Three meals a day is the basis of the normal functioning of our body, to do a scientific diet, a reasonable combination, can be a health score. If you want to amplify the benefits of the three meals, it is especially critical to seize half an hour after the meal.
Gao Fangkun, former director of the Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, told us that if you do not do the right thing after dinner, it may be dangerous; on the contrary, use this time to do good health, health can be said to be twice as good.
So, half an hour after the three meals are suitable and taboo to do what?
01 Half an hour after breakfast
It is very important to eat a nutritious breakfast every day for the health of the body, and half an hour after breakfast, if you can also take advantage of the good, on the health and well-being of more than half the effort. So, after breakfast, what are the best things to do, what things can not do?
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1. Eat some fruit
Eating a little bit of fruit after breakfast is a good complement to breakfast. The best choices are: kiwi, which reduces fat aggregation, and grapefruit, which lowers blood sugar, as well as strawberries, which are high in vitamins. A rich intake of vitamins in the morning can refresh your mind and ensure your productivity throughout the morning.
2. Massage the knee
From the theory of Chinese medicine, the morning 7 ~ 9 points of the main stomach meridian, stomach meridian in Chinese medicine meridian called "longevity meridian", through the knee joint. After 20 minutes after the meal, use your hands to rub your knees repeatedly, which can make the stomach meridian smooth.
3. Tap on the outside of the calf
Tapping on the outside of the calf for 5 minutes after breakfast can help prolong life. This is one of the most important points in the human body - the foot Sanli, after meals, tapping can generate stomach qi, drying spleen dampness, and is conducive to longevity.
忌
Rush to exercise
Many middle-aged and elderly friends are used to exercise in the morning, but after breakfast, it is best not to exercise right away (it is recommended that half a bell after breakfast and then exercise), otherwise it is easy to cause indigestion; if the exercise intensity is greater, it will also cause abdominal pain or gastrointestinal tract. It can also cause abdominal pain or gastrointestinal disorders, and it is also dangerous for patients with cardiovascular disease.
02 half an hour after lunch
1. nap
half an hour after lunch is the key to adjusting the physical and mental state of the middle-aged and elderly friends can use this time to take a nap. The first thing you need to do is to take a nap. Harvard University psychologists found that the midday snooze can relieve stress, improve memory, even if only ten minutes, the effect is immediate.
2. Stretch, tiptoe, and breathe y
"If you can't fall asleep, it's best to give your voice a rest, too, especially if you usually talk a lot." Norman Huojikyan of the Center for Health Systems Research at the University of Michigan pointed out that you can use this time to stretch, tiptoe, and do deep breathing, all of which can refresh your mind.
忌
Drinking strong tea
Many middle-aged and elderly friends like to drink strong tea, but drinking strong tea after meals will affect the absorption of proteins, tannins in the tea will also impede the absorption of iron, and the long term to form the bad habit of drinking strong tea after meals is prone to trigger iron deficiency. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of it.
In addition, drinking tea right after a meal, a lot of water into the stomach, but also dilute the gastric secretion of the digestive juices, thus affecting the stomach of the food digestion.
03 half an hour after dinner
Doing housework, patting meridians
Busy day, the most abundant time after dinner, people also like to arrange a lot of things after dinner. But after dinner permaculture has taboos.
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1. Do some housework
This time may be worth doing some housework, such as washing dishes or organizing the room, you can move around, and will not be a burden on the digestive system.
2. pat the meridian
The use of this time to pat the meridian, the main target of the Renjian, that is, above the abdomen in the middle of the part, there are many important points distributed in this, after eating from top to bottom gently pat 20 minutes, can help digestion, strong body.
忌
1. Rush to bathe and foot bath
This will make the body surface blood flow increase, the gastrointestinal blood flow will be correspondingly reduced, so that the digestive function of the stomach and intestines is weakened, it is recommended that it is best to rest for 1 to 2 hours.
2. Immediately activities, such as dancing, boxing
In order to avoid discomfort, middle-aged and elderly friends best half an hour after eating.
Half an hour after dinner is the golden period of health and wellness, a small action after breakfast, or 20 years of longevity; take a nap after lunch, relieve stress, regulate emotions; after dinner pat meridians, strengthen the body, prolong life!
Editor / Sun Chao Hui
Information / Nanjing Health 12320