came across an article on the Internet, claiming that dinner was the culprit of vascular problems.
The article lists all kinds of dangers of dinner to the body, and claims that giving up dinner can remove plaque and soften blood vessels. Lao Wu was like a treasure, and he decided to try this "health" method. From that day on, he began a life of skipping dinner.
However, after persevering for half a year, Lao Wu did not feel the expected improvement. On the contrary, his physical condition seems to be deteriorating.
When he walked into the hospital again for a check-up, the doctor told him that his atherosclerosis was not alleviating and was tending to worsen.
Lao Wu was full of confusion and told the doctor about his "health preservation" practice in the past six months.
After listening to this, the doctor solemnly pointed out that the method he used had no scientific basis at all, and could even cause more harm to the body.
Doctors explain that skipping dinner can cause blood sugar fluctuations, lower metabolism, and may even trigger serious problems such as starvation ketosis.
The doctor further pointed out that the scientific health regimen should be a reasonable diet, moderate exercise and good lifestyle habits.
The doctor advised Lao Wu to resume his normal three-meal diet, but pay attention to nutritional balance and reduce the intake of high-fat and high-calorie foods. At the same time, the doctor also prescribed some drugs for Lao Wu to control blood pressure and blood lipids, and told him to have regular check-ups.
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Lao Wu went astray on the road of health preservation, which reflected his misunderstanding and blind pursuit of health knowledge.
He mistakenly thinks that controlling his diet is the same as skipping dinner. But in fact, health preservation is not a simple diet, but requires us to eat a balanced diet, exercise moderately, and maintain good living habits in our daily life.
Three meals a day is a long-term eating habit formed by human beings, and there is a scientific basis for it. Skipping dinner can lead to a lower metabolism, and long-term fasting can also cause damage to the stomach.
Secondly, Lao Wu has a misunderstanding about the formation and removal of arterial plaque. He mistakenly thought that the arterial plaque could be cleared up with simple dietary modifications.
However, once atheroplaque has formed, its reversal is very unlikely.
The scientific approach is to control the development of plaque through a sensible diet and medications, rather than hoping for some "magical" method to get rid of it completely.
In the end, after learning that he had high blood pressure, Lao Wu did not insist on medication to control his blood pressure. He mistakenly thinks that skipping dinner will solve all problems, thus ignoring the long-term harm of high blood pressure to the cardiovascular system.
Hypertension is one of the important risk factors for atherosclerosis and must be effectively controlled with medication and lifestyle modifications.
In other words, Lao Wu's misunderstanding is mainly reflected in the lack of scientific health knowledge and the blind credulity of online health articles.
These misunderstandings not only pose a potential threat to his physical health, but also reflect his lack of understanding of the importance of scientific health preservation.
Therefore, we must strengthen the popularization and education of scientific health care knowledge, help people establish a correct concept of health preservation, and avoid similar misunderstandings.
Through the doctor's guidance and his own reflection, Lao Wu finally understood his mistake.
He decided to start his scientific health journey again, paying attention to his diet, exercising moderately, and developing good habits. At the same time, he is well aware of the importance of health and is determined to cherish his body.
Scientific health should be based on a reasonable diet, moderate exercise and good living habits.
Lao Wu's misunderstanding also reminds us that we can't believe all kinds of exaggerated health preservation methods on the Internet, let alone ignore real health management because of this.
I hope that everyone can learn from Lao Wu's story, treat health with a scientific attitude, and cherish their physical health.