An old saying that people have often repeated is that since people eat grains, it's inevitable that they will get sick. This saying is not wrong, but why do some people get sick easily while others remain healthy and free from illness?
Actually, this has a certain relationship with diet. The impact of diet on health is enormous. Sayings like "illness enters through the mouth," "using diet to cure diseases," and "food causing cancer" all illustrate the influence of food on health. Therefore, if you frequently have minor ailments, don't blame your body. It's simply because you haven't paid enough attention to your diet and haven't eaten foods that boost your immunity.
Disease and diet are related
1. High-calorie foods and health
High-calorie foods in daily life include starch, chocolate, cream, egg yolks, meat, cooking oil, and more. It's not that these foods cannot be eaten, but excessive consumption leads to an intake of calories that cannot be burned off in time, which will inevitably cause obesity. At the same time, obesity can easily lead to heart disease, arthritis, high blood lipids, and diabetes.
2. High salt intake leads to high blood pressure and stomach problems
The Chinese body is actually never short of sodium ions. The dietary habits in some regions cause the daily salt intake to be 2-3 times the international standard (5-6 grams of salt per day). A long-term high-salt diet leads to high blood pressure, and salt also damages the gastric mucosa. So, when you suffer from high blood pressure, stomach problems, or stomach ulcers, don't blame your body for being unhealthy; it's the food that's to blame.
3. A high-fat diet causes vascular problems
Fat is not only high in calories but also causes various health hazards. Fatty liver, obesity, high blood lipids, and gout are all related to excessive fat intake. Common high-fat foods include cream, egg yolks, fatty meat, fried foods, and butter. We do not advocate completely avoiding fat, but it should not be consumed in excess over the long term.
4. A long-term diet of refined foods
Life can become more and more refined, but food needs to be more and more coarse. A long-term diet of refined rice and white flour can lead to a deficiency in B vitamins, dietary fiber, and minerals in the body. This can result in skin problems, constipation, and a weakened immune system. Therefore, when you find the skin on your feet becoming rougher, constipation becoming more severe, and you always seem to be getting sick, think about what you usually eat. Is it because your food is too refined? The impact of diet on health is enormous. In addition to ensuring a good mix of meat and vegetables, coarse and fine grains, and a varied diet, you can also boost your own immunity and improve the tendency to get sick frequently by eating certain foods.
Foods that boost immunity
1. Eat some coarse grains
Coarse grains can improve the body's acidic environment, strengthen metabolism, and alleviate fatigue. The dietary fiber in them helps the body's intestines detoxify and reduces the health threat from fecal matter. At the same time, coarse grains are rich in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, such as vitamin E, vitamin C, B vitamins, amino acids, protein, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, and more. These substances can supplement the body's nutrition and improve its ability to resist disease. Additionally, coarse grains are low in calories, increase satiety, help control blood sugar, and lower cholesterol, making them very suitable for managing modern "wealth-related" diseases.
2. Seaweed is healthier
Seaweed includes marine plants like kelp, nori, wakame, and sea lettuce. Seaweed foods can fight viruses; their protein polysaccharides can combat various viruses; pectin can prevent leukemia and promote intestinal health; the rich potassium element can regulate blood pressure; and the iodine element can improve goiter. In recent years, scientists have also discovered that seaweed can lower cholesterol and prevent breast cancer. Although we recommend eating more seaweed, people with a weak spleen and stomach or seafood allergies should avoid it.
3. Eat some fungi
Fungi form a large family, including shiitake mushrooms, straw mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, chicken leg mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, and tremella. Fungi are characterized by their delicious taste and meaty texture, which is why they are also called "vegetarian meat." For the human body, fungi are rich in simple sugars, polysaccharides, and disaccharides, and the high-molecular-weight polysaccharides among them can enhance the body's immunity.
Their high protein content can supplement the body's needs while avoiding the threats of animal fat and cholesterol. They contain more than 17 types of amino acids, including the 8 essential amino acids for the human body. These amino acids also provide a delicious umami flavor. The high nutritional value of fungi also comes from their rich content of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. They are extremely high in B vitamins, vitamin C, and vitamin D, and the minerals include iron, zinc, selenium, and more.
4. Fresh food
The freshness of food is directly related to human health. Fresh vegetables can supplement the body's vitamins, dietary fiber, and water. However, after long-term storage, the vitamins in vegetables are largely lost, and unhealthy bacteria can even grow. When animal meat is stored for a long time, it can spoil, producing toxins and emitting unpleasant odors, which poses a threat to health.