10 moments that will make you live longer!

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, and the same goes for the path to health. 3 minutes, just a moment, very insignificant, but the following 10 "3 minutes" can achieve a healthy lifestyle and keep you away from sub-health and diseases. Please keep your health knowledge firmly in your own hands!

Oral and anal temperature measurement for 3 minutes

Many diseases, especially infectious diseases, often cause changes in body temperature. Measuring body temperature is one of the self-care skills. Place the oral thermometer under the subject's tongue, close the mouth, and measure the temperature for 3 minutes. If the patient is an infant or an unconscious person, a rectal temperature meter can be used to measure the temperature, which also takes 3 minutes. If the time is too short, the measurement will be inaccurate.

Eat hot food and drink cold food for 3 minutes

In the cold winter, when friends and family gather for a meal, if you drink cold drinks immediately after eating hot dishes and drinking hot soup, your blood vessels will contract sharply, causing your blood pressure to rise, and you may experience symptoms such as dizziness and nausea. Therefore, experts recommend that if you want to drink cold drinks to quench your thirst after eating something hot, it is best to wait for 3 minutes to reduce irritation to the stomach.

After applying eye drops, press the inner corner of the eye for 3 minutes

After applying eye drops, gently close your eyes and press the inner corner of your eye with your index finger for 3 minutes. If you don't do this, the eye drops will quickly flow into the tear ducts and subsequently into the nasal cavity. This not only shortens the time the medicine stays on the surface of the eyeball, making its efficacy inadequate, but also increases the side effects of the medicine when the eye drops flow into the nasal cavity and are easily absorbed by the nasal microvessels.

Relax for 3 minutes after waking up

Middle-aged and elderly people with high blood pressure and heart disease should close their eyes and rest in bed for three minutes before getting up after waking up. This is because the moment you wake up, your brain is in a daze, your blood is viscous, your brain is lacking oxygen and blood, and you are prone to falling. This is the most dangerous moment. It is said that a slight change in the way you wake up can reduce the risk of stroke, preventing 3 million deaths each year worldwide.

Don't be angry for more than 3 minutes

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, "anger hurts the liver." Life is short for those who get angry over trivial matters. A good mood is more important than anything else, and you shouldn’t be angry for more than 3 minutes. Don’t care about anything and don’t take anything to heart. Even if you are angry, let it go quickly. Express it as soon as possible and try your best to keep your emotions stable.

Squatting on the toilet for no more than 3 minutes

Squatting in the toilet for too long can cause varicose veins in the rectum. Over time, this will naturally cause the rectal veins to be under pressure for a long time, leading to congestion and the formation of venous masses, which can induce hemorrhoids. It is generally believed that squatting on the toilet for more than 3 minutes may lead to the formation of hemorrhoids, and the severity of the disease is also determined by the length of time. Avoid reading while using the toilet.

Boil for 3 minutes after the water boils

After tap water is disinfected with chlorine, the chlorine interacts with the organic matter remaining in the water to form a variety of halogenated hydrocarbons, chloroform and other harmful compounds, which are carcinogenic. Experiments have shown that boiling water and then boiling it for 3 minutes is a good way to reduce these harmful substances to a safe range. It can be seen that this measure is necessary for people to prevent cancer in their daily lives.

Boil water for 3 minutes

You should pay attention to the time difference when drinking tea. After brewing the tea for 3 minutes, the caffeine in the tea will basically seep out. Drinking tea at this time can refresh you. If people want to avoid excitement after drinking tea, they just need to pour out the first brew of tea within 3 minutes, then brew and taste the next brew, and they can relax and unwind.

3 minutes of exercise break

Anyone who has participated in sports has experienced shortness of breath during exercise, and should take a short break at this time. By taking a short 3-minute break between exercises, your muscles can replenish enough energy to prepare for the next exercise. Longer rest periods do not provide much benefit.

Brush your teeth for 3 minutes each time

The purpose of brushing teeth is to remove plaque on all tooth surfaces, including the outside, inside, and biting surface. This workload is not small, as there are approximately 80 tooth surfaces that need to be cleaned. You should change the position of the toothbrush frequently and slowly rotate it on all the tooth surfaces of each tooth. A toothbrush can only brush 2 to 3 teeth at the same time, so you need to brush your teeth for 3 minutes each time to clean all the teeth.