To protect your stomach health, we recommend these three steps!

Many people think that the stomach is the happiest organ, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks, but did you know that the stomach is also the organ most susceptible to disease?

9 out of 10 people have stomach problems. This is a traditional saying of ours. Almost everyone has had stomach problems. Stomach problems are common because the stomach is the organ that has the most communication with the outside world. If you eat stinky tofu today, fresh fish and shrimp tomorrow, and stewed vegetables with various ingredients the day after tomorrow, all of these bring various microbial stimuli. These things make the stomach the organ that bears the most external communication stimuli. Therefore, the more stimulation, the more problems it will have. This is called "the more work, the more problems there are." So 9 out of 10 people have stomach problems.

According to statistics, the incidence of gastric disease in China is as high as 85%, showing a clear trend of younger people, and the proportion of chronic gastritis patients aged 23-34 is increasing year by year. So, how do gastric diseases come about? Gastric disease is also known as "poor disease". The incidence rate has strong regional differences and is closely related to people's dietary structure .

Until now, it is also one of the top three cancers. Extreme stomach diseases represented by gastric cancer are still the most threatening and prevalent diseases. Moreover, peptic ulcer, atrophic gastritis, superficial and erosive gastritis, which are much milder than gastric cancer, are diseases we often encounter.

In the past, our stomachs had to bear more work than they do now . The caloric density of food was low , so we had to eat a lot to get enough calories. And the weakness of the gastric mucosa is that it is relatively delicate . If too much high-fiber material is ground, it will be damaged. This is the first point. The second important reason for stomach problems is insufficient overall nutrition. What does insufficient overall nutrition mean? Most people are a little sallow and thin. Generally speaking, insufficient protein intake makes our stomach's protective layer insufficient, so the incidence rate is very high.

If you want to have a healthy stomach, let's start by getting to know a "good friend" - the gastric mucosa. The gastric mucosa is a very thin and fragile mucosal tissue on the innermost layer of the stomach wall. Don't underestimate this thin film, its renewal speed is amazing, and the gastric mucosal cells are renewed every 3 to 5 days .

The gastric mucosa acts as a natural "barrier" to protect the safety of the stomach wall. The performance of the barrier function is inseparable from an important material support: gastric acid.

First of all, there is gastric acid in the stomach, which is the second largest barrier of the human body. Because there are a lot of microorganisms in your food, including fungi, bacteria, and even some viruses. The pH value of gastric acid is generally below 2, which is called strong acid. Most of these things will be destroyed in front of gastric acid.

So where does stomach acid come from? Stomach acid comes from the gastric mucosa. The gastric mucosa has to secrete this strong acid, and it also has to protect itself from being corroded by this strong acid . To secrete a large amount of stomach acid, it must take in a large amount of stomach acid-related proteins. To defend against stomach acid digestion, it must build a very strong mucosal cell layer, which is acid-resistant and has a very fast renewal rate.

In fact, gastric disease is caused by two factors: on the one hand, there is too much gastric acid or too much acid , and on the other hand, the protective function of the gastric mucosa is not enough. Therefore, nutrition is extremely important to the overall safety of the stomach.

When there is a lack of nutrition, the first disease to occur is stomach disease. So you will find that the occurrence of stomach disease is actually a lack of nutrition or insufficient blood supply, which leads to a decrease in the defense ability of the gastric mucosa. Under the action of gastric acid, the gastric mucosa is damaged and the damage becomes more and more serious, and it will enter the stage of ulcer atrophic gastritis. Atrophic gastritis will go further, and step by step, large-scale intestinal metaplasia, low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, gastric cancer, and this is the whole process.

Gastric mucosa is so important. I believe we also understand the true meaning of our ancestors' saying " 30% treatment and 70% care for gastric disease ". The "70% care" here refers to the gastric mucosa. Speaking of this, I believe many people are also reflecting on whether they have nourished their gastric mucosa. For example, as long as the stomach is uncomfortable, most people usually buy some pills to take, but in fact, this is like making the stomach worse.

If the stomach is not motile enough, we use drugs that promote gastric motility and help digestion and absorption. But what is this equivalent to? When the stomach is very tired, we give it a shot of cardiotonic. To put it in a metaphor, it is like forcibly whipping a donkey pulling a mill with a whip. Think about it, isn't this an effect that makes the overall health of the stomach worse?

