Modern people are full of food all day long, with heavy body load, obesity, gastrointestinal discomfort, and decreased resistance... The health value of many young people has fallen to the edge of the "pass line".

Because of this, more and more young people are keen on health preservation. In recent years, detoxification and health regimens such as bigu and light fasting have become popular around the world, setting off a trend, and even many celebrities have joined the ranks of bigu.

Some people use bigu to recuperate the stomach and lose weight successfully, but some people are sent to the hospital because they don’t know how to do bigu correctly... So, what is bigu? And how to carry out bigu? Is bigu suitable for everyone? Xiao Jiu came to chat today.

Eat less and live longer? Bigu is conducive to regular bowel cleansing, intestinal health and longer life

Bigu is a health preservation technique that originated in the pre-Qin period. It is generally understood that people do not eat staple foods such as grains and meat, and only use a small amount of traditional Chinese medicine and wild fruits as the main source of nutrition. And evolved into modern society, it is the light fasting that has been popular in recent years. Simply put, eat less and live longer. Really?

Traditional medicine believes that due to long-term consumption of five grains, people will inevitably accumulate filth and greasy in the intestines, which may produce filth and lead to poor circulation of blood and body fluids in the meridians of the human body and damage health. If the feces are not removed, it is difficult for the human body to live a long and healthy life, so inedia should be used to remove the feces.

"The root of all diseases begins in the gut." The same is true from the perspective of modern medicine. Digesting food is a burden to the body, especially overeating, which can easily cause gastrointestinal indigestion, increase the burden on the kidneys, easily lead to high blood sugar and high blood fat, and induce diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Wait.

Through the method of bigu, after people reduce their diet, the body organs can rest to a certain extent, which is conducive to intestinal peristalsis, achieves the effect of intestinal cleansing and detoxification, and thus maintains intestinal health. Only when the intestinal tract is healthy can the metabolism of the human body be smoother and people can live healthier and longer.

A study from Johns Hopkins University also showed that intermittent fasting can lead to a longer life. Scientists said that when the human body is in the fasting stage, the main energy supply substance will be converted from glucose into fat and liver glycogen, that is, to metabolize excess fat, reduce triglycerides, increase good cholesterol, and help stabilize blood sugar. At the same time, cells will enhance the inner tube defense against oxidation and metabolic stress, delay cell aging, and people will naturally be healthier and live longer.

In general, bigu can indeed promote fat decomposition in the body to a certain extent, help to discharge waste toxins in the body, protect blood vessels, improve the body's immunity, etc., and help prolong life.

Bigu is not equal to hunger strike, not everyone is suitable

Because of its many benefits, bigu's health regimen is becoming more and more popular. But many people mistakenly think that it is a complete hunger strike for a period of time to achieve rapid weight loss.

However, if you fast completely, the supply of many essential nutrients that need to be taken from food will be interrupted. Although you may not show symptoms of health damage in a short period of time, in the long run, damage to your health is inevitable.

And it should be noted that bigu is not suitable for everyone. If the heart, brain, kidney and other organs have lesions, and there are serious metabolic diseases, it may aggravate the condition instead. In addition, the elderly, children in the growth and development period, breastfeeding women, and people with weak constitutions are not suitable for fasting.

Bigu does not mean fasting, but just avoiding or reducing the intake of grains, meat and other foods, which is actually a health-preserving method to improve the diet structure. Even for ordinary people, we must pay attention to scientific methods when performing bigu.

Adhere to scientific bigu, do two points well

1. Supplement the intestinal cleansing factor and maintain the intestinal tract

"Tao Zang" says: "Eliminate feces in the intestines" to cleanse the intestines, purify the body and mind, eliminate the accumulation of filth and greasy, make people's qi and blood smooth, and the human body's qi can be opened and closed better, so as to obtain health and longevity. This is the idea of ​​clearing the intestines and removing dregs from the medical way of bigu. In other words, bigu is intended to maintain intestinal health, focusing on cleaning up intestinal waste.

Therefore, in addition to limiting the intake of substances with excessive calories, you can take in an appropriate amount of dietary fiber and supplement nutrients that are beneficial to bowel cleansing and intestinal protection, which can improve gastrointestinal peristalsis and help the body expel excess waste from the body faster. Enter the fasting state more quickly, and at the same time maintain the intestinal tract.

Take the active ingredient PEG (polyethylene glycol) as an example. It can lock free water molecules in the intestine through hydrogen bonds, prevent the large intestine from absorbing water from the stool, thereby softening the stool, promoting intestinal peristalsis and helping defecation. In addition, polyethylene glycol is physiologically inert and will not be absorbed or decomposed by bacteria in the intestinal tract. Most of it will be excreted in the feces through the original ingredients, which is very safe. It is gentle to cleanse the intestines and is more conducive to achieving health without food. the goal of.

For white-collar workers who are busy in daily life, they can choose ready-made nutritional supplements to achieve the effect. Shuerchang VC Oral Liquid contains the core ingredient of soothing factor PEG (polyethylene glycol), and also contains protective factor VC to protect the intestinal mucosal barrier, protect the intestinal tract while cleaning the bowel, and the fructooligosaccharide prebiotics can Regulates the intestinal flora, plays a dual role of mildly clearing the intestines, nourishing and maintaining the intestinal tract.

2. Eat a balanced diet and control calories

The time for bigu should not be too long, and it is suitable for contemporary urbanites to take 1 to 2 days. However, there are strict requirements in the selection of food, pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables, and there are diet rules that are suitable and taboo.

For example, the most common method is the "5:2 light fasting method", that is, choose two non-consecutive days of fasting in a week, follow a low-calorie, nutritionally balanced diet for the other five days, and control the total calories at 500-600 calories. The nutritionist of the Clinical Nutrition Department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine once issued the following menu for your reference.

·2 days of low-calorie diet, you can choose food throughout the day: 50 grams of staple food, 1 egg, 50 grams of meat, 250 grams of vegetables, 200 grams of fruit, and 250 ml of skimmed milk.

5 days of relatively normal diet, food choices throughout the day: 175 grams of coarse grains, 250 ml of skim milk, 100 grams of meat, 600 grams of leafy and melon vegetables, 600 grams of fruit, about 2000 ml of water, and exercise for about half an hour every day.

Finally, I would like to remind everyone that the goal of health preservation can only be achieved by scientifically indica- ting the grain. Therefore, we must adhere to healthy eating habits for a long time, clean the bowels regularly, and exercise more at the same time. The truth is to keep your mouth shut and your legs open!

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