Introduction: As the saying goes, "Eat a good breakfast, a full lunch, and a dinner as light as a blade of grass." This saying actually illustrates the role of each meal for a person. Although it says to have a dinner as light as a blade of grass, it doesn't mean dinner is unimportant or can be ignored. However, for women who focus on health and wellness, shouldn't they pay special attention to their dinner?
As the saying goes, "Eat a good breakfast, a full lunch, and a dinner as light as a blade of grass." This saying actually illustrates the role of each meal for a person. Although it says to have a dinner as light as a blade of grass, it doesn't mean dinner is unimportant or can be ignored. However, for women who focus on health and wellness, shouldn't they pay special attention to their dinner?
● Don't eat too much for dinner
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that "if the stomach is not harmonious, one cannot sleep peacefully." If dinner is too heavy, it will inevitably加重 the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. The continuous signals from the overworked stomach and intestines will be sent to the brain, leading to insomnia, dreams, and over time, can easily cause neurasthenia and other diseases. If middle-aged people often overeat for dinner, it repeatedly stimulates the large secretion of insulin, often leading to an加重 burden on the pancreatic B cells, which can then lead to exhaustion, thereby inducing diabetes. At the same time, a heavy dinner means some protein cannot be digested and absorbed. Under the action of intestinal bacteria, it will produce toxic substances. Coupled with the slowed intestinal peristalsis during sleep, the residence time of these substances in the intestine is relatively prolonged, which can potentially lead to colorectal cancer.
● Don't eat too much meat for dinner
Medical research has found that people who often eat meat for dinner have three to four times higher blood lipids than those who often eat a vegetarian diet. For people with high blood lipids and hypertension, eating meat for dinner is like "adding fuel to the fire." Frequently eating meat for dinner will increase the cholesterol content in the body, and excess cholesterol will accumulate on the blood vessel walls. Over time, this can induce arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
● Don't eat too much sugar for dinner
It is not advisable to frequently eat sweets for dinner or after dinner. Sugar, after digestion, can be broken down into fructose and glucose, which are absorbed by the body and converted into energy and fat respectively. Since physical activity decreases after dinner, and exercise inhibits the conversion of sugar into fat, consuming too many sweets for dinner will cause fat to accumulate in the body, leading to weight gain over time.
● Don't eat dinner too late
Dinner should not be eaten too late, otherwise it is easy to develop urinary tract stones. Many people, due to work, eat dinner very late and go to bed shortly after. During sleep, blood flow slows down, and urination also decreases. The calcium salts in food, apart from being absorbed by the body, must be excreted through urine. It is measured that the peak of human urination is generally four to five hours after a meal. If dinner is too late, it will delay the urination peak to midnight or even early in the morning. At this time, people are in a deep sleep and often do not get up to urinate. This causes high-concentration calcium salts and urine to stagnate in the urethra, combining with uric acid to form calcium oxalate. When the concentration of calcium oxalate is high, it can crystallize, precipitate, and accumulate at normal body temperature, forming stones. Therefore, in addition to drinking plenty of water daily, one should eat dinner as early as possible to advance the peak of excretion after eating. It is best to urinate once before going to bed.