Doctors point out 4 mistakes in modern eating that everyone can easily make

(Dan Tri) - Nowadays, modern lifestyle prioritizes fast food with ready-made food, making people gradually lose interest in the value and impact of food on the body.

Sharing with Dan Tri , Master, Doctor Ngo Van Tan, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City - Campus 3, in traditional medicine, food is not simply a source of calories, protein or vitamins.

With the concept of "food is medicine and medicine is food", each dish has its own properties and flavors, capable of affecting the balance of the body.

However, today's modern lifestyle often prioritizes speed and convenience, causing many people to pay little attention to the value of food for the body. According to Dr. Tan, the following are 4 mistakes in daily eating that people easily make.

Meals in anxiety and haste

In today’s modern lifestyle, many meals are often accompanied by work, answering emails, or eating while surfing the phone. However, according to Dr. Tan, eating while worrying or being overly stressed will damage the digestive system.

When the body eats in a state of stress, haste, or anxiety, the digestive system's function will stagnate. At this time, even if the food has a lot of nutrients, the body cannot fully absorb them. This can cause bloating, heartburn, loss of appetite, and diarrhea in the long run.

Many people have the habit of eating lunch while doing work (Illustration: Getty).

Irregular meal times

In TCM, the human body is a miniature universe, operating according to a biological clock. Each organ and meridian has its best time of day to function.

Doctor Tan cited that breakfast, if eaten on time, is considered gold, helping the body absorb maximum nutrients to create energy for the whole day. Skipping breakfast or eating carelessly will weaken the digestive system, the metabolism of nutrients from food and drink will gradually decrease, over time causing fatigue, dizziness, and lightheadedness.

In addition, the habit of eating at night, especially greasy foods, will force the digestive system to work too hard when it needs to rest the most. This burden, if prolonged, will reduce the function of the internal organs, causing the five internal organs to not only reduce their ability to metabolize nutrients but also reduce their ability to eliminate waste from the body.

The difference in the five flavors

According to Dr. Tan, traditional medicine believes that there are 5 basic flavors (five flavors) corresponding to the five internal organs: sour - Can (liver), bitter - Tam (heart), sweet - Ty (spleen), spicy - Phe (lungs), salty - Kidney.

A balanced meal should have enough or relatively enough of these flavors. However, modern lifestyles do not guarantee this requirement. Long-term bias towards one flavor will create a burden on the corresponding organs, causing imbalance and leading to illness.

Regularly eating processed foods, foods high in fat and spices can cause imbalance in the body's internal organs in the long term, leading to illness (Illustration: Freepik).

Temperature imbalance

According to Dr. Tan, this habit is very common in people who eat hot food and drink cold water. Although it gives a "good" feeling, this habit is harmful to the organs in the digestive system.

The sudden conflict between hot and cold temperatures causes the blood and qi in the middle burner to stagnate, causing symptoms such as bloating, indigestion, and abdominal pain. Initially, the symptoms may be transient.

"In the long run, repeating this habit will cause the digestive system's function to gradually decline, like a machine that is constantly doused with cold water while it is still hot, and will gradually become damaged," said Dr. Tan.

Over time, hot and cold eating habits can cause a series of digestive diseases such as stomach ulcers, persistent gastroesophageal reflux or irritable bowel syndrome. These are all diseases that require long-term intervention and treatment.

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