肥甘厚味:甜蜜陷阱裏的健康悲歌
在這美食如雲、饕餮盛行的時代,我們彷彿置身於一場無形的“美食狂歡派對”。煎炸食品在油鍋裏滋滋作響,散發着誘人的香氣;動物內臟那獨特的口感,引得無數食客垂涎欲滴;甜品更是如夢幻般的存在,甜蜜的味道瞬間能驅散所有的煩惱。然而,你可曾想過,這些肥甘厚味之物,就像隱藏在甜蜜背後的陷阱,正悄然將我們拖入健康的深淵。
肥甘厚味:代謝炸彈的狂轟濫炸
煎炸食品、動物內臟、甜品等高鹽、高糖、高脂肪食物,再加上不規律的飲食,宛如一顆顆“代謝炸彈”,持續不斷地衝擊着我們的身體。肥甘厚味具有一種“黏滯之性”,就像強力膠水一樣,緊緊地黏附在我們的身體裏。而不規律的飲食習慣,更是雪上加霜,它會在脾胃已經休息的時候,無情地擾動它們,讓脾胃這個身體的“後勤部長”疲憊不堪。
脾胃的運化功能一旦受到影響,就如同交通樞紐出現了堵塞,水溼代謝紊亂,痰溼體質便應運而生。據相關研究表明,近年來,因不良飲食習慣導致痰溼體質的人羣比例呈逐年上升趨勢,已接近總人口的百分之三十。而痰溼內蘊就像是一個“溫牀”,爲“三高”、肥胖等代謝性疾病的滋生提供了肥沃的土壤。高血壓、高血脂、高血糖,這些曾經被認爲是中老年人的“專利”,如今卻越來越年輕化,許多年輕人也紛紛“中招”。肥胖人羣更是像雨後春筍般不斷湧現,大街小巷隨處可見那些身材臃腫的人,他們拖着沉重的身體,艱難地行走在健康的邊緣。
極端減肥:雪上加霜的惡性循環
爲了減肥瘦身,或者控制血糖、血脂、尿酸水平等,不少人走上了極端之路。他們過度食用寒涼水果沙拉、青菜瓜果替代正餐,以爲這樣就能輕鬆地達到健康的目的。然而,他們卻不知道,這其實是在進一步損傷脾陽。脾陽就像身體裏的“小火爐”,爲我們提供着溫暖和動力。當脾陽受損,身體的代謝功能就會變得更差,形成“脾虛→溼濁滯留→代謝更差”的惡性循環。
我有一位朋友,爲了快速減肥,每天只喫水果沙拉,不喫任何主食和肉類。一開始,體重確實下降了一些,她沾沾自喜,以爲找到了減肥的祕訣。可是沒過多久,她就感覺身體越來越虛弱,臉色蒼白,手腳冰涼,還經常感冒。去醫院檢查,發現她的脾胃功能嚴重受損,體內溼氣很重。這就是典型的因極端減肥而導致身體出現問題的例子。就像一輛汽車,如果只給它加劣質的燃料,而不進行正常的保養和維護,那麼它遲早會拋錨在路上。
辛辣搭配:溼熱引發的健康危機
若長期搭配辛辣食物,那更是火上澆油,助熱生溼。溼熱就像一場無形的風暴,在身體裏肆虐。當溼熱上犯,血壓就像坐上了火箭一樣直線上升,高血壓患者更是苦不堪言。曾經有一位患者,平時就喜歡喫辛辣食物,又愛喫肥甘厚味。有一天,他突然感覺頭暈目眩,測量血壓後發現高得驚人。這就是溼熱上犯導致血壓升高的典型案例。
溼熱燻蒸顏面,就像給臉部蒙上了一層灰色的紗幕,痤瘡、頑固性溼疹、脣炎等皮膚問題接踵而至。那些原本光滑細膩的臉龐,變得坑坑窪窪,佈滿了痘痘和紅疹,讓人苦不堪言。而溼熱下趨,就像洪水氾濫一樣,容易引發便祕、泌尿系感染、生殖系統溼疹等問題。許多女性朋友深受生殖系統溼疹的困擾,瘙癢難忍,生活質量大打折扣。
忌嘴之道:治病除根的“絕密武器”
古語云:“治病不忌嘴,跑斷醫生腿!”這可不是一句玩笑話。在中醫看來,處方是治病之道,而忌嘴纔是除根之道。就像一場戰爭,醫生用藥物打退了敵人的進攻,但如果患者不忌嘴,就相當於給敵人打開了城門,讓敵人再次捲土重來。
梁世傑醫生在爲患者調理疾病時,就非常注重忌嘴方法。對於胃病患者,玉米、紅薯、菠菜等看似健康的食物,卻可能因爲其偏黏偏硬的特性,加重脾胃的負擔,所以都要忌口。生冷的食物和油膩的肉食更是不能碰,飲食只能喫到八成飽。糖尿病患者要遠離各種肉食、甜食、乾果等,大米稀飯也不能喝,飲食控制在七成飽。痛風患者則要忌食各種肉食、海鮮、甜食、乾果等。
有一位胃病患者,在梁醫生的精心治療下,病情有了明顯的好轉。但他沒有聽從醫生的建議,依然我行我素,繼續喫那些忌口的食物。結果沒過多久,病情又復發了,而且比以前更加嚴重。這就是不忌嘴帶來的嚴重後果。
中醫的忌嘴之道,也是患者與醫生的“絕交”之道。當患者嚴格按照醫生的囑咐忌嘴,積極配合治療,身體逐漸康復,那麼他們就不需要再頻繁地跑醫院,與醫生“說再見”了。這其實是患者和醫生都希望看到的結果。
在這場與健康的博弈中,我們要認清肥甘厚味的“甜蜜陷阱”,摒棄極端的減肥方式,合理搭配飲食,遵循忌嘴之道。讓我們用理智和自律,爲自己的健康築起一道堅固的防線,遠離疾病的困擾,擁抱美好的生活。因爲,健康纔是人生最大的財富,沒有了健康,一切都將是空談。
作者簡介:梁世傑 中醫高年資主治醫師,本科學歷,從事中醫臨牀工作24年,積累了較豐富的臨牀經驗。師從首都醫科大學附屬北京中醫院肝病科主任醫師、著名老中醫陳勇,侍診多載,深得器重,盡得真傳!擅用“商湯經方分類療法”、專病專方結合“焦樹德學術思想”“關幼波十綱辨證”學術思想治療疑難雜症爲特色。現任北京樹德堂中醫研究院研究員,北京中醫藥薪火傳承新3+3工程—焦樹德門人(陳勇)傳承工作站研究員,國際易聯易學與養生專委會常務理事,中國中醫藥研究促進會焦樹德學術傳承專業委員會委員,中國藥文化研究會中醫藥慢病防治分會首批癌症領域入庫專家。榮獲2020年中國中醫藥研究促進會仲景醫學分會舉辦的第八屆醫聖仲景南陽論壇“經方名醫”榮譽稱號。2023年首屆京津冀“扁鵲杯”燕趙醫學研究主題徵文優秀獎獲得者。事蹟入選《當代科學家》雜誌、《中華英才》雜誌。
Fat and Sweet: A Health Tragedy in a Sweet Trap
