11 secrets of health and longevity

Eat regularly

Eat regularly. In this way, a conditioned reflex can be formed in time, which can not only enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase digestive juice secretion, enhance gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, but also allow the eaten food to be emptied from the stomach calmly and on time, so that the stomach can be properly rested.

Diet

"Hunger without food will deplete the spirit and energy", but greed for fullness will also hurt the body and life. Therefore, the vast majority of long-lived elderly people have actually achieved their fullness. Be able to exercise self-restraint on foods that you particularly like to eat.

Reasonable combination of coarse and fine grains

The survey found that among the 172 centenarians in Rugao, 74% eat porridge in the morning and evening and dry rice in the noon. The porridge uses japonica rice, corn, cornmeal, barley grits, and so on. These cereals are rich in nutrients and have special effects on maintaining health.

Light meals

Eat natural foods and avoid or seldom eat foods containing additives such as pigments and preservatives. The longevity elderly in Bama, Zhongxiang, Leshan, Rugao, Keyi, and Xinglong, which are listed as the six “Longevity Townships” in the country, mostly rely on natural grains and beans. Vegetarian is the mainstay. Eat more vegetables, fruits, soy products, and eggs. Very few people are absolutely vegetarian. Only one of the centenarians in Rugao.

Eat meat and aquatic products appropriately

Most long-lived elderly people are not picky eaters and are not too obsessed with meat, fish, and shrimp. The key is to eat less and eat in moderation. These elderly people know a little bit about the disadvantages of eating too much fat, such as hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but they also know that excessive restriction or even not eating at all may not necessarily play a role in disease prevention and health care.

Mainly vegetable oil

The fats and oils are mainly soybean oil, sesame oil, rape oil, and peanut oil, and animal oil is generally not used or rarely used. Eating vegetable oil reduces the intake of fat and also reduces the intake of calories, which can prevent the occurrence of obesity. It can also prevent the incidence of high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and other senile diseases.

Eat more local products

In particular, eat more beans, yam, peanuts, white radish, carrots, and other foods with good nutrition and taste. For example, the longevity elderly in Zhongxiang and Leshan areas often eat soybeans, black beans, mung beans, and other legumes and soy products. These foods provide adequate sources of protein for the elderly throughout their lives. Rugao is also rich in corn, barley, buckwheat, ginkgo, peanuts, white radishes, carrots, sweet potatoes, taro, etc. Many elderly people love these specialties and eat them all, and these are nutritious longevity foods.

Eat more digestible foods

Useless or avoid non-digestible foods. Longevity elderly people in areas such as Xinglong, Rugao, and Zhongxiang like to eat porridge. They eat all kinds of porridge, and the variety is extremely abundant. There are japonica rice porridge, polenta, sweet potato porridge, mung bean porridge, red date porridge, radish porridge, walnut porridge, chestnut porridge, and so on. These various porridges are rich in nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, protein, and vitamin C. They are delicious and good for health.

Drink more water

Drink boiled water, green tea water, and a small amount of alcohol, not beverages. For example, the longevity elderly in Leshan, Zhongxiang, and other places drink mountain spring well water and self-brewed grain wine, and sweet wine. These non-polluted water and water wine are rich in vitamins and trace elements. Temper, nourishing blood, can also take away harmful substances in the body. Another example is Rugao's specialty rice wine, which is a must-have drink for many elderly people. It contains glucose, calcium, iron, and protein. Drinking a little bit less every day can appetite and lower the gas and promote blood circulation.

Choose fresh green food

Reasonable deployment and cooking. According to the survey, many centenarians in Changshou Township are accustomed to cooking methods such as boiling and steaming and useless or avoid frying, frying, or roasting to cook food. In this way, it not only avoids a series of chemical changes in food processing and cooking but also avoids the production of carcinogens due to the smoking and barbecue of the food, which is very good for the body.

Minimize salt intake

Elderly people generally consume less than 6 grams of salt per day, and a few elderly people use a little larger amount, but they are controlled between 6 to 8 grams. In addition, many centenarians eat less or no sugar, and only a few people have a preference for sugar or honey with more sugar, and their intake is relatively large.

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