The 9 health traps that women are most likely to fall into

Young female white-collar workers have now become a high-risk group for "sub-health". They often search the Internet or magazines for the most popular health-preserving methods and then adopt them. Do you know what are your daily health care misunderstandings?

Myth 1: Brush your teeth right after a meal

Wrong! The latest research by dental experts shows that brushing your teeth immediately after a meal is harmful to your dental health. There is a layer of enamel on the surface of the crown. After a meal, especially acidic food, the enamel will become soft. Brushing your teeth at this time can easily cause damage to the enamel. Over time, the enamel of the teeth will gradually decrease, making people prone to dental hypersensitivity, and the teeth will feel sore and painful when eating. Therefore, dental experts remind you that it is best to rinse your mouth with clean water after eating and brush your teeth after half an hour.

Myth 2: Colon cleansing and fasting can detoxify and improve beauty

Many people obviously insist on colon cleansing for beauty purposes in order to keep stool and toxins out of their bodies, avoid embarrassment in social situations, and make their skin transparent and shiny, which is better than simply using external cosmetics. For those who are not used to this method, you can choose to detoxify by fasting, that is, not eating for one day a week, only eating fruits or drinking honey water, which can also help eliminate toxins from the body.

Wrong! Traditional Chinese medicine also talks about detoxification. In addition to the normal three detoxification pathways of defecation, urination and sweating, ancient people even had the concept of bloodletting in the Spring and Autumn Period to detoxify. However, colon cleansing can easily make the intestines thicker, and long-term repeated stimulation can also paralyze the intestines, ultimately leading to some man-made diseases. The fasting detoxification method also varies from person to person. Some people have weak spleen and stomach, and eating fruits and other cold foods will cause bloating in the stomach. If you are an overworked worker and do not eat when it is time to eat, you will experience symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, and hypoglycemia, which will affect your health.

Myth 3: Shapewear helps you get a good figure without any effort

Listen to what the salesgirls selling body shaping underwear on TV shopping programs say? Body fat can be moved... And let's look at Japan, where body shaping underwear was first popularized. The first batch of fans are now in their sixties, and their figures are still the same as when they wore the clothes more than thirty years ago. Who can resist such temptation?

Wrong! Shapewear is "tied" tightly to the body, which not only affects the normal blood circulation and sweat excretion, but also causes moisture in the vulva and bacterial growth. Especially for young girls, wearing tight clothes for a long time will not only affect their development, but also induce diseases such as breast hyperplasia or cysts. Therefore, health care experts remind you that there are many important organs in the female abdomen, such as the uterus, ovaries, etc. Wearing a corset for a long time will make the muscles tight and affect the physiological functions. Wearing a corset may also affect blood circulation in the lower limbs. If you spend 8 hours a day "shaping your body" and are in a state of abdominal hypoxia, it will cause damage to your body.

Myth 4: Paying attention to diet and exercising equals weight loss

If you think that doing just these two things is enough to ensure weight loss, you are wrong. You may have overlooked another major factor: sleep problems caused by weight loss. Dr. Ivy Van Coote, who studies sleep at the University of Chicago, said: "Americans are the most overweight and obese. Perhaps we should consider the possibility that there is a link between obesity and sleep, and that lack of sleep can cause appetite disorders." Everyone has a normal amount of sleep they need, and if they sleep less than this amount, even if the difference is only one hour, it will cause hormonal disorders in their bodies.

After analyzing the blood of these sleep-deprived people, it was found that the level of leptin, which controls appetite, in their blood was reduced. When our food intake reaches a certain level, leptin will "tell" us that we are full. At the same time, the plasma hunger hormone content in the blood increases. The function of plasma ghrelin is to send out hunger messages when our body is short of calories, thus prompting us to start eating.

Myth 5: Drinking 8 glasses of water a day keeps you healthy

The amount of water each person needs is different. Drinking too much is not only unhealthy, but also puts a burden on the kidneys. In addition to being excreted through sweating or breathing, the water taken in by the human body still needs to be metabolized through the kidneys. If you drink too much water, the kidneys will increase their water discharge, which will increase the burden on the kidneys and easily cause kidney failure, which will easily affect the health of the kidneys. Moreover, the electrolytes in the body will be diluted by too much water, causing the risk of electrolyte imbalance.

Many people only pay attention to the amount of water they drink, but ignore the fact that they also consume water in their daily diet. For example, the food, fruits, and drinks eaten at each meal contain water, and the three meals account for at least 500 ml; therefore, the amount of water you drink every day must be less than 1600 to 1950 ml, otherwise you will drink too much water. Patients with kidney disease or heart disease even need to limit water to avoid endangering their lives.

Myth 6: Sleeping naked is healthier

Experts believe that sleeping naked is just for comfort and has nothing to do with health. Although wearing clothes to sleep will affect perspiration and skin heat dissipation, human body dandruff is peeling all day long, and dandruff is the nutrition source of dust mites and mold. There must be some microorganisms on the sheets and beds. If you lie naked on the bed, these microorganisms are more likely to come into contact with the skin. Sleeping naked may increase the risk of infection.

Myth 7: Early to bed and early to rise is good for health

As people age, the secretion of melatonin, which is related to sleep, becomes earlier, so the elderly tend to go to bed early and get up early, which is more in line with their natural biological clock. Young people (especially adolescents who are still growing) just need to follow their own biological clock; but it is best not to exceed 11 pm, because 11 pm to 1 am is the time when the body secretes growth hormone. If they do not sleep at this time, young people who are still growing will not grow tall, and adults will age easily.

Myth 8: Drink Chinese medicine while it’s hot

In general, Chinese herbal decoctions should be taken "warm", that is, the decoction should be filtered out immediately after boiling, and then cooled to 30℃-37℃ at room temperature before drinking; pills and powders of Chinese patent medicines should be taken with warm boiled water, which is also a kind of warm taking. Traditional Chinese medicine that dispels wind and cold should be taken hot, and you can eat some hot porridge or hot water after taking it to help the medicine work. However, detoxifying and heat-clearing medicines, especially traditional Chinese medicines for relieving summer heat, are more effective when taken cold. In southern my country, some "cold teas" that are often consumed in summer are actually a type of Chinese medicine. As the name suggests, many herbal teas are best drunk after they have cooled down, as they are more effective in cooling down and relieving heat.

Myth 9: If you don’t exercise, your muscles will turn into fat

Muscle turns into fat without exercise For those who spend 3 to 4 days a week on physical exercise, if they stop exercising, will their muscles turn into fat? Health guru Dona Richardson Yule said: "This will not happen. Muscle is muscle and fat is fat. The two will not convert into each other." Walter Thompson, professor of exercise science at Georgia State University, said that muscle is a denser substance, while fat is denser. When you stop exercising, your muscles become a little loose, but they don't turn into fat. Is the reverse true? Unfortunately, physical exercise does not convert fat into muscle either. Lar Szymanski, a member of a sports club, said: "Although fat will not turn into muscle, if you want to have developed muscles, you must do strength training, so as to remove excess fat from the body."