Aunt Zhao is 63 years old this year, and died suddenly at home after lunch, after the news spread, the neighbors were shocked, why did a person who was fine in the morning die suddenly?
The doctor reminded not to do these behaviors after eating, but unfortunately many elderly people don't know.
1. The "culprit" behind it: Just because she did something wrong after eating
According to the family's recollections, before the incident, Aunt Zhao was like a normal person shopping for vegetables and cooking, and there was nothing abnormal during the period, the only thing that impressed me was that after eating, everyone had a fierce dispute because of some quarrels.
It turned out that Aunt Zhao was looking forward to hugging her grandson since her daughter-in-law entered the door, but her daughter-in-law didn't want to give birth too early, and wanted to have more than two years of two-person world. Just after lunch before the incident, Aunt Zhao began to nag again, but this time the daughter-in-law was not used to it, and the two began to pinch again.
"The old king has 3 children, you haven't moved yet, when a woman should do something, it will be difficult for you to give birth when you are old. "It's good to have a baby now, recover quickly, and I can still bring you a child, how good!"
"You want to give birth so much, then you give birth to yourself, you know how to urge and urge every day" The daughter-in-law's confrontation made the atmosphere turn sharply, and Aunt Zhao was about to refute, when she suddenly felt a pain in her chest and turned pale.
After a while, she couldn't stand up uncomfortably, and her family immediately reacted that it was her heart attack, and quickly called an ambulance, but she didn't expect that there would be no one when the car came.
Afterwards, the doctor explained that the main cause of the patient's heart attack is inseparable from the influence of excessive mood swings, in fact, the ups and downs of emotions will indeed bring a great burden to the heart, especially under the excessive mood can easily cause cardiovascular abnormal symptoms. In addition, Aunt Zhao herself suffers from coronary heart disease, and it is not appropriate to have too many emotional ups and downs in daily life.
Otherwise, it is easy to cause the sympathetic nervous system to be overactive, resulting in an accelerated heart rate and increased blood pressure, aggravating the symptoms of myocardial ischemia in coronary heart disease, and inducing angina pectoris attacks or myocardial infarction.
Second, the elderly have these 4 behaviors after eating, hurry up and change them!
In fact, there is another point worth noting in Aunt Zhao's story, that is, the mood swings after meals.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the habits before and after meals are closely related to health, especially some bad behaviors after meals are even related to people's life expectancy.
1. Eat fruit immediately
After eating, the food is waiting to be digested in the stomach, and the fruit is eaten immediately in the process, and the protein and fat in the food are mixed with the sugar and organic acids in the fruit, which will not be conducive to the body's digestion and absorption. Especially for the elderly with stomach problems or digestive problems, it is recommended to eat fruit about two hours after meals.
2. Take a shower right away
Taking a bath after a meal stimulates a large amount of blood to accumulate from the stomach to the skin and muscles, which is not conducive to food digestion and absorption. It is recommended to take a bath 1~2 hours after meals.
3. Exercise immediately
After a full meal is the time for digestion and digestion, sudden exercise at this time will cause the "blood supply" to be unable to meet the needs of exercise and digestion, and long-term digestion and malabsorption will damage the gastrointestinal function. In particular, the elderly with coronary heart disease, hypertension, cerebral arteriosclerosis, diabetes, and low blood pressure are not suitable for exercising immediately after meals.
4. Hurry up tea
Drink tea immediately after a meal, after the tannic acid in the tea enters the gastrointestinal tract, it will actively inhibit the secretion of gastric juice and intestinal juice, which is not conducive to digestion, in addition, it will also produce tannic acid protein with the protein of meat, eggs, milk and soy products, reduce intestinal peristalsis function, increase the risk of constipation, in addition, tea will also inhibit the absorption of iron by the human body. It is generally recommended to drink tea 1 hour after eating.
3. After eating, should I sit, lie down, or stand?
After eating, many people choose to stand, sit or lie down, but did you know that these habits may have different effects on human health, so which one is better for the body?
1. Discipline
After the food enters the stomach, in order to prevent food reflux, the esophageal terminal sphincter will begin to contract, so that the opening of the gastric spray door will be narrowed, so that the food in the stomach can be fully digested and absorbed under the mixture of gastric juice. In the long run, it is easy to cause esophagitis, reflux esophagitis and other diseases.
2. Stand
Standing after a meal will not have the risk of reflux lying down, and it will help the human body burn calories, as for some people who say that standing after a meal will cause the stomach to sag, in fact, this situation is only suitable for people whose stomach is not very good, or who are emaciated and malnourished for a long time, in this case it may be best to choose to sit after eating.
3. Sedentary
Many people like to sit and take a break after a meal, but it should be noted that the sitting time should never exceed half an hour. Otherwise, digestion and absorption are prone to problems, and it will also increase the accumulation of waist and abdominal fat, which is not conducive to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. It is recommended to sit and rest for 5~10 minutes after eating.
In addition, it is not recommended to exercise immediately after meals, when the amount of blood required for gastrointestinal digestion is insufficient, it will affect the food digestion process, resulting in uncomfortable symptoms of indigestion, so we must pay attention to these conditions after meals to avoid causing greater health risks.
Resources:
[1] "Should I lie down, sit or stand after eating?→ correct posture", Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.2023-05-25.
[2] "Should I Lie Down, Sit, or Stand After Eating?The Doctor Gave a Standard Answer...".Popular Science China.2022-03-14.
[3] "Listen to the advice! People live half their lives, get up in the morning, after meals, and before going to bed, these things can't be rushed!", Health Times.2021-03-06.
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