Dietary considerations for patients with nephritis

    1. Restriction of sodium is very important for patients with nephritis, and some mild patients can get better through dietary adjustments.

    2. China's healthy diet requires that the daily intake of sodium salt per person is less than 6g, which may be more stringent for patients with nephritis. For example, patients with severe edema require less than 1g, and general hypertension is less than 3g.

    3. Patients can choose different tools to control their sodium intake, such as small balances and salt spoons.

    4. Prohibit food, try to avoid pickled food, such as salted eggs, salted duck eggs, pickles, etc.

    5. Foods that are suitable for eating, it is best to choose meals cooked by yourself or your family, so that the amount of salt can be controlled freely; or choose foods with obvious natural taste such as leeks, celery, onions, etc., because the natural taste of food is good.

did not sleep well?

 did not sleep well? ! This habit is adjusted and sleeps easily

    Poor living habits are a potential killer that endangers healthy sleep. Developing good sleep habits can not only stabilize sleep, but also increase the energy and vitality during the day. If you are troubled by poor sleep, try adjusting your sleep habits. 

Adjust sleep environment

01. lighting

    The interior should be dim, avoid bright lights.

02. temperature

    Keep the bedroom temperature set at 18°C～23°C. If necessary, you can use the air conditioner appropriately, or open the bedroom windows to cool down.

03. Avoid noise

    Keep the bedroom environment quiet. If there is unavoidable noise outside, you can install soundproof windows or other soundproofing equipment in the bedroom to ensure that the sleeping environment is quiet.

You can also play soothing music, or turn on an electric fan to generate background sounds to reduce the impact of noise.

04. diet

    Avoid drinking alcohol, caffeine, tea or other refreshing beverages 4-6 hours before going to bed, avoid eating a lot of food 3 hours before going to bed. 

    Although alcohol has the effect of temporarily helping you fall asleep, it has the rebound effect of interrupting sleep after the body is metabolized.

Adjust sleep time

    01. Fixed work and rest time. It is recommended to go to bed at 23:00 and sleep for 7-8 hours, not more than 9 hours. 

    02. If you can't fall asleep after more than 20 minutes in bed, you can get up and leave the bedroom, take a walk, read some books, etc., and fall asleep when you feel sleepy. Avoid playing mobile phones, computers and watching TV before going to bed. 

    03. Maintain a fixed life schedule during workdays and holidays, avoid lying in bed in the morning, taking naps at will, and avoid restoring sleep on holidays.

Regulate biological rhythm

    01. When sleeping, control the light in the bedroom to avoid too bright indoor luminosity. If you wake up the next morning in poor spirits, you can open the curtains and blinds before going to bed to let the sun wake up your biological clock.

    02. Night shift workers can wear sunglasses when they go home in the morning to avoid the negative impact of morning light on daytime sleep, and keep the bedroom dim when they fall asleep.

    03. The working environment should be bright.

Regular exercise

    Exercise 3 days a week, at least 30 minutes a day. Daytime exercise can help improve your spirit during the day and improve sleep quality at night, but avoid doing exercise 3 hours before bedtime.

Nap Nap

    A healthy nap is best for 15-30 minutes. If it exceeds 30 minutes, the body will enter a deep sleep period that is not easy to wake up, which will easily disrupt the biological clock and affect normal sleep at night.

    Reminder: Sleep is a natural thing. Trying or forcing yourself to fall asleep can only make you sleepless. Managing your sleep habits is the most important thing.

What are the benefits of drinking tea?

What are the benefits of drinking tea?

    Tea polyphenols is a general term for polyphenols in tea, and it is one of the main components that form the color and fragrance of tea.

    There are catechins in green tea, and theaflavins and thearubicins in black tea.

    Tea polyphenols are easy to dissolve in hot water, which can make tea have antioxidant properties, enhance capillary activity, and inhibit atherosclerosis;

    Theophylline is an important flavor substance in tea. For example, caffeine can excite the central nervous system, improve work efficiency, increase muscle strength, eliminate fatigue, diuresis and excretion, and stimulate gastric secretion. This is also an important substance that can increase appetite, relieve greasiness and promote digestion by drinking tea;

    Tea contains a variety of vitamins, but the content is not much, so hope to supplement vitamins by drinking tea is limited.

What are the misunderstandings?

    If the tea is brewed too thickly, too much caffeine will be dissolved, which can easily cause insomnia, anxiety, tachycardia, arrhythmia, etc.;

    Tea is brewed with boiling water. Many people can't wait for the temperature of the tea to drop. This will undoubtedly cause heat damage to the esophageal mucosa. If this continues, the risk of cancer will be very high;

    Drunkenness is mainly caused by excessive alcohol semi-metabolite acetaldehyde. The only way to hangover is to improve liver metabolism, but tea has no hangover effect;

    If tea is taken with certain medicines, it may produce some undesirable chemical reactions, which will affect the efficacy of the medicine and even endanger the health of the body.

Is black tea better or green tea better?

    The production process of black tea and green tea is different. Green tea preserves the original appearance of tea, while black tea is specially fermented for tea.

    Generally speaking, black tea and green tea are suitable for different people from the perspective of health preservation.

    People with poor stomach and intestines are suitable to drink black tea, because black tea is less irritating after fermentation, while the unfermented green tea will stimulate and damage the gastric mucosa;

    Since green tea retains the original appearance of tea, more active substances in it have the benefits of sterilization and anti-oxidation.