Stomach is a relatively weak organ in the structure of human body, which is easily invaded by some bacteria and viruses. Stomach disease is a common disease in life, like a time bomb, stomach acidity, stomach pain, stomach bloating, etc. may strike at any time. However, all diseases do not come out of nowhere, especially stomach disease, as the saying goes, disease enters from the mouth, it is likely that some bad dietary habits cause damage to the stomach. So, do you have any dietary habits or behaviors that hurt your stomach?
Eat pickles
Most of the pickled products are some kind of food with a large amount of salt pickled, salt concentration is too high to damage the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, long-term eaters of pickled food, will increase the incidence of gastrointestinal inflammation and ulcers. And pickled products are easy because the time is too short and produce high nitrite. Nitrite is a double-edged sword, moderate use can kill some bacteria, maintain the color of the pickled products, extend the shelf life of the pickled products; overuse, that is, 0.3-0.5g can cause intestinal origin cyanosis, 3g will lead to death. Not only that, nitrite is also a dangerous substance, it is easy to synthesize nitrosamines with amines in protein foods, and nitrosamines are carcinogens, and the damage to the stomach is great.
Drink (alcohol)
Most men drink alcohol, even three meals a day are inseparable from alcohol. However, lipophilic and lipolytic alcohol is very damaging to the body, especially the tender stomach, it will corrode the gastric mucosa, which will affect the gastrointestinal digestive function, causing vomiting, acid reflux, and in the worst case, it will cause gastric hemorrhage, induce alcoholism, and even lead to death, so try to drink as little alcohol as possible in your daily life. Drinking on an empty stomach is even more taboo, drinking on an empty stomach, the stomach wall will absorb alcohol faster, gastric acid secretion will increase, alcohol and gastric acid together to stimulate the gastric mucosa will damage the gastric mucosa, which will cause gastritis and other problems over time.
Unhygienic diet
Unhygienic diet is the so-called disease enters through the mouth. Not paying attention to dietary hygiene will affect the function of the gastrointestinal tract. For example, if you eat something unhygienic or spoiled, you will have a stomachache or pain in the stomach, which is gastroenteritis caused by eating bacteria. In particular, the pylori bacteria that can easily be found in raw water and raw food can cause serious damage to the stomach, so eliminating raw water and raw food is the least you can do to respect the health of the stomach. However, unhygienic diet does not only mean food, hand washing before eating is also very critical, do not ignore the bacteria on the hands of the body. That is to say, hand hygiene is guaranteed, can to a certain extent reduce the chances of disease entering from the mouth.
Walking and eating
Walking to eat is common among students and office workers, especially in the morning, when time is running out, they will choose to eat while walking. Unbeknownst to you, walking to eat is very harmful to the body, because eating while walking, swallowing not only food but also the oncoming gas. Excessive gas into the stomach is prone to bloating, stomach pain, belching and so on. In addition, eating during exercise will affect the digestive function, easy to indigestion, long-term will form gastritis. And once the breakfast is not good, after a morning of tiredness, it is easy to control the appetite, eat a meal. In the long run, it is easy to aggravate the digestive burden of the stomach, thus triggering frequent stomach pain.
How to nourish your stomach
Many people always eat their stomach without realizing it, and every time they have a stomachache, they have to take medicine to stop the pain. However, the stomach is dependent on nourishment. Instead of waiting for stomach pain to take medicine, it is better to pay attention to maintenance in daily life.
The first and most important thing is to eat three meals, three times, nutritionally balanced, on time and regularly. Meals should be moderate, do not eat leftovers, because leftovers in the nitrite content will rise. Secondly, the diet should be soft and hard to the right amount, do not think that porridge can nourish the stomach and only drink porridge, which will make the stomach’s digestive function gradually decline. Taste should be lighter, spicy, cold and other stimulating things to eat less.
Do not overeat, no matter what you eat, chew and swallow slowly to promote food digestion, eat vegetables and fruits in moderation, and eat less pickled products. Do not drink a lot of alcohol, after all, small drink discretion, big drink hurt, especially hurt the stomach. Finally, always wash your hands before eating, never ignore the bacteria on your hands.
In short, want to nourish the stomach only need to do one thing – do not make. Because most stomach problems are caused by bad eating habits. Want to reduce the torment of stomach disease, daily life should improve eating habits, do not starve a full meal, develop their own stomach awareness, adhere to it, the stomach will not be too bad naturally.