In the previous article, I discussed with everyone how to have a healthy dinner. Many years ago, lunch was still considered as the main meal of the day. Now this habit has gradually changed, and dinner seems to have become the most important meal of the day. This kind of "compensatory dinner" can easily lead to health problems if consumed excessively. If you eat dinner improperly, you may be prone to six diseases, which I will elaborate below.
1. Vivid dreams
An overly full dinner increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and causes pressure on surrounding organs. These signals are transmitted to the brain, and the wave of excitement spreads to other parts of the cerebral cortex, causing people to dream about various things. Nightmares not only make people feel tired and sleep poorly, but over time, they can also lead to neurasthenia.
2. Obesity
People generally have less activity in the evening, resulting in lower heat energy consumption. Excess energy is converted into a large amount of fat, which gradually makes people gain weight.
3. Hypertension
When sleeping, the blood flow rate slows down. Eating excessive amounts of meat for dinner can cause large amounts of lipids to deposit on the vascular walls over time, leading to atherosclerosis. This makes one more susceptible to hypertension and coronary heart disease. (For more information, please refer to hypertension dietary therapy.)
4. Diabetes
Long-term overeating at dinner repeatedly stimulates the pancreas to secrete large amounts of insulin. Over time, this can lead to metabolic disorders, often resulting in diabetes.
5. Kidney stones
Studies show that the peak of human urine excretion generally occurs four to five hours after eating. If dinner is too late, the peak of urination will be delayed until midnight or even the early morning. At this time, people are usually sound asleep and may not get up to use the bathroom. This causes high concentrations of calcium salts and urine to remain in the bladder, where they combine with uric acid to form calcium oxalate. Over time, this can lead to urinary tract stones.
6. Colon cancer
After dinner, there is usually less activity, meaning some digested substances cannot be absorbed. These substances, when acted upon by anaerobic bacteria in the large intestine, produce harmful substances. During sleep, intestinal peristalsis decreases, prolonging the stay of these substances in the intestines, thus increasing the incidence of colon cancer.
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