14 little habits that harm men’s health

　　1. Avoid eating fruits after meals

　　People are accustomed to eating fruits after meals, thinking that this will help clear the mouth and help gastrointestinal motility. In fact, this is a wrong living habit. Eating fruits immediately after meals will affect digestive function. Because when food enters the stomach, it takes 1-2 hours to be digested and slowly eliminated. If you eat fruit immediately after a meal, the fruit will be blocked by the food eaten before and cannot be digested normally. If food stays in the stomach for too long, it will cause abdominal distension and diarrhea or constipate and other symptoms. Over time, it will lead to digestive disorders.

　　Correct way to eat: Eat some fruits or drink 1 to 2 cups of juice 20 to 40 minutes before meals to prevent obesity caused by overeating. However, many fruits such as persimmons, hawthorns, almonds, pineapples, etc. cannot be eaten on an empty stomach. In order to lose weight, when eating fruits before meals, it is best to choose fruits that are not too acidic and not too astringent, such as apples, pears, bananas, Grape , watermelon, melon.

　　2. Avoid drinking tea after meals

　　Some people like the habit of drinking tea immediately after meals. It is believed that this can not only clean the mouth but also help digestion. In fact, if you drink tea immediately after a meal, a large amount of water will enter the stomach that is digesting food, which will dilute the digestive juice secreted by the stomach, thereby affecting the digestion of food by the stomach. Tea contains a lot of tannins. Drinking strong tea after a meal will cause the undigested protein you just eaten to combine with the tannic acid to form a precipitate, which will affect the absorption of protein. The substances in tea will also hinder the absorption of iron. If you develop a bad habit of drinking strong tea after a meal for a long time, it will easily lead to iron deficiency. anemia。

　　Correct way to eat: Nowadays, people often drink a cup of tea after eating and drinking, which is not good for fatty liver For prevention, do not drink tea immediately after eating meat.

　　3. Avoid drinking water after meals

　　Drinking water immediately after a meal will dilute the gastric juice, causing the food in the stomach to enter the small intestine before digestion, weakening the digestive ability of the gastric juice, and easily causing gastrointestinal tract disease. disease . If you drink soda after a meal, it is even more harmful to the body. The carbon dioxide produced by the soda can easily increase intragastric pressure, leading to acute gastric dilatation.

　　4. Avoid eating cold drinks after meals

　　Strong changes in hot and cold will cause the blood vessels in the stomach to suddenly contract, which in the long run will lead to gastric digestive disorders and even indigestion or other diseases. Eating cold drinks immediately after a meal will produce a strong cold stimulus to the digestive tract and cause strong peristalsis in the digestive tract, which may cause stomach ache diarrhea.

　　5. Avoid taking a walk after meals

　　Walking after meals will affect the absorption of nutrients in the digestive tract due to the increased amount of exercise. especially elderly , reduced heart function, hardening of blood vessels, and frequent walks after meals will cause blood pressure to drop.

　　6. Avoid strenuous exercise after meals

　　Performing strenuous activities immediately after meals, such as playing ball, running, engaging in heavy physical labor, etc., will affect the digestion and absorption of food, resulting in healthy unfavorable. Because the muscles of the limbs require more blood supply during strenuous exercise or labor, the blood supply to the gastrointestinal tract will be relatively reduced. Digestion and absorption will inevitably be affected. In addition, there is more food in the stomach after a meal, and the weight is also heavier. If you exercise or work excessively, it is easy to cause abdominal pain, gastroptosis and other diseases. Therefore, exercise or labor should be arranged one hour after a meal.

　　7. Avoid taking a bath after meals

　　There is a common saying among the people: "When you are full and hungry, you have to shave your head." This is also an incorrect living habit. Taking a bath after a meal will increase the blood flow on the body surface and reduce the blood flow in the gastrointestinal tract accordingly, thus weakening the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract and causing indigestion.