In this era, everyone is paying more and more attention to health, but all kinds of rumors and pseudo-knowledge are also circulated on the Internet under the banner of health, making it impossible to prevent them.
If you want to be healthy, should how do it?
Let’s hear the truth the doctors want to tell you.
Nutrition Department
1. No single food can resist cancer.
Eating more vegetables and fruits can really reduce the risk of cancer, but no single food has anti-cancer effect, whether it is onion mushroom, green tea or garlic.
If you want to prevent cancer, you should have balanced nutrition and develop good eating habits, which is the real reliable approach.
2. Get up in the morning and don’t drink light salt water.
When sleeping, breathing, perspiration, urination, etc. will consume a lot of water. It is recommended to drink a glass of water after getting up.
But don’t drink light saline, it not only can’t [detoxify], but also will aggravate the state of water shortage. Especially for people with hypertension, heart disease and renal dysfunction, really don’t drink it.
3. Brown sugar, white sugar, crystal sugar… Eat less
Brown sugar does contain more minerals than white sugar, but it is still very few. The most important ingredient is sugar.
Eating too much sugar will not only make people fat, but also increase the risks of type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension and other diseases.
The World Health Organization suggests that no more than 50g of sugar should be eaten every day, including brown sugar, white sugar and crystal sugar.
4. Drinking red wine cannot soften blood vessels.
It is said that red wine contains resveratrol, which can soften blood vessels.
In fact, the content of resveratrol in red wine is not high and cannot effectively protect cardiovascular health. On the contrary, red wine contains more than 10% alcohol, which is harmful to drinking.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other authoritative organizations have clearly opposed alcohol to protect cardiovascular diseases.
5. Vitamin D should be supplemented from childhood to old age.
Vitamin D can promote calcium absorption and bone growth and is very important for both adults and children.
Ultraviolet rays can help the skin produce vitamin D, and reasonable sun exposure is an effective way to supplement vitamin D. However, Chinese residents are generally under-exposed to the sun (leaving early and returning late + fear of sunburn), and it is difficult to eat enough in their daily diet, which needs to be satisfied by taking additional supplements.
Respiratory Department
6. Nasal obstruction and runny nose, try normal saline flushing nose
When nasal obstruction, nasal itching and runny nose occur, you can try to flush the nasal cavity with normal saline, which can not only clean the nasal cavity, but also maintain the normal physiological environment of the nasal cavity.
Especially for relieving allergic rhinitis, it is very effective.
7. Baby coughs, don’t take cough medicine indiscriminately,
Many cough medicines commonly used by adults contain codeine, phenagen, dextromethorphan and other ingredients and are not recommended for children under 4 years old.
For babies over 1 year old who cough, try oral honey to relieve cough. If the cough is serious, don’t eat cough medicine indiscriminately and go to see a doctor first.
8. Snoring, not sleeping soundly
Slight snoring is no problem, but strong and irregular snoring may indicate sleep respiratory disorders, poor sleep quality, fatigue during the day, high risk of cardiovascular diseases and even sudden death.
If the people around you are always snoring like thunder, go to the hospital for examination.
9. Kitchen lampblack hurts people
Kitchen lampblack is an important pathogenic factor of lung cancer, and there are many irritating harmful substances.
The longer women cook and the more times they stir-fry, the greater the risk of lung cancer. For people with respiratory diseases, lampblack may also aggravate the disease.
The cooking temperature is lower and the range hood lasts longer.
10. September to November is the best time to vaccinate against influenza.
One to two months before influenza epidemic is the best time to vaccinate influenza vaccine. In our country, influenza is generally prevalent from November to March of the following year, so September to November is the best time to vaccinate vaccine.
Influenza virus mutates rapidly, remember to need to be vaccinated again every year.
Orthopaedics
11. Look down at your mobile phone = 50 kg on your head
When not lowering the head, the neck only needs to bear the weight of the head (about 4 ~ 5kg), but when lowering the head…
Bow your head 15 degrees: The cervical spine will bear about 12kg of pressure.
Bow your head 30 degrees: The cervical spine will bear about 18kg of pressure.
Bow your head 60 degrees: The cervical spine will bear about 22 kilograms of pressure.
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As time goes by, neck pain, shoulder pain, arm pain… all kinds of pain will come to you.
12. Don’t bend over to lift heavy objects
When a person bends down to carry heavy objects, the pressure on the waist is more than twice that of normal standing, which will make the lumbar spine and muscles excessively pulled and squeezed, making it very uncomfortable.
