A must-read before meals! These 6 diseases are caused by overeating! Do you dare to eat more after reading this?

As the saying goes, "Eat until you are 70% full and you will have fewer worries." How full do you usually eat?

Many people find it difficult to control their appetite when faced with delicious food. They either don't eat or eat until they are full. Some people even eat a few more bites after they are full. Do you think that eating too much is just a simple way to gain weight? Life is saved by eating. Eating one more bite can easily lead to many diseases!

What diseases in life may be caused by "overeating"? Is it true that "starving yourself can make you live longer"?

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These 6 diseases may be caused by "overexertion"

1. Stomach disease

In recent years, the number of people suffering from stomach diseases in my country has continued to increase, and young people account for a large proportion.

The reasons for this phenomenon are closely related to daily diet, such as long-term irregular diet, overeating, heavy taste and so on.

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This kind of diet will irritate the gastric mucosa, promote excessive secretion of gastric acid, induce symptoms such as indigestion and abdominal bloating, and in severe cases may induce gastric diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcer.

2. Myocardial infarction

After a full meal, especially after eating a lot of greasy, high-calorie food, the body's blood lipid level suddenly rises, causing the blood viscosity to increase.

On the one hand, it will lead to slow blood flow, increased peripheral vascular resistance and increased cardiac load; on the other hand, it will lead to increased platelet aggregation, forming thrombus on the basis of coronary artery stenosis, blocking the lumen and causing acute myocardial infarction.

After a full meal, in order to digest and absorb food, blood will be re-diverted and flow more to the gastrointestinal tract, which will reduce the blood supply to the coronary arteries of the heart. On the basis of coronary artery stenosis, once the blood supply is reduced, the myocardial blood supply will be insufficient, leading to myocardial ischemia and necrosis, causing myocardial infarction.

3. Obesity

Obesity is a physical condition in which excessive body fat accumulates, which has a negative impact on health and may lead to a shortened lifespan and various health problems. Frequent overeating and binge drinking can lead to excessive energy intake, which in turn leads to obesity.

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4. Diabetes

Although occasionally eating too much will not affect long-term health, long-term overeating will lead to obesity. Clinically proven, obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.

5. Kidney disease

People often eat meat when they overeat, and consuming large amounts of protein increases the burden on the kidneys.

6. Acute pancreatitis

If friends with gallstones overeat and drink alcohol, it is easy to cause acute pancreatitis. If you have hyperlipidemia, especially hypertriglyceridemia, drinking alcohol and eating a lot of greasy food during holidays will also increase the incidence of pancreatitis.

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In addition, long-term intake of large amounts of protein and fat can easily increase the risk of malignant tumors such as colon cancer, breast cancer, and pancreatic cancer.

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Can starving yourself really help you live longer?

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In May 2022, a research team from the Texas Southwestern Medical Association published their new research results on "diet to prolong life" in the well-known journal Science.

The results show that while controlling calorie intake, it is also necessary to control the time of eating in order to achieve the effect of extending the life cycle of the organism.

In the study, they used this method of controlling calories and eating times to extend the life span of experimental mice by up to 35%.

Various data show that proper calorie control of organisms in line with their biological clocks (mice are active at night and rest during the day) is more beneficial to their health.

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On April 21, 2022, Professor Zhang Huijie of the Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University published a research paper online in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Research shows that eating less, no matter when you eat, is the key to losing weight.

Time-restricted eating and conventional energy restriction are equally effective in reducing weight in obese patients. The obesity treatment model of time-restricted dieting mainly benefits from energy restriction.

It was demonstrated that time-restricted eating intervention is a safe, effective, and alternative obesity management option;

and stressed the importance of restricting caloric intake while adhering to time-restricted eating.

In September 2021, a review study published in Endocrine Reviews, a journal of the Endocrine Society, showed that:

"Time-restricted eating" can affect the body's circadian rhythm, thereby improving metabolism and obesity, lowering blood pressure, improving blood sugar, blood lipids and reducing inflammation.

As a type of intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating is relatively easy to implement. Just control the daily meal time within 4 to 10 hours.

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What are the benefits of moderate "starvation"?

1. Helps lose weight

The intermittent fasting method has been included as one of the regular weight loss methods in the "Chinese Expert Consensus on Medical Nutritional Treatment of Overweight and Obesity".

Sticking to intermittent fasting for 2 days a week can reduce the weight, body fat percentage, and waist-to-hip ratio of obese people. Most people will lose weight after a week of scientific and reasonable dietary restrictions.

2. Helps control blood sugar

A study published in the World Journal of Diabetes pointed out that intermittent fasting is a safe dietary intervention that helps improve fasting blood sugar and postprandial blood sugar levels.

Intermittent fasting cannot effectively lower blood sugar in the short term, but it can improve insulin sensitivity and help prevent and treat diabetes.

3. Helps promote blood circulation

A study published in the Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine pointed out that intermittent fasting can promote blood circulation and help enhance blood oxygen supply to tissues throughout the body.

4. Helps prevent Alzheimer’s disease

A study by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the United States found that sticking to intermittent fasting for two days a week and controlling calorie intake can have a positive impact on the brain and prevent Alzheimer's disease (commonly known as "senile dementia") and Parkinson's disease.

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5. Helps reduce the risk of cancer

A study from Skidmore College in the United States found that intermittent fasting helps reduce the body's oxidative stress level, which is closely related to the occurrence and development of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

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What does it mean to be "starving" appropriately?

Appropriate "starvation" means scientifically controlling the time and amount of eating. It does not mean skipping one meal and eating the next, let alone starving yourself.

From a nutritional point of view, appropriate dietary restrictions are beneficial for obese people.

However, excessive dietary restrictions can easily lead to problems such as malnutrition.

It is recommended that you follow a time-restricted diet under the guidance of a professional nutritionist.

How to eat three meals a day to be healthy?

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For people who are obese or already have metabolic diseases, appropriate calorie restriction is helpful to their health.

It is generally recommended that these people reduce their basic calorie intake by 30% and keep it at around 70%.

For example, daily calories can be controlled between 1200 kcal and 1500 kcal.

Specifically, staple food should be controlled at around 275 grams, vegetables at around 400 grams, animal food at around 140 grams, and dairy products or milk products at around 300 grams.

At the same time, pay attention to the ratio of three meals: 30%, 40%, 30%, so that the nutritional intake of the three meals will be more balanced.

For those who are obese or have metabolic diseases, if they are willing to adopt a time-restricted diet, it is recommended that they eat more vegetables at 4 pm, and the amount of vegetables should account for half of the daily amount of vegetables.

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At the same time, you can increase protein appropriately, which can increase satiety at night, reduce hunger, and help you stick to this diet.

In addition to dietary restrictions, increased exercise is also encouraged to help maintain good health.

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Notes on time-restricted eating

1. For some people, time-restricted eating is a weight loss method that can be tried and is relatively easy to stick to, and it can also gradually shorten the eating time.

2. For patients with gastrointestinal diseases and other chronic diseases, if they want to try time-restricted eating, they need to consult a professional.

3. Time-restricted eating does not mean long-term dieting. During this period, you should maintain food diversity and ensure a balanced intake of non-energy-producing nutrients.

4. Remember to maintain moderate exercise, otherwise the body will first consume muscles to supply energy, which may eventually lead to muscle atrophy.

Review: Li Nannan Director of Hunan Science Writers Association Deputy Director of Research and Publicity Department of Hunan Science and Technology Association Second-level Researcher Chinese Science Writer (Medical)

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