Even if well-proportioned people have a history of smoking or high blood pressure, their mortality rate is still lower than those who are not well-proportioned but do not have the above problems. After investigating 2534/kloc-0 men and 7080 women, professionals have reached the following specific conclusions: 20% of the surveyed men are out of shape, and their death probability is 52% higher than that of the ordinary people, and the death rate of male smokers is 65% higher than that of the ordinary people. Among the women surveyed, the mortality rate of extremely asymmetric people exceeds 1 1%, among which female smokers are 99% higher.
Experts said: "As long as you can keep a good figure and live a long life, you can overcome the bad consequences brought by bad habits-such as smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other malignant factors with high mortality."
Those who are "old and smart" live long.
Everyone has a love of beauty. Because of the bondage of secular ideas, most people don't pay much attention to beauty when they are old. Some old people are untidy and untidy. This is not good for health. Psychologists believe that proper attention to gfd by the elderly can bring youthful vitality. Many psychologically young old people pay more attention to beauty. They live a chic life and often have a sense of pleasure and satisfaction of "I am still young". Therefore, smile often, be energetic, and live younger and younger.
Modern medical research has proved that the elderly pay attention to beauty and are happy, which can promote the secretion of more enzymes, acetylcholine, norepinephrine and other biochemical substances in the body. These substances can make blood circulation, nerve cell activity and internal organs metabolism in the best state, thus enhancing the function of human immune system. The "coach" loves life and enjoys it. They are no better than immortals and will undoubtedly live a long and healthy life.
People who eat more fish and shellfish live longer.
The elderly, especially obese elderly people, are prone to high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia. They should not eat more meat, but should eat more seafood such as fish, shellfish and shrimp. Fish and shellfish are not only delicious, but also contain special physiologically active components, which can prevent and treat hypertension and hyperlipidemia, such as polyene fatty acids in fish oil, and their main components are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). EPA can reduce triglycerides, reduce platelet coagulation and blood viscosity, and improve brain alertness. DHA can reduce the level of total cholesterol in blood, and can remove low-density lipoprotein harmful to human body, but it does not interfere with high-density lipoprotein called "blood vessel scavenger".
There is also a high content of taurine in fish and shellfish, which can promote jaundice patients to get rid of jaundice in the metabolism of bile acids in the liver and reduce the level of total cholesterol in the blood in the regulation of cholesterol metabolism. Therefore, the elderly should eat more fish, shellfish, shrimp and crabs.
People who are full of confidence live long.
Self-confidence is a positive spiritual factor, which can be transformed into material strength to achieve health and longevity. Confidence is a reflection of indomitable will and cheerful spirit, full of confidence in health and longevity, which can prevent people from "accumulating essence (worry) into illness". Self-confidence can make people feel happy, which is conducive to the normal secretion of various hormones in the human body and to regulating the excitement of brain cells and blood circulation. Confidence helps to inspire people's courage to fight against diseases, and stubbornly try to keep fit and get rid of diseases, so as to achieve the goal of health and longevity. Many cases in medical literature have proved that "soothing drugs" have effectively eliminated patients' diseases and even cured diseases that are considered incurable. The "medicine" used in this therapy, the only ingredient that can cause effect, is obviously the strength generated by the patient's own self-confidence.
Modern scientific research shows that people with good ideas to save the world and benefit the people can secrete healthy substances, thus promoting health and longevity.
One of the reasons why people are aging is the decline of the body's adaptability. A large number of investigations and studies have confirmed that most people engaged in creative labor belong to people with strong nervous activity, and their nervous system is more developed than ordinary people. It can be seen that the happiness of career success and the good psychological state of focusing on career are important factors for human health and longevity.
