Health self-examination: Knowing how to live long is the key to longevity

Knowing how to live long is the key to longevity

Modern medical research shows that fatty liver is directly related to poor intestinal function and is caused by insufficient lipid metabolism capacity due to fatty degeneration. Secondly, hypertension, hyperglycemia, coronary heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage, and depression are all related to hormone secretion disorders in the brain-gut axis. Many people have repeated gastrointestinal examinations and have no organic lesions, but they have a series of lingering digestive tract symptoms. This is a problem with the synergy of multiple hormones secreted by the brain-gut axis, also known as functional gastrointestinal disease, which is related to depression at the mental level. For example, when people are angry, they will have stomach pain and bloating and cannot eat. This is the gastrointestinal dysfunction caused by the brain-gut axis. Gastrointestinal dysfunction is a functional gastrointestinal disease, which is often manifested by abdominal distension, belching, constipation, or frequent and unformed stools.

Self-test of gastrointestinal function:

1. Often skip breakfast;

2. Frequently eat fast food;

3. Like to eat meat but not vegetables;

4. Drink alcohol frequently;

5. Headache and shoulder pain;

6. Not persisting in exercise;

7. Often stay up late;

8. Gum bleeding often occurs when brushing teeth;

9. Feeling tired easily;

10. Prone to constipation;

11. Often skipping staple foods such as rice;

12. Don’t often eat potatoes, beans, and seaweed;

13. Rough skin;

14. Bad breath;

15. Easily nervous and irritable;

16. Often farts very smelly;

If you have 4 or less of the above 16 self-test results, it means that your gastrointestinal function is very good. If you have 5-12 of them, you should be aware that you have gastrointestinal problems. If you have 13 or more of them, you should see a doctor as soon as possible because you have serious gastrointestinal problems.

Gastrointestinal function is closely related to a person's eating habits and hygiene habits. If you often eat and drink a lot, take too long to eat, and consume high calories, which increases the burden on gastrointestinal metabolism, you are prone to acute pancreatitis. If you stay up late at a desk for a long time, have an unreasonable diet or irregular diet, your gastrointestinal function will be impaired. Gastric juice starts to be secreted at mealtime, but if you often do not eat on time, the digestive juice will digest its own tissues, causing gastric and duodenal ulcers. Epidemiological surveys have found that the top five groups of people who are most likely to suffer from impaired gastrointestinal function are the elderly, drinking groups, IT groups, people on business trips, and people who drive.

The health of the intestines is closely related to human longevity. To keep the gastrointestinal tract youthful and energetic, you should pay attention to a reasonable diet and physical exercise. At the same time, you should pay attention to arranging regular rest for the gastrointestinal tract, and pay attention to the intake of probiotics to improve the gastrointestinal microecological environment.

25% of the intestinal flora are probiotics, 25% are harmful bacteria, and 50% are neutral bacteria. The biggest characteristic of whether neutral bacteria are good or bad to the human body is that it depends on the amount of beneficial and harmful bacteria in the intestines. That is, when the proportion of harmful bacteria is high, neutral bacteria will also produce harmful toxins. In liver cancer patients, the human body has only 10% beneficial bacteria, while 90% are harmful bacteria. Their toxins enter the enterohepatic circulation, which is the source of all evil. Beneficial bacteria account for 75% of the normal intestinal tract, which is beneficial to nutrient absorption and helps endocrine and immune functions.

Increase beneficial intestinal bacteria

First, you can drink 100-150 ml of yogurt 2 hours after a meal, that is, at 4 pm or 9 pm;

Second, eat more fruits and vegetables rich in fiber;

Third, pay attention to massaging your abdomen.

Establish a gastrointestinal rest day. About every 10 days or so, choose a rest day, reduce the total amount of food you eat, keep yourself 70% to 80% full, eat more fruits and vegetables, and control the staple food.