April Fool's Day: Smart Women Don't Be Health Fools
Core Tip: Women are always full of hope and fighting spirit, trying to fight against time and nature, hoping to keep their youth by their side for a little longer.
Some seemingly "healthy" habits are actually "foolish" acts that harm women's health. Besides staying up late, smoking, drinking, and unhealthy lifestyles, what else can make us age rapidly? On this April Fool's Day, let's break through the "deceptions" and be smart women who don't fall for health follies.
Women Should Drink Herbal Tea in Moderation and Be Alert for Poisoning
Some women have heard that drinking dried flower tea can not only invigorate blood, regulate menstruation, and improve complexion, but also clear heat and detoxify. So, they prepared their own honeysuckle, rose, and chrysanthemum, drinking up to 2500 milliliters daily. To their surprise, not only did their complexion not improve, but they also experienced symptoms of continuous menstrual bleeding, forcing them to see a gynecologist. Doctors believe these adverse symptoms are largely caused by drinking large amounts of dried flower tea. Dried flower teas have medicinal properties and are suitable for specific groups of people and must be consumed under medical guidance. For example, honeysuckle and forsythia (collectively known as "double flowers") have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, but they cannot be used frequently by those with a weak spleen and stomach. Safflower has the effect of activating blood and breaking stasis, but improper use can lead to continuous menstrual bleeding or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and can even cause miscarriage in pregnant women. Rose has the effect of regulating menstruation by activating blood, but improper use can also cause continuous menstrual bleeding. Honeysuckle has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain, but is not suitable for frequent use by those with a weak spleen and stomach. Chrysanthemum is not very suitable for people with a "yang-deficient" constitution.
From the perspective of whether they are beneficial to the human body, flowers can be divided into four categories: the first category is flowers that are beneficial and harmless to the human body, such as chrysanthemum; the second category is poisonous flowers, such as peony flowers, which should absolutely not be used; the third category is flowers that are neither beneficial nor harmful, only for ornamental purposes; and the fourth category is flowers that can be used as medicine for specific indications, such as Chinese rose, lotus flower, and rose. For flowers that can be used as medicine, they should only be used for specific diseases under the guidance of a doctor. "All medicines have some toxicity," and flowers cannot be taken as health drinks at will. Eating or drinking flowers should be done under medical guidance, "prescribing the right flower for the condition."
In addition, people's constitutions vary individually, with differences between deficiency and excess, cold and heat. The ancient Chinese medical book "Compendium of Materia Medica" clearly states that all flowers are of a "cold" nature in traditional Chinese medicine. Women belong to the "yin" category, and "yin" is associated with cold. This means that "cold" remedies treat "heat" diseases, and those with a "cold" constitution should not drink too much flower tea unless other medicinal herbs are added, such as: adding goji berries to chrysanthemum tea; a few drops of red wine to rose tea; adding osmanthus to licorice; in short, don't drink a single type of flower tea alone, otherwise, drinking too much can lead to a "deficient" constitution, making women prone to allergies, coughing, or leukorrhea.
For pregnant women, there are even more taboos. Teas such as ginseng tea, Job's tears tea, red date tea, tea made from angelica, cassia seed tea, rose, mint tea, chrysanthemum tea, and jasmine tea can all increase uterine contractions or bleeding, so they should not be consumed in large quantities. Aloe vera, raspberry, angelica, saffron, black cohosh, celery seed, cinnamon, hyssop, fern, datura, rosemary, tansy, etc., also have effects of stimulating the uterus or activating blood and are similarly unsuitable for pregnant women. Black or green tea can prevent cancer, but during pregnancy, the fetus is in a critical period of cell differentiation and growth, so it's better to drink less.
Frequent Saunas Lead to Skin Sagging
Ladies always cherish themselves. After a tiring day at work with so much stress, you have to be good to yourself. Saunas can make you sweat and detoxify, and after a session, you feel as light as a bird, and it even has a good weight-loss effect. Therefore, getting a sauna every now and then has become a popular保养 method for ladies nowadays.
In fact, after a sauna, the body loses a large amount of sweat, and the weight loss is only temporary. It doesn't solve the problem of fat accumulation; it only expels water from the body. What you lose is water, not fat. Moreover, the longer the sauna session, the more the skin is subjected to the damage of sweating and then contracting, leading to faster sagging and aging.
Vegetarian Diet Leads to Hunchback and Fatigue
For the sake of beauty, let's learn from female celebrities and go vegetarian, and then we should be as beautiful as fairies, right? Look at Meng Tingwei, who has been a vegetarian for so many years, she seems to have not aged a bit!
In reality, scientists have this theory—unless you have a special religious belief, being a vegetarian is actually unwise. Human aging, gray hair, tooth loss, osteoporosis, and the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases are all related to insufficient intake of manganese. A lack of manganese not only affects bone development but can also cause body-wide bone pain, fatigue, hunchback, and fractures. The manganese in plant-based foods is difficult for the human body to absorb, while the manganese in meat is easily absorbed. The reason female celebrities never age is not because of their vegetarian diet, but because of the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of beauty products they use!