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Eating is an essential thing in people's daily life. However, modern people's eating habits have gradually deviated from the principles of TCM, resulting in many people suffering from various health problems due to improper eating. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that eating should be "seven points full", that is, to maintain a moderate sense of hunger and satiety. So, how does Chinese medicine look at this issue?Today, I will combine the theories of traditional Chinese medicine and ancient and modern prescriptions to introduce three methods to help you develop the habit of eating seven minutes full.
First of all, TCM emphasizes the development of a good eating order. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there should be an orderly process of eating, and you should not be too fast and too full. In general, you should drink some warm water before eating, which can help stimulate the secretion of digestive juices and improve digestive function. Then, when you start eating, you should chew the food carefully to allow for a thorough mixture of saliva and food, which helps in the digestion and absorption of the food. In addition, during eating, you can use intermittent stops to give the food enough time to digest in the stomach and avoid food retention caused by eating too quickly.
Secondly, TCM emphasizes controlling the amount of food to be eaten and having a moderate satiety. Eating should be seven minutes full, which means that it is not advisable to be overfilled. Because oversatiety will cause excessive burden on the stomach, it is easy to lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction over time. There have always been many ways to control food intake in TCM. Among them, the method of "seeing, smelling, and tasting" can be adopted. First, observe the amount of food with your eyes and try to avoid eating blindly;Secondly, judging the taste of food and how it is cooked through the sense of smell helps to increase appetite;Finally, by tasting the texture and taste of the food through your tongue, you can better enjoy the pleasure of the food and thus avoid oversatiety. In addition, when eating too much, you can reduce the intake of rice and increase the proportion of vegetables, fruits and other foods, which can not only increase satiety, but also ensure the various nutrients required by the body.
Finally, TCM believes that maintaining moderate exercise after meals is essential for dietary conditioning. Moderate exercise after meals can promote digestion and absorption, prevent food retention, and help maintain the normal function of the digestive system. In general, walking is an easy and effective form of exercise that can help digest food and promote gastrointestinal movements. In addition, you can also do some targeted physical activities, such as doing some exercises to stretch your body after waking up in the morning, or doing yoga, tai chi and other exercises that help soothe the stomach and intestines.
To sum up, Chinese medicine emphasizes that meals should be eaten for seven minutes, that is, to maintain a moderate sense of hunger and satiety. By developing a good eating order, controlling the amount of food, and exercising moderately, we can develop the habit of eating to be full, so as to protect and maintain our health. As a popularizer of traditional Chinese medicine, I sincerely hope that everyone can pay attention to the way they eat, and from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, they will take eating as a part of their health preservation to protect their health.
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References: 1Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the Republic of China. (2019).Report on Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine (2019)[M].Beijing: China Publishing House of Traditional Chinese Medicine.