If "taking medicine for stomachache" is like forcing patients to go to work while tired, then what should we do to be on the right track of "enriching the gastric mucosa"?

As the saying goes, Dayu controlled the flood by dredging rather than blocking it. We need to find a solution to the problem from the upstream. The key to winning the battle to protect the "stomach" is to change bad eating habits and reduce the negative stimulation factors to the stomach . At the same time, if we can provide enough nutrition to repair the damage to the gastric mucosa and find ways to activate the self-healing power of the stomach, we can get a good effect.

Here are three tips to nourish the gastric mucosa and activate the stomach's self-healing power: one is to reduce, two is to nourish, and three is to supplement . First of all, "one is to reduce", that is, to make fewer enemies and stay away from those irritants that easily cause stomach problems.

Let’s first talk about how to reduce irritating factors. Everyone must develop a habit of regular eating . I hope that during the day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are in relatively corresponding areas, and meals are eaten at regular times and in regular amounts. This is a very important point in a regular diet.

What is the second point? Reduce the irritation factors of the stomach. We all say that food is the first necessity of the people, and food safety comes first, so food safety is very important.

The third point is that you should avoid pickled, smoked, burnt, or moldy foods , because they are prone to produce carcinogenic substances during the cooking process. Although our body is not so fragile that you can't say what will happen if we eat one meal, we should be aware of it and reduce the frequency of eating these unhealthy foods, so that we can reduce the cumulative amount of intake.

The fourth point is to avoid eating foods that are too cold, too hot, or too hard , because they can easily irritate the digestive tract. We even say that hard foods may scratch the mucous membrane. This is the first major factor, which is to reduce irritating factors. If we can do this, it will have a good protective effect on our stomach.

Second, we need to cultivate internal strength, strengthen the stomach's "physique", and maintain the gastric mucosa's own repair ability, just like putting on a golden bell and iron cloth shirt. ( Material packaging for nourishing the mucosa: protein, lecithin, antioxidant VA\VC\VE to repair gastric mucosa )

If the daily dietary intake is not enough, we must find ways to supplement the basic diet with adequate nutritional supplements .

The three supplements are to make good use of external forces to provide rich nutrient raw materials to strengthen digestion and absorption functions. ( The nutrient raw materials package includes: dietary fiber, B vitamins, calcium and magnesium ); improve the digestion and absorption capacity of the stomach, and find ways to promote the secretion of digestive juices.

There are also several key nutrients here. First, dietary fiber is familiar to everyone, also known as prebiotics, including soluble fiber and insoluble fiber. Although their mechanisms of action are different, their combined effect is to improve the digestive ability of the stomach and promote the secretion of digestive juices. The second category is B vitamins. As we all know, B vitamins include many types, including B1, B2, B3, B6, and folic acid. Plus B12. Everyone remembers that B vitamins play an important role in repairing the mucosa and promoting the digestion and absorption ability of the stomach , because it is a coenzyme for many kinds of enzymes in our body. Only when B vitamins are sufficient can these digestive enzymes play their normal role. In addition to these two key nutrients, there are two other elements, calcium and magnesium, which also play a pivotal role in promoting digestive juices and improving the digestive ability of the stomach. We also need to ensure that they are sufficient.

Finally, let's summarize the knowledge points. Gastric disease is a disease of poverty. Its essence is that the gastric mucosa is stimulated by excessive gastric acid without sufficient nutritional support . Therefore, to fight a good battle to protect gastric health, we must start with "enriching" the gastric mucosa. To maintain the gastric mucosa, we provide a nutritional conditioning idea of ​​" one reduction, one nourishment, and one supplementation " . "One reduction" reduces external factors that stimulate the gastric mucosa; "one nourishment" uses protein, lecithin, and antioxidant VA\VC\VE to repair the gastric mucosa; "one supplementation" requires supplementing dietary fiber, B vitamins, calcium and magnesium to improve the digestive capacity of the gastric mucosa . Have you all remembered this?

Nutritionist Liu Hezuo's thoughts

Eat regularly to protect your stomach health

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