How to keep the respiratory system healthy?

The respiratory system is an important system in our human body. There is a saying that "when we can breathe normally and unconsciously, we can't cherish it, but when it suddenly stops working or slacks off, we realize that breathing is really the best thing." It's like a rich man spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on an immunotherapy just to get some sleep. At present, air pollution is serious. Every year, there are many lung problems in hospital physical examination, and some are directly diagnosed as lung cancer.

If there is a problem with the respiratory system, it will have an impact on the structure and function, and it will also lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute respiratory distress syndrome and so on. When there is a problem with the human respiratory system, the most important thing is the respiratory muscle, which may shrink or weaken the respiratory muscle strength. In addition to some external factors leading to respiratory muscular atrophy, malnutrition is also easy to cause fatigue and failure of central and peripheral respiratory muscles. Malnutrition can also cause lung development and improvement of lung function. Protein and insufficient energy intake reduce the formation of lung antioxidant enzymes, weaken the ability of inhibiting and scavenging free radicals, and aggravate the damage of harmful substances to lung tissue.

Therefore, in order to protect the health of the respiratory system, we can adjust the disease itself and nutrition, and pay attention to the protection of the external environment.

In case of respiratory problems, respiratory quotient should be chosen as the minimum nutrient, respiratory quotient as the highest carbohydrate, followed by protein, followed by fat. The higher the respiratory quotient, the more carbon dioxide is produced, which increases the burden of lung function. Appropriately increasing the intake of protein containing branched-chain amino acids can improve the contractility of respiratory muscles and increase the ventilation function. Fat can provide higher energy and reduce the burden of lung function. Nutrients can increase the intake of magnesium and phosphorus, calcium and potassium. We also need to increase the intake of vitamin A, protect our epithelial cells and improve our immunity. If you encounter foggy weather at ordinary times, go out as little as possible or go out armed, go to public places with bad environment as little as possible, prevent second-hand smoke, and go for an outing in the outdoor forest.

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