After observing the Xi of Hong Kong people's daily habits, a Japanese doctor found that the secret of Hong Kong people's longevity lies in 2 common soup ingredients, which can help keep blood vessels young, enhance immunity and prolong life expectancy.
Japanese TV show "Horror Medicine"** The reason why the average life expectancy of Hong Kong people is longer than that of Japanese people. The programme team came to Hong Kong to observe the daily life of the elderly, and invited Dr. Kazumasa Harada, Vice President of Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medicine, to analyze the reasons for the longevity of Hong Kong people.
Dr. Harada said that the key to longevity is to keep blood vessels young, and as long as they can slow down the aging of blood vessels, they can prolong life. He added that Hong Kong people often drink soup, and there are two common soup ingredients that can improve blood circulation and slow down the aging of blood vessels. These two common soup ingredients are ginger and tangerine peel.
According to the report, the 3 major benefits of ginger include improved blood circulation, increased immunity and**. In addition, Ma Qijie, a registered Chinese medicine practitioner in Hong Kong, once pointed out that tangerine peel is flat and sweet, and has the effects of dissolving phlegm, regulating qi and strengthening the spleen. If there is a lot of phlegm and nasal congestion, he recommends making simple tangerine peel water to dissolve phlegm, relieve nasal congestion, and solve symptoms such as bloating and food stagnation.
According to "our world in data", the average life expectancy of Hong Kong people is 85At 5 years old, it ranks second in the world, behind the first place Monaco's 859 years old, while the average life expectancy in Japan is 847 years old, ranked third. According to the Hong Kong** Census and Statistics Department, the average life expectancy at birth in Hong Kong in 2022 was 81 years for men and 87 years for women, which is one of the longest among developed economies.