Combatting the Hazards of Staying Up Late: Therapeutic Porridge for Health and Well-being

February 16, 2024

【5 types of therapeutic porridge to help alleviate the harm caused by staying up late】

  

  1. Pumpkin porridge

  

  20g pumpkin, 60g glutinous rice, cook together to make porridge, which can relieve thirst.

  

  2. Ginger and brown sugar perilla porridge

  

  3-6g perilla leaves, 5 slices of ginger, 60g glutinous rice. After the porridge is cooked, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar and stir well to prevent heat and dampness.

  

  3. Bitter melon and Job's tears porridge

  

  15g bitter melon, 60g Job's tears, cook together to make porridge. It has the function of clearing heat and dampness and can also be used for skin boils, carbuncles, and prickly heat.

  

  4. Longan and red date porridge

  

  15g longan, 15g red dates, 100g glutinous rice. Put the glutinous rice, longan, and red dates in water, bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes on low heat. The rice should be cooked until soft, then add an appropriate amount of white sugar.

  
        

 

  5. Goji berry and mulberry porridge

  

  5g goji berries, 5g mulberries, 5 red dates, 100g glutinous rice. Wash the goji berries, mulberries, and red dates, and cook them with glutinous rice. When cooked, season with sugar.

  

  

【The hazards of staying up late for a long time】

  

  1. Decreased immune function: People who stay up late often are more likely to experience fatigue, mental fatigue, headache, inability to concentrate, and a decrease in immune function.

  

  2. Blurred vision: Long-term eye fatigue from excessive use of the eyes can cause eye pain, dryness, and swelling, and even dry eye syndrome. Eye muscle fatigue can also cause temporary vision loss. If staying up late and being tired for a long time, it may also induce central serous chorioretinopathy, causing blurred vision, distortion, and distortion of objects.

  

  3. Inducing cardiovascular diseases: Staying up late disrupts the biological clock, causing neurological disorders, especially for patients with diseases, it is important to pay attention. When staying up late, the body is in a state of stress, which can cause abnormal blood vessel constriction. Combined with the exhaustion and fatigue from staying up late, it can easily lead to high blood pressure or cardiovascular accidents.

  
         

 

  4. Disturbed gastrointestinal function: People who stay up late usually adopt a sedentary working style and are in a continuous tense state, causing the gastrointestinal system to lack necessary regulation. Some people show symptoms such as loss of appetite, belching, and abdominal bloating. Because of staying up late, some people tend to eat more for dinner, and some people will eat a lot when they get hungry while staying up late, causing disturbances in gastrointestinal function, leading to stomach pain, constipation, and other problems.

  

  5. Dry skin and acne: From 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. is the optimal time for beauty and the meridians of the body are running to the gallbladder and liver during this period. If these two organs do not get sufficient rest, it will show on the skin, leading to roughness, yellowish complexion, dark spots, and acne.

  

  6. Endocrine disorders: Long-term staying up late can alter the body's original biological clock, leading to a series of endocrine dysfunction, which in turn can cause an imbalance in the secretion of hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. Some common female tumors, such as uterine fibroids and breast lesions, are closely related to abnormal secretion of estrogen and progesterone.

  

  7. Impaired fertility: For men and women of childbearing age, frequent staying up late can affect the activity and quantity of sperm in men; it can also affect the secretion of hormones and the quality of eggs in women, and easily affect the menstrual cycle.

  

  8. Increased risk of chronic diseases: The secretion of hormones such as adrenaline in people who stay up late is higher than that of the general population, which increases the metabolic pressure and can lead to chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

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