After the age of 40, men and women have their own emphasis on health care, and there are four points to pay special attention to! Keep this disease prevention guide, enjoy health and help you live lon

Health and longevity is everyone’s good wish, but the reality is that the older you get, the weaker your body’s disease resistance will be, and various diseases will follow.

Especially at the age of 40, it has also entered a "high-risk period of life", and various diseases are waiting for opportunities, and the risks of "three highs", osteoporosis and cancer are gradually increasing.

However, different age groups and genders face different "health bombs". How to avoid them safely and enjoy a long life?

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Female, improve metabolic rate after 40 years old.

Metabolism, like a car engine running all the time, helps the human body to synthesize nutrients, eliminate metabolic wastes, and store and release energy in the process. It can be said to be the basis of life-sustaining activities.

However, after entering the age of 40, women’s metabolic capacity has also dropped significantly due to the decline in estrogen secretion. A study in Britain found that the metabolic rate of middle-aged men is 20%~30% faster than that of women of the same age.

Low metabolic rate means that the whole body slows down, which will affect health in many ways:

① Food digestion is affected, and gastrointestinal diseases are more frequent;

② The body fat is not easy to be digested, which is more likely to lead to obesity, fatty liver, and tertiary diseases;

③ Blood circulation is relatively slow, which further increases the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases …

Maintain the "best state" of metabolism

Too fast and too slow metabolism is not a good thing. Only by reaching a relatively balanced state can health be guaranteed. On the premise of a balanced diet and scientific exercise every day, the following aspects can also help improve metabolism:

① Scientific estrogen supplementation

Since the decrease of metabolic rate is related to the decrease of estrogen secretion, it is crucial to supplement it scientifically.

Eating legumes, such as soybean milk, tofu and dried bean curd, can help to supplement phytoestrogen-soybean isoflavone. It has a two-way regulating effect on the human body. When the estrogen level in the body is too low, it can stimulate secretion. If the level is too high, it will play an inhibitory role, so that the body estrogen is in a state of balance.

However, if the female estrogen decreases too much, which affects the normal operation of the body and even causes diseases, she should actively seek medical attention.

② Drink plenty of water properly.

The metabolic reaction is inseparable from adequate water, which can promote blood circulation and increase excretion, thus accelerating metabolism.

Normal adults should drink 1500~1700ml of water every day, and it is necessary to increase the amount of water in hot weather, heavy exercise and excessive sweating.

③ Increase muscle mass.

Muscle mass is one of the factors that affect basal metabolic rate. For people with the same weight, the more muscle mass, the faster metabolism.

On the one hand, daily strength training can be appropriately increased to improve muscle mass. Dumbbells, elastic belt and kicking the wall with legs are all good training methods, which can be chosen reasonably according to your own situation, but you need to do what you can and persevere.

On the other hand, the material basis of muscle is protein, so if you want to gain muscle and reduce muscle loss, you should eat more eggs, milk, bean products, fish and shrimp and other foods rich in high-quality protein.

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Male, enhanced immunity after 50 years old.

Physically, men are obviously stronger than women, but in terms of immunity, men are slightly lower than women.

A study in the British Medical Journal shows that compared with women, men have a much higher risk of being admitted to hospital or even dying from influenza. This is probably due to the fact that women have a stronger immune response to the virus than men.

The reasons for the difference in immunity are mainly related to chromosomes and hormones-the more X chromosomes, the higher the protection of cells and DNA; Estrogen can stimulate lymphocyte proliferation and improve immunity.

Of course, in addition to congenital factors, acquired behavior is more likely to crush immunity, such as men are more likely to have bad habits such as smoking, drinking and eating supper.

Tips for improving immunity

① Three Liang fruits+half a catty vegetables

According to the survey, many men consume less than 60% of the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables every day! The low intake of fruits and vegetables is one of the top ten high-risk factors of death in the world. And according to the data of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the lack of fruit intake caused the loss of life expectancy in China, which was 1.80 years for men and 1.58 years for women.

Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Adequate intake will reduce inflammatory mediators and strengthen immune cells, thus enhancing resistance.

However, a study on more than 100,000 people published in Circulation magazine shows that eating 160 grams of fruit (about 3 liang) and 240 grams of vegetables (about half a catty) every day reduces the risk of death by 13%, which may be the best amount for health and longevity. In addition, we should also pay attention to diversity and choose different colors of vegetables to eat.

② Relieve pressure

In daily life, men will suppress their emotions more than women. According to World Health Statistics 2019, the global suicide mortality rate in 2016 was 75% higher for men than for women!

The human "nerve-endocrine-immune" system is a whole, and many neurotransmitters secreted by the nervous system will directly act on the endocrine system and immune system. And bad mood will disturb the brain function, cause the imbalance of the internal environment, and then reduce the immune and disease-resistant function of the human body.

Therefore, men should also learn to communicate and avoid suppressing their emotions.

③ dredge lymphatic system

Lymphatic system is the core of human immune system, which plays three major immune functions: first, it can resist the attacks of viruses, bacteria, pollutants and diseases on human body; Second, it can remove the waste after metabolism; Third, it can repair damaged organs and tissues and restore their original functions.

Massage lymphatic fossa can unblock lymph and enhance immunity.

