A reasonable diet and scientific exercise habits have become the essential path to health. Experts suggest that people who want to be healthy should pay more attention to their "eating" and "moving" in their daily lives.◆ Control Soup Intake
Soup is a common side dish on many people's dinner tables every day, but this habit has many adverse effects on the body. Professor Xiang Hongding, Vice Chairman of the Diabetes Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, pointed out that when soup enters the stomach, due to its liquid nature, it can reach the small intestine in half an hour without being digested or after only simple digestion by the body, and is rapidly absorbed. Over time, the nutrients in the soup, especially high-calorie tonic substances, are not broken down and continuously accumulate in the body, converting into hard-to-consume fat, leading to weight gain.◆ Eat Less Sugar
According to statistics from relevant departments, the addition of large amounts of starch and sugar to food and the introduction of Western fast food are the main reasons for the high-sugar diet in recent years. When modern people consume more sugar than the body needs daily, it is converted into fat and stored in the body, causing weight gain. Furthermore, the body's metabolic function is seriously affected, leading to cancer and a large number of chronic diseases. The "China Cardiovascular Disease Report 2005" released by the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Research Center of the Ministry of Health on December 1st shows that being overweight is now quite common among middle-aged people in China. From 1989 to 2000, over 11 years, the rate of overweight in men more than doubled; in women, it increased by 10.8%. The rising incidence of diabetes, fatty liver, breast cancer, intestinal cancer, and other diseases caused by a high-sugar diet all show that excessive sugar is the number one enemy of people's health.◆ Love "Lying Down" Leads to Obesity
Loving to "lie down" and preferring a sedentary lifestyle over activity is a common life characteristic for many people, and the result is obesity. Li Zhijun, Vice Director of the Shanghai Institute of Sports Science, has prescribed a "remedy" for citizens: to insist on a certain amount of walking time every day. He suggests that the stride length should be maintained at 60-70 cm, with 120 steps per minute. Keep walking for more than 30 minutes a day. In addition, the elliptical machine commonly found in residential communities is the best equipment for changing an obese physique. Even when sick, in many cases, one should not lie down. This includes children with viral hepatitis in the recovery period (with no obvious symptoms), children with chronic hepatitis, patients with respiratory diseases, patients with vascular diseases, and those with osteoporosis.[美食中国]◆ Love "Hot" Food Leads to Cancer
Loving to drink scalding Kung Fu tea and preferring to eat hot and freshly cooked congee are eating habits that can easily cause esophageal damage and even induce esophageal cancer. Associate Professor Zhang Huizhong from the Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, explained that the inside of the esophagus is lined with a mucosal epithelial layer, which is thin and soft and directly contacts food. Therefore, it is most susceptible to stimulation by various foods. If food is too rough, too hot, or too scalding, it can damage or burn the esophageal mucosal epithelium, causing it to break down, ulcerate, or bleed. Long-term damage can easily lead to cancer. Therefore, one should avoid eating food that is too hot, too hard, or too quickly. Chew slowly, limit alcohol and smoking, and reduce chronic irritation to the esophagus.