Smoking is very harmful, only by eating this way can you stay healthy!

There are more and more people smoking. Do you know how smokers can eat to protect their health?

Diet plan for men who smoke

Drink tea regularly. When smoking, some compounds contained in the smoke can cause thickening of the arterial lining, reduced gastric acid secretion, and increased blood sugar levels. If you want to avoid these compounds from staying in your body, the best solution is to drink more tea. This is because tea polyphenols, caffeine, vitamin C and other ingredients in tea can decompose these toxic substances. At the same time, tea has a diuretic effect and can help promote the excretion of toxic substances.

Eat foods rich in selenium. People who smoke frequently will have a lower level of selenium in their blood, and selenium is a trace element that prevents cancer. If the human body lacks selenium, the incidence of cancer will greatly increase. Therefore, it is recommended that men who smoke frequently should eat more selenium-rich foods on a daily basis, such as sesame, malt, garlic, eggs, yeast, animal liver, kidney, etc.

Eat more foods that lower cholesterol. Smoking will cause increased cholesterol and fat deposits in blood vessels, thereby reducing blood supply to the brain, easily leading to brain atrophy and accelerating brain aging. Therefore, in order to avoid the accumulation of cholesterol and fat in the body, it is best to eat less fatty meat containing fatty acids, and eat more foods that can lower or inhibit cholesterol synthesis, such as beef, fish, soy products and high-fiber foods.

Increase the intake of alkaline foods. This is because alkaline foods such as fruits, vegetables, and soybeans can effectively reduce the body's absorption rate of nicotine. At the same time, these alkaline foods can stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, increase gastrointestinal motility, and avoid the occurrence of symptoms such as indigestion.

Next, let’s take a look at which foods can help smokers clear their lungs.

What should smokers eat to clear their lungs?

Lung-nourishing Tremella Soup: Take 5 grams of Tremella and 50 grams of rock sugar. Put the white fungus in a basin and soak it in warm water for 30 minutes. After it is fully soaked, remove the stems and pick out impurities. Tear the white fungus into pieces, put it into a clean pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, then simmer it over low heat for 1 hour. Then add rock sugar until the white fungus is stewed.

Lung-nourishing soy milk porridge: take 1000 grams of soy milk, 100 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of white sugar. Wash the glutinous rice and put it into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, then simmer it over low heat. When the rice grains are blooming, pour in the soy milk and continue to simmer for 10 minutes. Add appropriate amount of white sugar.

Sichuan Fritillary and Pear Pork Lung Soup: Take 120 grams of pork lung, wash and slice it, boil it in boiling water for 5 minutes, then wash it with cold water and drain it. Wash and crush 9 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa; wash the pears with skin, remove the stems and pear cores, and cut the pear flesh with skin into small pieces. Put all the ingredients into a pot of boiling water, simmer for 2 hours, season and drink as desired.

Almond, pear and yam paste: Take 10 grams of northern almonds, 1 pear, and appropriate amounts of yam rice flour and white sugar. First soak the northern almonds in boiling water, peel and wash; peel the pears, wash, remove the flesh and cut into cubes; then put the almonds and pear cubes into a blender and blend into a paste. Use appropriate amount of clean water to mix apricot and pear puree, yam rice flour and sugar into a paste. Pour into a pot of boiling water (about 100 ml of boiling water), stir constantly and cook until cooked. Consume as desired.

Mushroom, Snow Fungus and Pork Pancreas Soup: Take 1 pork pancreas, 60 grams of lean pork, 15 grams of mushrooms and 9 grams of snow fungus. First wash the mushrooms; soak and wash the snow fungus, pick small pieces; wash the pig pancreas and lean pork, and slice them. Then put the mushrooms and snow fungus into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer for 20 minutes over low heat, add pig pancreas and lean pork, boil again, and season. Drink as you like.

Lung-clearing tea for smokers

American ginseng tea: People who smoke are often prone to problems such as insufficient yin fluid and dry lungs. In addition, if the respiratory tract is harmed by tobacco for a long time, its resistance will be reduced and it will be easily invaded by diseases. Unlike ginseng, American ginseng is not prone to causing internal heat and has the effects of nourishing yin and qi, as well as promoting the production of body fluids and quenching thirst. American ginseng can also promote blood vitality, nourish the lungs and reduce internal heat, and nourish the stomach and produce body fluids, making it very suitable for smokers. At the same time, drinking American ginseng lung-clearing tea can also regulate diabetes, improve immunity, and protect the cardiovascular and nerve centers.

Honey grapefruit tea: It is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that grapefruit is sweet, sour and cold in nature, and has the effects of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs and clearing the intestines. It is very suitable for patients with spleen deficiency, loss of appetite, tasteless mouth and poor digestion. For smokers, the expectorant and thirst-quenching effects of grapefruit tea can improve the damage caused by smoking to the respiratory tract, throat and esophagus. At the same time, smoking also affects

Oral health, grapefruit and honey have antibacterial effects, which is beneficial to maintaining oral health. In addition, smokers are prone to getting angry, and drinking this tea can improve constipation problems. Moreover, the rich vitamin C in it can eliminate fatigue and resist oxidation, and the hesperidin can regulate blood pressure and improve vascular aging problems caused by smoking.

Monk fruit tea: Monk fruit is also known as false bitter melon, sweet osmanthus fragrans, and is also known as the fairy fruit. Its nutritional value is extremely high. Every 100 grams of fresh monk fruit contains up to 400-500 mg of vitamin C, as well as glycosides, fructose, glucose, protein and other substances.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, monk fruit has the effects of moistening the lungs, clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for treating lung heat, lung dryness, cough, etc. caused by smoking. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that Luo Han Guo is sweet, sour and cool in nature, and can clear away heat and cool blood, eliminate intestinal toxins, and rejuvenate the skin. It is also suitable for treating sore throat and irritability caused by smoking. From the perspective of modern medicine, monk fruit contains D-mannitol, which has an antitussive effect. It is also suitable for hypertension, glaucoma, and can help lower blood lipids and improve obesity. Minimize the harm of smoking.

Chrysanthemum and tangerine peel tea: Long-term smoking can also cause damage to the stomach, causing increased gastric acid secretion, and inducing diseases such as gastritis, gastric ulcers, and reflux esophagitis. At this time, drinking tangerine peel and chrysanthemum tea can not only nourish the stomach, but also regulate problems such as cough, stomach fire, and nasal burning caused by tobacco burning. At this time, drinking tangerine peel chrysanthemum tea can not only nourish the stomach, but also regulate the cough caused by tobacco burning.

First of all, tangerine peel and chrysanthemum tea has the functions of cleansing the stomach and intestines, relieving gas, and digesting food, and is suitable for patients with chronic gastritis. Secondly, chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing away heat, removing fire and detoxifying. It has a good regulating effect on dry mouth, fire, throat, dry lungs, blurred vision, etc. In addition, tangerine peel also contains volatile oils, which have a slight dilating effect on the trachea. Both tangerine peel and chrysanthemum have certain anti-inflammatory effects.

Green tea: Because the burning of tobacco will produce some compounds, these compounds will cause the thickening of the inner wall of the artery and increase blood sugar, which can easily cause thrombosis, arteriosclerosis and other problems. Drinking more green tea at this time, the catechins in it can better prevent the deposition of cholesterol on the blood vessel walls and at the same time play a role in lowering blood sugar. Moreover, the theanine in green tea has a diuretic effect, which can shorten the residence time of harmful substances brought by smoking in the body and play a diuretic and detoxifying role. In fact, in addition to this, old smokers also need to pay attention to supplementing other nutrients to reduce the harm of tobacco in many ways.