The traditional health concept of "tonifying in autumn and winter" is being questioned. Professor Zhang Taoyu, an expert in molecular corrective medicine, recently made it clear in his special report: as society progresses and people's living standards improve, food becomes increasingly abundant. Modern people not only lack nutrition but are more likely to have excessive nutrients in their bodies, causing the functions of various physiological systems to become unbalanced. In fact, most modern urban people do not lack nutrients; what they lack is the function to absorb nutrients when needed and excrete excesses through metabolism, that is, the balance of the functions of the body's various physiological systems. And balance is the essence of health.
New Health Concept: Balance is the Foundation of Health
Professor Zhang Taoyu believes that with the increasing abundance of food for modern people, they fundamentally do not lack nutrients. What they lack is the function to absorb nutrients when needed and excrete excesses through metabolism. In other words, the body's various functions have not achieved balance.
Professor Zhang explained that "balance," as referred to in modern medicine, means a stable and coordinated state of life activity for the functions of the body's various physiological systems. This is the balance of yin and yang proposed by Traditional Chinese Medicine and the balance of acid-base substances in the human body proposed by Western medicine. It is a complex dynamic balance. On one hand, the functions of the body's physiological systems are affected by the external environment, such as the continuous damage from exhaust gas, wastewater, chemicals, and heavy metals, which disrupts the balance. On the other hand, the body automatically regulates itself through various regulatory mechanisms to continuously restore balance. When the functions of the body's physiological systems maintain a long-term stable state, i.e., a balanced state, life activities can proceed regularly, and the human body can be in its healthiest state. In this sense, Professor Zhang pointed out: "Balance is the true essence of human health and longevity."
92.5% of Urban People Have Imbalanced Body Functions
Surveys show that 92.5% of urban people have imbalanced body functions.
Professor Zhang pointed out that the main reason for the imbalance of human body functions is pollution.
On one hand, the balance of the body's systems is affected by the external environment. Every day, we consume a lot of fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat that have been polluted by pesticides, feed, fertilizers, hormones, and other organic substances. We also inhale large amounts of vehicle exhaust and industrial fumes. The physiological functions of our bodies are being damaged to varying degrees.
On the other hand, the balance of the body's systems is also affected by the internal environment. Efficient, fast-paced urban people feel immense pressure from work and life. Being in a state of long-term mental stress and depression can easily cause dysfunction of the endocrine and nervous systems, leading to imbalance in the functions of other systems. Shenzhen is a young and highly competitive city where people face pressures from work, family, and life, making the balance of their major physiological systems more likely to be disrupted. Once the functions of the body's physiological systems lose balance, health is compromised.
Six Major Systems with Imbalanced Functions Harm Health
Professor Zhang pointed out that six major physiological systems in the human body are prone to losing balance: the digestive system, the endocrine system, the circulatory system, the nervous system, the immune system, and the metabolic system. Imbalance in these six systems can cause various harms to human health.
1. Imbalance in the digestive system function: This can lead to chronic gastrointestinal discomforts such as stomach pain, stomach acid, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea.
2. Imbalance in the endocrine system function: Women may experience symptoms such as dark spots, acne, facial pigmentation, dark circles, bad breath, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, breast tenderness, and decline in uterine and ovarian function. Men may experience symptoms such as excessive sebum secretion, prostate swelling, and easy fatigue.
3. Imbalance in the circulatory system function: This can lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and "three highs" symptoms (high blood lipids, high blood viscosity, high cholesterol).
4. Imbalance in the nervous system function: This can lead to symptoms such as insomnia, dizziness, irritability, memory loss, and depression.
5. Imbalance in the immune system function: This can lead to symptoms such as sore throat, mouth ulcers, poor physical condition, and being prone to colds, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and other infectious diseases.
6. Imbalance in the metabolic system function: This can lead to rough and wrinkled skin, a "pot belly," obesity or emaciation, and symptoms such as hair loss and premature graying.