In this era of cloudy food and the prevalence of gluttony, we feel as if we are in an invisible "food carnival party." The fried food sizzles in the pan and smells delicious; The unique taste of animal guts makes countless diners salivate. The dessert is even more like a dream. The sweet taste can evaporate all the worry in an instant. However, did you ever think that these fatty things, like traps hidden behind sweetness, are quietly dragging us into the abyss of health?
Fat and flavor: the indiscriminate bombardment of metabolic bombs
Fried foods, animal organs, desserts and other high-salt, sugar, and fat foods, combined with irregular diets, are like "metabolic bombs" that continue to hit our bodies. Fat and thick flavor has a''sticky'' nature, like a strong glue, which binds tightly to our bodies. Irregular eating habits make matters worse, which will relentlessly disturb the spleen when it is already resting, leaving the spleen, the body''s "logistics minister," exhausted.
Once the functional function of the spleen and stomach is affected, it is like a blockage in a transportation hub, water and wet metabolism is disturbed, and sputum and wet bodies are born. According to relevant research, in recent years, the proportion of people who suffer from phlegm due to poor diet habits has increased year by year, reaching nearly 30% of the total population. The phlegmatic essence is like a "hotbed," providing a fertile soil for the growth of metabolic diseases such as "triple high" and obesity. High blood pressure, high blood lipids, and high blood sugar - these were once considered the "patent" of middle-aged and elderly people, but now they are becoming more and more young, and many young people are also suffering from the diseases. Obesity is a mushrooming phenomenon, with swollen people everywhere in the streets, dragging their heavy bodies and struggling to walk to the brink of health.
Extreme weight loss: a vicious cycle that worsens
In order to lose weight or to control blood sugar, blood fat and uric acid levels, many people have taken extreme steps. They over-consume cold fruit salads and green vegetables as substitutes for their meals, believing that they can easily achieve their health goals. However, they do not know that this is actually further damaging the spleen and yang. The spleen is like a "little stove" in the body, providing us with warmth and energy.When spleen is impaired, the body''s metabolic function becomes worse, forming a vicious cycle of "syphilis → wet stagnation → poor metabolism."
