◆Skipping Breakfast
Harm: Seriously harms the stomach, prevents you from working energetically, and also makes you appear "older."
A recent study at a foreign university of 7,000 men and women found that the mortality rate among those who habitually skipped breakfast was as high as 40%. Another university, in a study of people aged 80-90, found that one of the common factors for their longevity was: eating a substantial breakfast every day. ◆Dinner Too Rich
Harm: In the evening, insulin levels in the blood are at their peak for the day. Insulin can convert blood sugar into fat, which then accumulates on the blood vessel walls and the abdominal wall. Eating a dinner that is too rich over a long period of time will lead to obesity. At the same time, prolonged rich dinners can disrupt the body's natural biological clock, making it easy to develop insomnia. ◆Excessive Coffee Consumption
Harm:
1. Reduces fertility. For each cup of coffee a person drinks, the chance of conception can decrease by 50%;
2. Increases the risk of heart disease. Coffee contains a high concentration of caffeine, which can alter heart function and increase cholesterol levels in the blood;
3. Reduces work efficiency. ◆Excessive Alcohol Consumption
Harm: Large or frequent consumption of alcohol can cause alcoholic poisoning, leading to inflammation and enlargement of the liver, and affecting the reproductive and urinary systems. ◆Smoking After Meals
Harm: Makes it easier for harmful substances in cigarettes to enter the body.
Smoking one cigarette after a meal can be more toxic than smoking ten cigarettes at other times. This is because after eating, gastrointestinal motility increases and blood circulation speeds up. At this point, the body's ability to absorb smoke is in an "optimal state," making the toxic substances in the cigarette enter the body more easily, thus causing greater damage to health. ◆Brewing Tea in a Thermos
Harm: Destroys vitamins and causes large amounts of tannic acid and theophylline to seep out.
Tea contains large amounts of tannic acid, theophylline, tea essential oil, and various vitamins. It is more suitable to brew with water around 80 degrees Celsius. If tea is steeped in high-temperature water in a thermos for a long time, it is like simmering it with low heat. This will destroy all the vitamins in the tea, cause a large amount of tea essential oil to evaporate, and lead to the excessive seeping of tannic acid and theophylline. This not only reduces the nutritional value of the tea and diminishes its aroma but also increases the amount of harmful substances. ◆Constantly Eating Raw Food at Banquets
Harm: Can lead to various parasitic diseases.
Preferred foods for office workers at business banquets, such as salmon, geoduck, sea bass, snakehead fish, sashimi, snake, turtle, and crab, have a high probability of containing parasites and pathogenic bacteria. Coupled with chefs often not cooking them thoroughly enough in pursuit of fresh flavor, it is easy to get sick from what you eat. ◆Eating Fruit as a Main Meal
Harm: Causes a deficiency in substances like protein, leading to nutritional imbalances and even triggering diseases.
Many office workers, due to long periods of sedentary work, suffer from poor digestion, high blood lipids, and vascular hardening, and indeed need the nutrients in fruit to help alleviate these conditions. However, fruit cannot be a main meal. Although fruit contains various vitamins and sugars, it lacks the protein and certain trace elements that the human body needs. ◆Eating Too Quickly
Harm: Overloads the digestive system and leads to obesity.
The lunch for many office workers is eaten in a very hurried state. Eating too quickly means food is not chewed thoroughly, which is not conducive to the initial digestion of food in the mouth by salivary amylase, thus overloading the digestive system. Chewing for too short a time keeps the vagus nerve overly excited, and over the long term, this can easily lead to obesity due to excessive appetite. ◆Insufficient Water Intake
Harm: Leads to brain aging; triggers cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases; and affects kidney metabolic function.
Office workers, due to high concentration during work, can easily forget to drink water, leading to insufficient replenishment of water in the body. A decrease in body water causes the blood to become more concentrated and viscous, which can easily lead to thrombosis, triggering cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases, and also affects the metabolic function of the kidneys.