The living room of the elderly should face south, and the room area should not be too large, generally around 12 to 16 square meters. Indoor light should be soft, bright, ventilated and quiet. The color of the wall is beige or light orange. Curtains can change color according to the season. The bed should be padded with cotton. It is best to have a chair with armrest and backrest, and put a sofa indoors. Conditional people can hang a landscape insect bird calligraphy and painting in the bedroom, put a pot of chlorophytum on the bookcase and a few pots of flowers and plants on the windowsill. In this way, the elderly can feel comfortable, quiet, relaxed, relaxed and refreshed, thus preventing mental aging and prolonging life.
People with healthy lifestyles live longer.
(1) Cultivate a cheerful and enterprising attitude: walk full of energy and smile. An optimistic and enterprising attitude can relieve the stress of life and reduce the chances of heart disease and stroke.
(2) Show love to your loved ones: Skin intimacy is very important, and some people think it is the key to longevity.
(3) Laugh often: According to research, laughter can not only reduce tension, but also prolong life. Go to a comedy, read a joke book, or chat with a friend who loves to laugh. Become a part of life.
(4) Have a good sleep: Adequate sleep can calm your nervous system and brain, and reduce diseases caused by stress.
(5) Get rid of nervousness: For example, taking a break from work, taking a break or playing a new sport will help to get rid of these nervous symptoms and let yourself live longer.
(6) Don't always mention your own minor faults: if you have minor faults, you should try to treat them, and don't use them as a tool to gain sympathy from others.
(7) Believe that you can live a long life: "It is rare to live 70 years old" is out of date, so don't have it any more. If you believe that you can live a hundred years, you will fight for it, although it is unlikely.
(8) Relax and rejuvenate: You should exercise your body and mind, but you should also relax. Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get rid of your troubles. Think of something that makes you happy.
(9) Don't live a lonely life: A lonely life is unhealthy, because no one shares your happiness or your pain. There are people who love and love.
People who are used to health live longer.
A survey by the International Public Health Organization shows that people's longevity is closely related to the following seven health habits. These seven hygiene habits are:
(1) Do not smoke;
(2) moderate drinking or no drinking at all;
(3) Eat breakfast every day;
(4) Don't eat snacks between meals;
(5) Ensure 7-8 hours of adequate sleep every day;
(6) Regular sports activities;
(7) maintain an appropriate weight.
The International Public Health Organization (WHO) surveyed 6,928 ordinary residents and found that. The more people observe the above seven hygiene habits, the healthier they will be. At the age of 45, the life expectancy of people who don't follow 1-3 hygiene habits is only 20 years, while the life expectancy of people who follow 6-7 hygiene habits is over 33 years. It shows that developing and adhering to good hygiene habits can make people live longer.
Generally obese people don't live long.
As the saying goes, people tend to get fat in middle age. The so-called fat refers to obesity. Is this fattening a blessing or a curse? If it is a blessing, why is there a proverb that "money is hard to buy, and old people lose weight"?
A healthy body should be fat and not married. If the weight exceeds 20% of the standard, or the body mass index [weight (kg)/ height (m2)] is greater than 24 (27 for foreign men and 25 for women), it is called obesity. If there is no obvious reason, it is called simple obesity. Those with definite causes are called secondary obesity. Obesity is due to the disorder of fat metabolism in the body, which consumes more calories than the human body consumes and stores excess calories in the form of fat. Chinese medicine believes that "fat people have too much phlegm", and phlegm is the pathological product of water and liquid metabolism in the body. Phlegm turbidity produces blood stasis, and phlegm and blood stasis are intertwined in the body, which hinders the operation of human qi, blocks the heart pulse and leads to chest obstruction and heartache.
Obesity is a metabolic disorder, which has the greatest impact on the cardiovascular system. Mild obesity is asymptomatic. Moderate and severe obesity mainly increases circulating blood volume, cardiac output, output and myocardial burden, sometimes accompanied by hypertension, causing left ventricular hypertrophy, while a large amount of fat inside and outside the myocardium is prone to arteriosclerosis and heart failure. The main clinical manifestations are chest tightness, palpitation and shortness of breath. Cardiovascular syndrome caused by obesity is a gradual process. When obesity is reduced, the early cardiovascular syndrome can be alleviated or disappeared, but when arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease are complicated, it is difficult to return to normal even if you lose weight.
