Top 10 Health Differences Between Men and Women
I. Six Systems in Women Are More Fragile
Men and women differ not only in their chests and reproductive systems, but also in many other organs such as the brain, heart, stomach, intestines, and skin. Dr. Marianne Legato, director of the "Gender Differences" project at Columbia University, points out that in many diseases, the manifestations in men and women are different.
Immune system diseases. A woman's immune system fluctuates greatly. Although they live longer than men, they are more prone to difficult-to-treat diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.
Heart system diseases. The age of a woman's first heart attack is 10 years later than a man's, but once she gets it, especially cardiovascular heart disease, it is often fatal.
Musculoskeletal system diseases. A woman's ligaments are naturally much more fragile than a man's and harder to recover from after an injury. Studies show that ligaments are most vulnerable during and for a week after menstruation. At this time, women should do less activities that require quick reactions and high accuracy, such as kicking shuttlecocks, and sports that require side-to-side movement, such as dancing and ball games. They should also try to avoid lifting heavy objects.
Nervous system diseases. Women are more prone to depression. After menopause, women are more likely to develop dementia than their male counterparts. Therefore, postmenopausal women may consider hormone replacement therapy, such as oral estrogen, and often drink soy milk and eat soy products to compensate for the lack of estrogen.
Digestive system diseases. The chemical composition of saliva is different in men and women. Even when eating the same food, women take longer to digest. They are three times more likely to suffer from chronic constipation and twice as likely to suffer from intestinal diseases as men. Therefore, women's dinner should preferably include easily digestible foods like congee and noodles, and the dinner time should be advanced by half an hour to an hour.
Skeletal system diseases. Women are more prone to severe bone loss in their later years than men. Therefore, women should regard calcium supplementation as a lifelong nutritional task. They should eat more high-calcium foods like dairy products, eggs, and soy products, get more sun exposure between 10 and 11 AM, and often do weight-bearing exercises like rope skipping and running to stimulate bone metabolism and achieve the effect of calcium supplementation.
After getting sick, women take more medicine than men, accounting for two-thirds of the total medication. The probability of side effects from drugs is twice as high in women as in men. When using anesthetics, women wake up an average of 7 minutes earlier than men.
II. Men Have Higher IQs, Women Are Better at Language
The male brain weighs 100 grams more than the female brain and has 4% more brain cells, so their average IQ is 3-4 points higher than women's. However, women's brain nerves are denser, making them better at language. There are more male stutterers than female. Men and women's memories are also very different; women are good at remembering details, while men are good at remembering the big picture. When remembering directions, women generally rely on landmark buildings to determine their location, while men are better at remembering by distance.
III. Men Are Truly "Single-Minded"
Women love reading novels more than men and cry and laugh along with the characters. British psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen states that women have an "emotionalized" brain, while men have a "mechanized" brain. This destined women to often empathize with others' situations, while men appear more aloof and less able to understand people. Women can multitask, while men can only focus on one thing at a time. Women can talk while doing other things, but men must concentrate when conversing.
IV. 70% of Chronic Pain Sufferers Are Women
If your girlfriend screams from a cut finger, don't laugh at her for being delicate. Because women have 34 nerve fibers per square centimeter of skin, while men only have 17. Therefore, women are more sensitive to pain than men, especially prone to migraines and chronic neck and shoulder pain. About 70% of chronic pain patients are women.
V. Women's Brains Age Faster, Men Get Wrinkles Later
After menopause, the aging of a woman's brain is more obvious than a man's. As they age, they are more likely to enter a state of dementia earlier than men. Besides being prone to balding, men generally age more slowly than women, especially their skin, which develops wrinkles later than women's.
VI. Women Have a Better Sense of Smell, Men Have Better Vision
In terms of smell, women's perception is stronger than men's, able to distinguish tiny differences in aroma; in terms of vision, men's night vision is better than women's, and they are better at directions, while women can better perceive colors. Men are more likely to be color-blind, mainly red-green color blindness.
VII. Women Lack Calcium, Men Lack Zinc
Although a couple eats at the same table every day, their nutritional needs are different. Women are most deficient in calcium and iron, while men are prone to zinc deficiency. Women aged 19-50 need an average of about 18 mg of iron per day; in contrast, men only need about 8 mg per day on average. Women under 50 need about 800 mg of calcium per day, while those over 50 need 1000 mg or more. In contrast, although men also need calcium, their chance of getting osteoporosis is much smaller than women's. Men should eat more zinc-rich foods like seafood, pork liver, beef, seaweed, and sesame.
VIII. A Man's Best Age to Have Children is After 30
A study by French geneticist Maurice shows that the quality of male sperm peaks at age 30 and can remain high for another 5 years. Therefore, it is best for men to have children between the ages of 30 and 35. A woman's optimal childbearing age is 24-29. During this period, a woman's body is fully developed, her pelvis and muscles have good elasticity, the quality of her eggs is highest, there are fewer pregnancy complications, and delivery will be smoother.
IX. Men Hate Asking for Directions the Most
Women make decisions faster than men; men like to work in bursts with breaks, while women prefer to work at a steady rhythm; women take out their keys to open the door only when they are at the doorstep, while men have already taken them out; women make a shopping list before going to the store, while men only remember to go shopping when the refrigerator is empty; when lost, women will stop quickly to ask for directions, while men will wander around, not hesitating to take a detour.
X. Men Talk About Results, Women Love to Tell the Story
The biggest difference in communication between men and women is that men habitually talk about the "result" first, quickly grasping the key points and solving the problem immediately; women, on the other hand, tend to emphasize the "process," explaining things from the beginning and only summarizing the result and reason at the end. Experts suggest that when a wife complains to her husband, she might as well start with the main points and then share the process, so as not to make the other person impatient because they can't grasp the key to the problem. Husbands should also know that for their wives, nagging is a process of emotional release; all you need to do is listen. Even if you are impatient, please do not rush to interrupt her and eager to find a solution.