Longevity is the hope that people dream of. After a long period of scientific inquiry, the scientists proposed that eating a limited amount of food from the middle age can also extend people's lifespan.
The restriction of food mentioned here means that one cannot eat too much, but not too much food. Each meal can be eaten with enough food for seven or eight minutes; the second is to reduce the intake of animal fat and sugar.
Why, then, does diet restriction make people live longer? This is mainly due to:
1, restriction of food can reduce the burden on the stomach and intestines. Frequent delirium will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, leading to indigestion. In this way, undigested foods stay in the intestine for a long time and many toxins and carcinogens are produced. These toxins and carcinogens are not only easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases, but also damage the central nervous system.
2. Food restriction can prevent and delay the deterioration of brain function. Scientific research shows that there is a substance called "fibroblast growth factor" in the human brain. The number of humans will increase by tens of thousands of times after the restriction. This growth factor will increase fat cells and capillary endothelial cells, promote arteriosclerosis, cause cerebral oxygen insufficiency, eventually leading to brain atrophy and brain function degradation, thus affecting human life.
3, restriction of food can prevent premature aging. About 2% of the oxygen that people breathe when they breathe is catalyzed by oxidase to form reactive oxygen species (free radicals). Reactive oxygen is a substance that is extremely harmful to the human body. It can cause cell damage, hardening of the arteries and blood vessels, which can cause disease and promote aging. Scientific experiments confirmed that the more energy the human body takes, the more reactive oxygen it produces and the faster the aging process. From this, it can be seen that food restriction can delay aging and prolong life.
4. Food restriction can reduce the incidence of "Fugui disease". In recent years, due to the great progress in living standards, more and more people suffer from "rich diseases," such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, diabetes, and gout, which bring health and life to people. Serious damage. The occurrence of these diseases has a great relationship with excess nutrients in the body. The food restriction can control the intake of energy, avoid excess nutrients, and reduce the chance of occurrence of “Fugui diseaseâ€.