Short people live longer.
A scientific research team in the United States made a statistical analysis of the height and life expectancy of 650 men, including 36 American presidents, 265 accomplished people (celebrities in science, business and art), as well as football, basketball, softball players and boxers. The results show that the average height of American men is 1.75 meters, and the so-called short man refers to the height below 1.72 meters. The life span of short people in each group is longer than that of tall people 1 1% ~ 19%. Among successful people, short people live nine years longer than tall people. As for the president of the United States, five short people are 80 years old on average, and five tall people are only 66 years old on average. These figures show that tall people may not live long, while short people live longer.
The relationship between eating sugar and longevity
The human body needs rich nutrition, but not the more the better. It should be timely and appropriate, otherwise it will cause overnutrition, which is unfavorable to human life activities. The so-called timely and proper amount of nutrients means that the metabolism of protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, inorganic salts and water in the human body can just meet the needs of normal human life activities, that is, to achieve a nutritional balance.
Sugar food belongs to carbohydrates. It is one of the indispensable nutrients for human body. American scholars believe that carbohydrates in the elderly should account for 55 ~ 60% of the total calories. When it comes to sugar, we don't just mean sweets. There are three forms of sugar: glucose and fructose are monosaccharides, sucrose and maltose are disaccharides and starch and cellulose are polysaccharides. Maltose and sucrose are sweet, followed by glucose and fructose, while starch and fiber are not sweet. Sugar is most easily absorbed and utilized in human body, and its metabolism and digestion speed are faster than other nutrients. Our people have always been accustomed to taking polysaccharide starch as the staple food, such as rice, wheat, corn, sorghum and so on. Taking rice as an example, 0.5 kg of rice can provide enough calories for one person to consume energy in a day, but fructose is more suitable for the elderly, because fructose is more easily absorbed in the body and can be synthesized into amino acids through amination and transamination. Usually, after excessive sugar food enters the human body, in addition to normal blood sugar consumption, it will also be converted into fat and accumulated in cells, making people fat, while fructose is less likely to be converted into fat.
Although some people seldom eat high-fat food, they get fat because they eat too much sugar food. The reason lies in the conversion of sugar to fat. Excessive protein will not only release energy through oxidation, but also be converted into sugar or fat. Foods rich in sugar can induce the pancreas to secrete a large amount of pancreatic enzyme, which can promote the conversion of sugar into fat and deposit on the skin and omentum and mesentery under the abdominal cavity, making the abdomen obese, resulting in increased abdominal pressure and relaxation of abdominal wall muscles. These are not symbols of health, but also shorten people's life span.
In short, the elderly must not think that the more nutrients the better, but should control the intake of sugar and fat.
Relationship between Eating Salt and Longevity
The chemical name of salt is sodium chloride or sodium salt, in which chlorine accounts for 60.66% and sodium accounts for 39.34%. People often use salt to flavor. Salt can stimulate taste, stimulate appetite and increase saliva secretion. It is mainly used to absorb sodium ions, potassium ions, magnesium ions and calcium ions, so as to maintain the balance of salt metabolism, water balance, osmotic pressure and pH in the human body, that is, the "internal environment" balance of the human body. Excess sodium ions are excreted through urine, sweat and feces. According to the determination, a person has 3 ~ 18 grams of salt a day, which is enough to meet the needs of his physiological function. After hot weather or a lot of activities, due to excessive perspiration, the content of sodium chloride in the body is greatly reduced and needs to be supplemented appropriately. Otherwise, if the sodium ion in the muscle is reduced too much and is not replenished in time, the muscle will be highly excited and muscle spasm will occur.
