This article will talk about the dangers of overweight and underweight in middle age, and how we should maintain a standard and healthy weight.
The harm of overweight in middle age
1. Abnormal blood lipid metabolism: Obesity in middle-aged people is easy to cause abnormal blood lipid metabolism. Hyperlipidemia will affect the speed at which the body transports cholesterol to the liver, which is a risk factor for increasing heart disease.
2. Low respiratory function: Obesity leads to the thickening of chest wall and abdominal fat, which reduces vital capacity and vital capacity and affects the normal ventilation function of the lungs. Moreover, due to insufficient ventilation, it may cause an increase in red blood cells and cause vascular embolism. In severe cases, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac enlargement and infarct heart failure may occur.
The harm of underweight in middle age
1. The mortality rate has increased.
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that among Japanese patients with type II diabetes, people with body mass index between18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2 seem to have the lowest mortality rate, and the mortality rate of obese people has not decreased, while the body mass index,
2. More susceptible to dementia
British clinical research shows that the risk of dementia in middle-aged people with low weight is higher than that in middle-aged people with normal weight 1/3, and the incidence of dementia decreases with the increase of body mass index.
3. Affect fertility
Being too thin will not only affect the fertility of women, but also affect the fertility of men. A study involving 53 16 men at the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom found that being too thin in men would lead to poor sperm quality, which in turn would affect fertility.
What should middle-aged people pay attention to in maintaining their weight?
Long-term control of food intake-after middle age, 70% to 80% are too full to feel full. As long as the food contains the right amount of five nutrients, when the food intake is kept in a range for a long time, the expansion and contraction of the stomach are also in a corresponding balance state, you will reduce or stop having too much hunger, and weight control will become a virtuous circle that the body can adapt to.
Avoid high-fat and oily foods-if you are young and in good shape, you can enjoy this delicious food a little, and you will be extremely controlled after middle age. You must have perseverance. Your body is almost the beauty you are most capable of mastering. Don't interrupt your bright future when you are satisfied with indulgence.
It is recommended to give up sweets-eating sweets continuously will definitely gain weight. Although the smell of chocolate and delicious ice cream are still very attractive, you can have a look and enjoy it. Put it on your tongue at most and enjoy it.
But weight control is still based on health, so we must pay attention to the collocation and balance of nutrition, because only healthy people will be full of vitality, and this vitality will bring you a good face, a good complexion, a good figure and a good fate.