The researcher attended the 19 international symposium on intestinal flora and health held in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese people seen in restaurants usually prefer healthy and light food to our love of thick oil sauce or big fish and meat. This time, a Japanese elder in charge of reception ate natto every day (a fermented food that was difficult for ordinary people to accept for the first time) and said, "It is good for the intestines to contain probiotics." It can be seen that Japanese people attach importance to intestinal health.
Japanese people's pursuit of health is very famous, and the most direct performance lies in their attention and understanding of the intestines.
Mechnikov, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine from 65438 to 0908, was a pioneer in studying the relationship between longevity and lactic acid bacteria. World-renowned enterobacterial scientist and food expert, Professor Hirooka Satoshi, winner of Machinico Prize in 2007, published the book Intestinal Revolution, which tells the story of intestinal diseases as the root cause of all diseases. This book is still one of the super bestsellers in Japanese publishing circles.
Why do Japanese people attach so much importance to intestinal health? Because the intestine is the second "brain" of the human body, the health of the intestine is closely related to the health of the whole person.
There are more than 1000 billion nerve cells in the intestine, which are responsible for our subconscious activities, control human emotions and various hormones that can make people feel happy. 95% of them are synthesized in the intestine. Therefore, people's emotions and happy experiences are largely transmitted to the brain through the "second brain" of the intestine.
When we rest, the intestines are still working. Besides digesting and absorbing food, the intestine is also involved in the functional regulation of many other organs.
Intestine is also the largest detoxification organ of human body, which undertakes most of the detoxification tasks of human body and can resist the invasion of diseases. There are three barriers for human body to resist diseases, and the intestine is one of them.
Intestine is also related to age, but it is not calculated by time, but according to the distribution and periodic response changes of intestinal flora with physiological age. For example, the number of bifidobacteria in the intestine will decrease from 40% to about 10% at puberty, and the intestine will begin to age. Therefore, the number of bifidobacteria in the intestine is usually regarded as an important index to judge the age of the intestine.
There are beneficial bacteria in the intestine, such as Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria, which constitute beneficial bacteria in the intestine and can protect the health of the intestine. There are also some harmful bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and spoilage bacteria. If we do not pay attention to living habits and health preservation, it is easy to destroy the microecological environment of the intestine, lead to premature aging of the intestine, destroy the beneficial flora of the intestine, lead to uncontrolled reproduction of harmful flora, cause many diseases and even endanger life.
There is a 4A standard in the intestine, which can be used to judge whether the intestine is healthy.
This international 4A intestinal health standard means that the stool must meet four standards: "fart" has no peculiar smell, stool has no peculiar smell, stool is yellow and stool is banana-shaped.
Therefore, healthy intestinal fart will not stink, and stool will not stink. If the stool is yellow banana-shaped, it means that the flora in the intestine is balanced and the food is light.
Intestinal maintenance is very important. If you want to be healthy, you must learn to protect intestinal health. So, how to ensure intestinal health?
1, pay attention to food hygiene.
Wash your hands before and after meals to prevent harmful bacteria from entering the intestine. It is also important not to go to bed immediately after meals to prevent "getting drunk". Sleeping immediately after meals will affect intestinal digestion, so don't exercise immediately after meals. It's best to take a walk after 20 minutes. In addition, don't get angry when eating, otherwise it will cause sympathetic nerve excitement and affect intestinal digestion and absorption.
2, defecation methods and postures are particular.
Squatting and defecation are common toilets. For normal people, squatting for defecation has a more health-care effect, and the muscles around the anus will be more relaxed, which is helpful for defecation. However, squatting for more than three minutes can easily lead to varicose rectal veins and hemorrhoids. Sitting and defecating can prevent accidental falls. If you defecate for a long time, you can sit in the toilet.
Pay attention to the scientificity and regularity of defecation. After the first defecation, wait for the feces to fall completely, and then feel the second defecation. Don't squat in the toilet for a long time, and don't defecate too hard. When defecation is not smooth, you can do levator ani exercise.
3. Eat more foods that are good for the intestines.
Fermented foods such as apple vinegar, yogurt, pickles, etc. It is helpful to establish a healthy intestinal environment, and cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and cauliflower are helpful to intestinal rehabilitation.
4. Keep enough rest.
Adequate rest can provide energy for intestinal repair. Intestinal cells need to be updated every four or five days, so they need enough rest to stay healthy.
"Intestinal longevity" can make you live longer. Have you learned how to keep your intestines healthy?
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