What is the truth about disease?

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Health once announced a statistic that 60-80% of the Chinese people's lifetime investment in health is spent on treatment in the month before death. In the face of disease, each of us is a weak person. When one person gets sick, it is a tragedy for the entire family. The bitterness and helplessness experienced during this process are enough to destroy the future of an ordinary family.

The cause of disease is that environmental changes exceed the body's ability to respond. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle. To take the initiative in health, we must first understand our enemy - disease. The history of human evolution is a history of fighting against disease. Humans have been in love and hatred with diseases for millions of years. So, with such advanced medical methods today, humans still have not completely defeated diseases. Why is this?

One of the most important reasons why people get sick is that our body is unable to adapt to changes in the environment at this time, or the changes in the environment exceed our body's ability to respond, and problems will eventually arise.

For example, everyone knows that those who work night shifts for a long time, such as our nurses and the original textile workers who work in three shifts, have to work night shifts for a long time. So in that situation, their lives are definitely disrupted, and their environment changes. In fact, these people are particularly prone to illness.

So whether or not we get sick is of course related to our genes and heredity, but on the other hand it is actually also a result of the choices we make in life, or changes in the environment and how we deal with this problem.

It took tens of thousands of years for humans to move from the hunting age to the agricultural age, thousands of years to move from the agricultural age to the industrial age, and only 200 years to move from the industrial age to the information age. In this era of rocket-like rapid development, what changes have actually taken place in our environment?

Chinese people often say that food is the first necessity of the people, and eating is the first factor that affects health. Let's first take a look at what changes have taken place in our dining tables and eating habits from ancient times to the present.

Food has become more abundant, which has led to a significant increase in the total amount we consume. The first reason is that the total calorie content has increased. The second reason is that there are more high-calorie foods, such as sugars and high-fat foods. The third reason is our processing methods. It should be said that our processing methods were relatively simple in the early days, but now there are more and more processing methods, some of which are healthy, while some may not be. Another reason is that the time we spend eating is getting shorter and shorter, and we are eating fast food at a faster and faster rate, and we are chewing less and less.

If we classify the causes of disease, eating is undoubtedly the first one. Nutrition is the basis of human life, so poor nutrition is also the first cause of human disease.

Sleep is a health treasure bestowed by nature on human beings. Once falling asleep, the human body quickly starts physiological repair and fatigue relief mode. This is also the golden time for the human body to reserve immunity. So, when it is late at night, what changes are happening to modern people's sleep? There are three elements for a good sleep. The first is quietness, the second is darkness. The third is that the temperature should be slightly lower, not too hot. Our cities are now brightly lit and busy at night, so the overall quality of human sleep and the proportion of deep sleep are much lower than those of our ancestors and predecessors.

As the saying goes, illness comes from the heart, and evil comes from the heart. Physical and mental health is inseparable from good exercise habits and emotional management. Let's take a look at the changes in our modern people's daily life and mentality.

We drive or ride in a car whenever we go out, which reduces our overall amount of exercise and physical activity. For example, our ancestors used to do physical activities and walk with weights, which was their normal way of life.

Our psychology and our entertainment should actually be included in our category of activities. In fact, in terms of psychological challenges or psychological pressure, I think the reason why there are more and more psychological disorders in our country now is that we humans have not adapted to this environment and have not had enough time to adapt to this environment. The occurrence and development of diseases is a process of quantitative change to qualitative change. You see, this is the life of modern people. Every day, we are receiving new stimuli from the external environment, adapting to various new changes, and fighting various pathogenic factors. Sometimes we can get through it, but when we can't, diseases will come to us. So, what causes this difference?

If the cell is a single living organ and a single life unit, the smallest life unit, then we can understand that the problem lies with a cell.

We say that one cell is sick, has a problem, or is dead. There is no problem. Two cells may not be a problem. Three cells may not be a problem. But if many cells have problems, it will inevitably cause the organ composed of cells to be damaged, and the body will not be able to repair it in time. Then our body will get sick. If the problem is not serious, it will be repaired quickly. The body has a self-stabilizing function and a self-stabilizing and self-repairing function.

Therefore, the severity of the disease does not depend on how much stimulation the environment brings to you. In fact, what is more important, in addition to the amount of stimulation, is whether your body can respond correctly to this amount of stimulation.

Take infectious diseases as an example. Although everyone is experiencing the same battle with the virus, some people will get sick and some will not. It depends on whether our body cells are strong enough to respond and deal with these external stimuli correctly.

When foreign bacteria, viruses, or parasites come, our immune cells will kill them. If there is a problem in the immune cells' fight against the foreign enemies, then people will get sick. We will lose this battle, and once we lose, it means we are sick. In fact, it is the same for other metabolic diseases.

From a preventive perspective, the health of our bodies and human beings cannot rely on treatment after we get sick. We need to enhance our own resistance and prepare ourselves to fight against diseases and environmental changes.

The occurrence of disease is a process of accumulation of small things into large ones. The accumulation of many unfavorable factors, such as smoking, alcoholism, unhealthy diet, too much stress, etc., makes you prepare enough conditions without realizing it.

What is the truth about disease? It is a process of quantitative change to qualitative change. And if we use one sentence to explain the truth about a disease, it is that the human body has failed in the process of fighting against the environment. In this respect, you have failed. This is the truth, and it is also a hint for you.

Since we live in an era full of impermanence and uncertainty, we cannot demand stability from the outside world. The only way to stay away from diseases is to remain unchanged in the face of changes and maintain a steady state. When you see through the essence of the disease, we will master the first rule of health - change your lifestyle and lay the foundation for active health.