[Practice] Before getting up every day, massage the posterior auricular fossa, supraclavicular fossa, armpit, elbow fossa, inguinal fossa and popliteal fossa respectively from top to bottom, and press them with the strength that you can bear. There is no regulation on the number of times each lymphatic fossa is pressed.

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50-year-old, protect your legs and relax over 100.

When people get old, they are not afraid of white hair and loose skin, and they are afraid that their legs and feet will not be flexible.

If the body is compared to a machine, the "leg" is the motor that provides power. If the motor doesn’t work, the machine will age and run badly. That is to say, only with strong legs and feet and flexible walking, the whole body’s blood can flow more smoothly, and all organs can better play their functions.

Many health experts say that the faster and longer the old man walks, the longer his life may be. If you are over 50 years old, if you don’t maintain it, your calcium will be seriously lost, your skeletal muscles will be less and less, and your legs will become more and more fragile and weak.

Delay aging and protect your legs.

① Supplementing calcium+retaining calcium

After getting old, the rate of calcium loss will be faster and faster. If it is not supplemented in time, the bone calcium in the body will be less and less, and the bone density will gradually decrease, which will lead to osteoporosis. Usually eat an egg and a glass of milk every day, and then eat some vegetables with high calcium content such as Chinese cabbage and oily wheat vegetables.

In addition, more sunshine and more exercise can enhance absorption and better retain calcium.

(2) Sitting posture and leg lifting exercise.

Stimulate the joints of lower limbs as much as possible during normal exercise, increase the elasticity of ligaments, and get through the meridians and qi and blood of lower limbs to delay aging.

【 Practice 】 Keep your body close to the backrest, lift your legs and straighten your knees, and keep your muscles tight until you are tired. When exercising, exercise your legs in turn. It is not recommended to lift your legs at the same time.

Expert advice: three times a day, 10-15 minutes at a time, practice on one leg and practice many times.

③ traditional Chinese medicine paojiao recipe

Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can promote blood circulation, delay leg aging, and also relieve joint diseases that have occurred, such as joint pain, slow walking, stiffness and discomfort, and numbness and weakness.

Medicinal materials:

30g of raw ephedra, 30g of dipsacus root, 30g of rhizoma cibotii and 30g of raw astragalus root.

Firstly, soak the traditional Chinese medicine in cold water for half an hour to an hour; Then put it in a casserole and boil it with high fire, and turn to low fire for 20 minutes, and the liquid medicine is made.

Note: when patients with joint diseases soak their feet, the height should be near the knee joint; Drug allergy or local ulceration is not recommended.

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At the age of 60, both men and women should prevent cancer.

Cancer is a process that accumulates over time. From the perspective of incidence, it begins to climb around the age of 40, and it does not reach its peak until the age of 70 or 80. According to incomplete statistics:

①61.2% of patients with malignant tumor are over 60 years old, and the older they are, the higher the possibility of cancer.

② About 10,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every day in China, of which 60% are over 60 years old.

Therefore, 60 years old is also called "cancer outbreak"!

In addition to regular physical examination, we also need to pay attention to some physical changes, find cancer in time and improve the survival rate.

1. Pay attention to physical changes and find cancer signals in time.

① Unexplained emaciation

In the absence of deliberate weight loss, if emaciation occurs in a short time, and may be accompanied by symptoms such as loss of appetite, abdominal distension, anemia or low fever, malignant tumors, such as liver cancer, stomach cancer and lymphoma, should be considered.

② Persistent pain and fatigue.

If there is persistent pain in a certain part of the body and ordinary painkillers are ineffective, it may indicate a malignant tumor. For example, patients with rectal cancer and ovarian cancer may have low back pain.

If you are tired and weak for a long time, even if you have enough rest, it may be a sign of cancer, such as leukemia, rectal cancer and gastric cancer.

③ Refractory itching all over the body

Literature shows that itching is closely related to visceral malignant tumors, and visceral tumors are found in 3% ~ 47% patients with systemic itching.

④ A lump with fixed position and unclear boundary.

A lump with fixed position and unclear boundary is likely to be a signal of malignant tumor. If the lump appears in the breast, you should be alert to breast cancer. If it appears in the neck, armpit and other parts, you need to be alert to lymphoma.

⑤ Changes of defecation characteristics

The characteristics of defecation have changed (such as thinning and thinning of stool); Or years of defecation habits have changed, constipation, diarrhea, etc., we should be alert to tumor diseases of the digestive system.

⑥ hoarseness and dysphagia

Persistent hoarseness, cough, foreign body sensation in esophagus, difficulty swallowing food, etc., so we should be alert to malignant tumors in the throat.

Don’t delay the above discomfort and check it as soon as possible.

2. Super anticancer combination

Professor Yu Kang mentioned a "super anticancer combination" in the program before, namely: selenium+vitamin E+beta carotene.

Vitamin e can prevent the formation of harmful peroxide; Selenium can destroy the peroxide that has been formed; β -carotene has antioxidant activity, which has been affirmed for the prevention and treatment of malignant tumors, and is helpful to reduce the risk of tumors. The combination of the three forms a three-dimensional protective barrier.

Nuts, sesame and corn are rich in vitamin E; Asparagus, fungi, fish, shrimp and shellfish contain more selenium. Carrots, pumpkins and other foods contain beta carotene, so you may wish to eat it properly every day.

(I’m big doctor Guanwei)