I have a friend who, in order to lose weight quickly, eats only fruit salad every day, not any staples or meat. At first, she did lose some weight, and she was complacent and thought she had found the secret to losing weight. But it didn''t take long for her to feel weaker and weaker, her face was pale, her hands and feet were cold, and she often caught colds. When she went to the hospital for examination, she found that her spleen and stomach function was severely impaired and that there was heavy moisture in her body. This is a classic example of physical problems caused by extreme weight loss. Just like a car, if you only add poor quality fuel to it without performing normal maintenance and maintenance, sooner or later it will break down on the road.
Spicy collocation: hot and humid caused by health crisis
If spicy food is paired with it for a long time, then add oil to the fire to help heat and dampen. The heat is like an invisible storm that wreaks havoc in the body. When the wet heat strikes, blood pressure rises like a rocket, and people with high blood pressure are even more miserable. There was once a patient who usually liked spicy food and loved fatty and thick flavors. One day, he suddenly felt dizzy and when he took a blood pressure measurement, it was surprisingly high. This is a classic case where a febrile fever causes an increase in blood pressure.
Wet and hot exposure to the face is like putting a gray screen on the face, and skin problems such as acne, persistent eczema, and lipitis follow. Those faces, which were once smooth and delicate, became potholes and covered with acne and red rashes, which made people miserable. And the downturn in humidity, like flooding, is easily causing constipation, urinary tract infections, and eczema in the reproductive system. Many female friends are plagued by eczema in the reproductive system, itching is unbearable, and the quality of life is greatly reduced.
Mouth-Avoidance: A "top secret weapon" to cure diseases and root causes
The ancient saying goes, "You must not avoid talking to cure a sick person; you must run and break a doctor''s leg." This is not a joke. In the view of Chinese medicine, prescription is the way to cure a disease, while mouth avoidance is the way of getting rid of the root cause. Like a war, a doctor uses drugs to repel an enemy''s assault, but if the patient is not shy, it opens the door for the enemy to come back.
Dr. Liang Shijie pays great attention to oral abstinence methods when treating illnesses for patients. For people with stomach problems, seemingly healthy foods such as corn, sweet potatoes and spinach may be avoided because of their sticky and hard nature, which increases the burden on the spleen. Cold food and greasy meat should not be touched, and the diet can only be eaten 80% full. People with diabetes mellitus should stay away from all kinds of meat, sweets, dried fruits, etc., and they should not drink rice porridge. People with gout should avoid all kinds of meat, seafood, sweets, dried fruits, etc.
There was a patient with stomach problems whose condition had improved significantly under the careful treatment of Dr. Leung. But he didn''t follow the doctor''s advice, and he continued to follow his usual regimen and continued to eat foods that were not acceptable to him. It didn''t take long for the condition to return, and it was worse than before. This is the serious consequences of not being a mouthful.
The practice of abstaining from mouth in traditional Chinese medicine is also a way for patients to "never make friends" with doctors. When patients strictly follow the doctor''s instructions to abstain from talking, actively cooperate with the treatment, and gradually recover, they do not need to run to the hospital more frequently to "say goodbye" to the doctor. This is actually the outcome that both patients and doctors want to see.
In this game of health, we should recognize the "sweet trap" of fat and thick flavors, abandon extreme weight loss methods, properly mix diets, and follow the rules of mouth avoidance. Let us use reason and self-discipline to build a strong line of defense for our health, to escape the plague of disease, and to embrace the good life. Because health is the greatest asset of life, and without it, everything will be empty talk.
Author Bio: Liang Shijie is a senior medical practitioner in traditional Chinese medicine with an undergraduate degree. He has been engaged in traditional medicine clinical work for 24 years and has accumulated a wealth of clinical experience. Following Chen Yong, chief physician of liver disease at Beijing Traditional Medicine Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University, and renowned old Chinese medicine, he has been treated for many years and received great attention. He specializes in the treatment of difficult diseases using "conversational traditional therapy" and special treatments combined with the academic ideas of Jiao Shude and Guan Yubo''s ten-level diagnosis.He is currently a researcher at the Shude Tang TCM Research Institute in Beijing, a fellow at the new 3 + 3 project of traditional Chinese medicine flame inheritance in Beijing - a scholar at the inheritance workstation of Jiao Shude''s protégés (Chen Yong),He is a standing committee member of the International Expert Committee on E-learning and Health Care, a member of the Jiao Shude Academic Heritage Special Committee of the Chinese Association for the Advancement of Chinese Medicine Research, and the first cancer specialist to be included in the chapter of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Culture Research Association. Won the 2020 China Association for the Promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhongjing Medical Branch held the eighth session of the Medical Saint Zhongjing Nanyang Forum "Classic Prescription Famous Doctor" honorary title. The winner of the first Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei "Pingui Cup" Yanzhao Medical Research Essay Award in 2023. His work was featured in the journal Current Scientist and the journal Chinese Talent.