Whether moving the box or picking up the paper on the ground, the correct posture is: keep your waist straight, squat down, and then pick up the articles.
13. Pillow is too high, not good for cervical spine,
Some people like to sleep with higher pillows and feel comfortable.
In fact, too high a pillow will affect the health of cervical vertebrae, because… you have been passively keeping your head down.
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At the end of the night, not only does it not have a good rest, but it may also cause neck stiffness, pain and other problems.
14. Cold does not cause arthritis
When it is cold, osteoarthritis patients will feel pain and create the illusion that [cold will cause arthritis].
In fact, there are many causes of osteoarthritis. Obesity, heavy physical activity, excessive exercise, improper exercise, age growth and heredity are all risk factors, while cold is not the cause.
15. Try local hot compress after stiff neck.
In case of stiff neck, hot towel or hot water bag can be used to apply hot compress to the painful part to improve local blood circulation, relax tense muscles and relieve pain.
Pay attention to the temperature and be careful not to burn.
Department of Stomatology
16. Brush your teeth and remember to brush your tongue.
There are many bacteria and food residues on the tongue. If it is not brushed clean, it is likely to produce taste and halitosis.
Brush your tongue lightly while brushing your teeth, which can effectively reduce food residue and bacteria on your tongue coating and keep your mouth clean.
17. Wash your teeth every six months to one year.
It is difficult to brush your teeth completely, and minerals in saliva will calcify and deposit to form tartar. At this time, you need to wash your teeth.
Tooth washing is an important treatment for gingivitis and periodontitis, and it is the first step to restore gingival health.
18. Don’t brush your teeth hard back and forth
When brushing teeth, if the range of brushing back and forth is large, the force is not easy to control, which is easy to cause damage and grinds out a row of grooves at the root of the teeth.
The correct way is to tremble with a small amplitude, and the brushing amplitude should not exceed one or two teeth.
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19. Buy fluoride toothpaste
Low doses of fluoride make the surface layer of teeth firmer. Using fluoride toothpaste is a safe and effective way to prevent dental caries.
Even children are safe to use fluoride toothpaste.
20. Don’t use your teeth as tools
Some people will use big teeth as bottle openers and walnut pliers.
In doing so, the force on the teeth is too great, which may lead to rupture. In light cases, tooth sensitivity and soreness will occur, in heavy cases, dental pulp will be exposed, and even the whole tooth will collapse.
Don’t ruin your teeth for the sake of convenience.
Oncology Department
21. Alcohol is a category 1 carcinogen
Breast cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer are all directly related to alcohol.
The Chinese, in particular, have the defect of alcohol metabolism gene, which cannot effectively degrade acetaldehyde and is even more dangerous.
[Moderate drinking is good for health] does not exist. Don’t drink if you can.
22. Be careful of the sudden change of mole on your body.
Ordinary pigmented nevus has no big problem in what except for its beautiful appearance. However, some moles may have the risk of canceration because they grow in the wrong place or have problems with color and size.
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If the mole on your body suddenly changes, you must be more vigilant.
23. It is not safe to extract oil from earth.
Many people like to buy oil from earth, but in fact, it has great potential safety hazards:
- There are many impurities, which are easy to deteriorate and have large lampblack when cooking. There is a risk of aflatoxin exceeding the standard.
Aflatoxin is a class 1 carcinogen, common in moldy peanuts, grains, soil oil is not refined, also lack of quality control and supervision, aflatoxin exceeding the standard is more common.
24. HPV vaccine is currently the only vaccine that can prevent cancer.
Cervical cancer is a female genital tract malignant tumor second only to ovarian cancer. The persistent infection of high-risk HPV virus is the main cause of cervical cancer.
HPV vaccine can effectively prevent cervical cancer, and the recommended vaccination age is 9 ~ 12 years old. The best effect is to take it before women have sex for the first time.
25. Obesity Increases Cancer Risk
Obesity is closely related to many tumors such as esophageal tumor, colon cancer, rectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, gastric cancer, etc., which can significantly increase the incidence rate of 11 tumors.
Fortunately, obesity is a reversible carcinogenic factor, so act quickly.
I hope these 25 truths about health can help you and your family.
Listen to the doctor, don’t panic when you encounter problems, and don’t fall for it when you encounter deception.
In order to prevent cancer, balanced nutrition and good eating habits are the real reliable methods.
This article has been examined by Fei Fei, Master of Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University.
Responsible Editor: Dong Tian
Source of cover photo: www.hizy.net Genuine Photo Library