Human taste is mainly produced by the taste buds of tongue tissue. Taste buds are completed 1 1 month after birth, and the number of taste buds decreases rapidly after 70 years old. The sweet, salty, sour and bitter tastes of the elderly have changed, and the decline of sweet and salty tastes is the most obvious, which makes the elderly unconsciously increase their intake of sugar and salt. If the salt exceeds the normal needs of the human body, it will cause the imbalance of "internal balance", the osmotic pressure outside the cell will increase, the water inside the cell will be sucked out of the cell, or the water outside the cell will not be discharged, resulting in edema. In addition, sodium ions in salt are mainly distributed in plasma and tissue fluid, and the increase of sodium ions in blood will absorb water in tissue fluid, leading to the increase of blood volume in blood vessels. At the same time, due to sodium ions and water staying on the arteriole wall, the arteriole contracts, which increases the vascular pressure and leads to the increase of blood pressure. Eating too much salty food or eating salty food for a long time will become hypertension if blood pressure does not drop after rising. If we don't pay attention to adjusting diet, the function of renal excretion of sodium ions and water will be significantly reduced, and the continuous increase of blood pressure will also cause heart failure.
Many nutritionists have found that the average blood pressure of residents in areas with daily salt intake less than 3 grams is low, and the trend of blood pressure increasing with age is not obvious. However, once residents in these areas move to areas with high salt intake, their blood pressure will rise accordingly. Clinically, many patients with hypertension are given a low-sodium diet, and the effect is very good. This shows that salt intake has obvious influence on blood pressure. To this end, the diet of the elderly should be light and less salt.
People with reasonable living arrangements live longer.
After retirement, the lifestyle of the elderly has changed, disrupting the rhythm of the past. In order to keep healthy, it is necessary to rearrange their lives and establish new work and rest rules.
The law of life mainly refers to an orderly schedule. You can make appropriate arrangements according to your personal characteristics from the following aspects.
1. First, make a general plan, complete those ideas within one year, such as study or work to be done, let the spirit rest, make demands on yourself, define the purpose of life, and avoid psychological activities such as emptiness, loneliness and loneliness after retirement.
2. Exercise is very important for the elderly to keep healthy and refreshed, because exercise can maintain various physiological functions of the body in normal activities and delay the aging of various organs and tissues. To get these effects, we must keep exercising, that is, exercise regularly for at least half an hour every day. Exercise methods include walking, jogging, swimming, playing Tai Ji Chuan, qigong and doing exercises. You can choose the right way according to your personal situation.
3. Eating should be arranged in three periods, morning, noon and evening, and it is best to quantify. In terms of quality, reasonable arrangements should be made. Eat a good breakfast, have a full lunch and eat less dinner.
4. Get enough sleep. Sleep has protective effect on the brain. Arrange at least 7 to 8 hours a day and take a nap at noon. Quiet environment, fresh air, suitable temperature and humidity, dim light and comfortable bedding are all conditions to ensure a good sleep. Insomnia, try to avoid using sleeping pills, because these drugs are harmful to the liver, brain and hematopoietic organs. You can use physical methods, such as soaking your feet with hot water, massaging your body or taking a walk before going to bed. In addition, try to calm your mind before going to bed and avoid reading newspapers, drinking strong tea or coffee and other stimulants.
5. Prevent constipation. Because of the slow gastrointestinal peristalsis of the elderly, they like to eat fine food with less cellulose, which is too irritating to the intestine and easily leads to constipation. Constipation brings certain disadvantages to the elderly. When the elderly defecate excessively, arrhythmia or cerebrovascular accident sometimes occurs. Methods to prevent constipation: develop the habit of regular defecation, eat more cellulose-containing foods such as vegetables and fruits, and drink a cup of honey water on an empty stomach in the morning. In addition, exercise can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation. In short, try to avoid drugs, otherwise it is easy to form habitual constipation.
6. Pay attention to proper rest and rest. You can take a rest in various ways, such as sitting quietly with your eyes closed, chatting, playing chess, listening to music, painting, calligraphy and walking.