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"Your eating habits may be invisibly accelerating the hardening of your blood vessels." At the community health lecture, the doctor's serious expression made everyone's laughter stop abruptly.
Wang Xiju, a busy accountant sitting in the front row, suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
Although she is only 56 years old, Wang Xiju's physical condition seems to have gradually declined in recent years, although she thinks that she is still paying attention to her daily diet.
This health lecture was organized by her neighborhood committee, and she originally just attended it with the attitude of going through the motions, but she didn't expect it to touch her nerves so much.
Deciding to go to the hospital for a comprehensive check-up, Wang had to face a series of disturbing test results: high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and worse, her arteries had shown some degree of sclerosis.
The doctor's words were like a bolt from the blue, making her realize the seriousness of the problem.
"Ms. Wang, looking at your test results, I must point out that your breakfast habits may be a major cause of the problem." The doctor said, picking up her diet chart.
Wang Xiju's usual breakfast includes soy milk, fried dough sticks, fried eggs and sweet bean curd, which may seem ordinary but have hidden health risks.
First of all, although soy milk is a soy product and rich in plant protein, commercially available soy milk often has a lot of added sugar and preservatives, which is not friendly to blood sugar and cardiovascular.
Secondly, although fried dough sticks are delicious, because they are fried foods, they contain a lot of trans fatty acids, which can increase the risk of heart disease and accelerate the aging of blood vessels.
Omelette uses too much fat, which leads to high cholesterol intake.
Finally, although sweet bean curd contains protein, it is also not an ideal choice for middle-aged and elderly people who need to control their blood sugar because of too much sugar.
"According to a recent study, long-term intake of a high-sugar, high-fat breakfast significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases."
The doctor explained the data in detail, and the study involved more than 10,000 middle-aged and elderly people, followed for up to 10 years, and the results showed that
People who regularly eat such breakfast have more than twice the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases compared with other groups.
After listening to the doctor's explanation, Wang Xiju began to reflect on her lifestyle.
She realized that it was not enough to just change the content of her breakfast, but more importantly, to adjust her diet holistically.
Wang decided to ditch her usual breakfast and instead eat whole-wheat bread, sugar-free yogurt, fresh fruit and some nuts, a combination that not only provides essential nutrients, but also helps her manage her weight and improve her blood lipids.
A few months after changing her eating habits, Wang Xiju felt a significant improvement in her body. Her weight was slowly declining, and her blood pressure and lipids were normal.
In the follow-up examination, the doctor was also pleasantly surprised to find that her arteriosclerosis had been significantly relieved.
This story teaches us that many times, the body's alarms are not obvious, and it is only through regular medical check-ups that we can understand our health.
At the same time, the right diet is the key to disease prevention.
A spin-off question is, despite the importance of healthy eating, why is it still difficult for people to change their long-established eating habits in real life?
Are there deeper socio-cultural factors behind this that influence our dietary choices?
When we analyze this issue in depth, we can find that eating habits are not only influenced by personal choices, but also closely related to the social environment, cultural traditions and economic conditions.
For example, the fast-paced lifestyle pushes people to choose fast food and processed foods to save time;
The preference for certain unhealthy foods in traditional food culture is also difficult to change;
In addition, healthy foods tend to be expensive and not affordable for everyone.
These factors work together to make changing eating habits a complex and difficult process.
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