Top 10 "deadly" dietary taboos for white-collar workers

Office workers, busy with work, often neglect the principles of healthy eating and unknowingly violate some dietary taboos, which damages their health in the long run.

Dietary taboo 1: brewing tea in a thermos cup

Tea contains a large amount of tannic acid, theacrine, tea oil and various vitamins. It is more suitable to brew it with water at about 80℃. If you use a thermos cup to soak the tea in high-temperature water for a long time, it will be like boiling it with a small amount of water. The vitamins in the tea will be destroyed, the tea oil will evaporate in large quantities, and tannic acid and theacrine will seep out in large quantities. This not only reduces the nutritional value of tea and reduces the tea aroma, but also increases the amount of harmful substances.

Dietary taboo 2: Skipping breakfast

It will seriously damage your stomach, making it impossible for you to work energetically and making you look old. After long-term tracking of 7,000 male and female subjects, researchers at the University of Erlangen in Germany found that 40% of people were accustomed to skipping breakfast, and their life expectancy was an average of 2.5 years shorter than that of the remaining 60%. And another university, in a study of 80-90 year olds, found that one of the common factors for their longevity was eating a hearty breakfast every day.

Dietary taboo 3: Love to drink coffee

American medical scientists have found that a person who drinks 5 cups or more of coffee a day has twice the risk of developing heart disease than a person who does not drink coffee. The longer the coffee drinker is and the more he drinks, the greater the possibility of developing heart disease. A survey of 858 people aged 45-69 who suffered their first myocardial infarction showed that those who drank more than 5 cups of coffee a day increased their risk of the disease by 70%.

Dietary taboo 4: Not drinking enough water

Office workers easily forget to drink water due to their high concentration at work, which leads to insufficient water replenishment in the body. The body's water content decreases, the blood becomes more concentrated and the viscosity increases, which can easily lead to thrombosis, induce cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases, and affect the metabolic function of the kidneys.

Dietary taboo 5: smoking after meals

Smoking one cigarette after a meal will cause more poisoning than smoking ten cigarettes at other times combined. After a meal, gastrointestinal motility increases and blood circulation speeds up. At this time, the body's ability to absorb smoke reaches its "optimal state". The toxic substances in the smoke enter the body more easily than usual, thereby aggravating the damage to human health.

Dietary taboo 6: Dinner is too rich

For office workers, dinner has almost become the main meal of the day. You have to follow the schedule for breakfast and be active for lunch. Only at night can you really relax, sit down at the dining table and have a good meal.

Dietary taboo 7: Eating too fast

Increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, leading to obesity. Many office workers eat their lunch in a hurry. Eating too fast and not chewing the food thoroughly will hinder the initial digestion of food in the mouth and salivary amylase, and will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines. If the chewing time is too short, the vagus nerve will still be over-excited. In the long run, it is easy to become obese due to hyperappetite.

Dietary taboo 8: No raw food at banquets

Salmon, geoduck, sea bass, mullet, sashimi, snake, turtle, crab and other foods that are the first choice of office workers at business banquets have a high chance of containing parasites and pathogens. In addition, in pursuit of delicious taste, chefs often do not cook them thoroughly, which can easily make you sick while enjoying the food.

Dietary taboo 9: Fruit as staple food

Many office workers suffer from indigestion, high blood lipids, vascular sclerosis and other diseases caused by long-term sedentary work, which really need the nutrients in fruits to resolve. However, fruit cannot be used as a staple food. Because although fruits contain a variety of vitamins and sugars, they lack the protein and certain trace elements needed by the human body.

Dietary taboo 10: Excessive drinking

Optimal drinking amount: The amount of alcohol a person weighing 60 kg is allowed to consume per day should be limited to less than 60 grams. Those weighing less than 60 kg should reduce their intake accordingly, and it is best to keep it at around 45 grams. Converted into various finished liquors, it should be: 50 grams of 60-proof liquor, 1 kilogram of beer, and 250 milliliters of whiskey. Although red wine is good for health, it should not be consumed in excess. 2 to 3 glasses a day is best.