However, compared with intestinal health, does the human body have an unimportant health part?
In fact, it is very important that we are all part of the body.
Any organ, any part of the problem, may bring us serious harm, and even death.
But "intestine" is actually a broad concept, which contains many parts and has many physiological functions, such as absorption, digestion and excretion.
In the most popular language: If we lose the function of absorption, digestion and/or excretion, can people still live healthily? Is it possible to live?
What's more, eating and drinking Lazarus is a physiological phenomenon that everyone has to complete every day.
Only with the participation of many factors in modern life, intestinal diseases are not only frequent, but also younger and younger, and people's health awareness is getting stronger and stronger, so people pay more and more attention to intestinal health problems.
Speaking of intestinal problems, let me give you an example of yesterday's night shift:
At two o'clock in the morning, a male patient under 40 years old came to the emergency room. His chief complaint was repeated abdominal pain for four days and aggravated for three hours.
The patient has no other symptoms except abdominal pain.
However, CT examination found a colon mass, so the possibility of tumor was highly considered.
On the spot, the patient was advised to be hospitalized, and as a result, the patient asked to go home to discuss.
I hope this patient has been hospitalized for systematic examination and treatment.
As a cardiologist, if the intestinal flora is related to atherosclerosis, I think everyone will instinctively think, Dr. Zhang, you'd better stop talking. I have never heard of the relationship between intestinal flora and atherosclerosis. Today, Dr. Zhang will talk about the relationship between intestinal flora imbalance and atherosclerosis from the perspective of intestinal health.
As we all know, there are many risk factors for atherosclerosis, such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia and even hyperuricemia, smoking and staying up late. But how to link the imbalance of intestinal flora with atherosclerosis? I'm telling you, there may be a connection!
Trimethylamine produced by intestinal flora imbalance increases, which increases trimethylamine oxide in liver. This substance can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, thus promoting the occurrence and development of atherosclerotic lesions. In fact, the intestinal flora of patients with atherosclerosis is more prone to imbalance, which is characterized by the increase of Collins content and the decrease of Roche content. This change is directly or indirectly involved in the formation of atherosclerosis. This process can promote energy absorption, trigger chronic low-grade inflammatory reaction in intestine and regulate choline metabolism, thus increasing the formation and development of atherosclerosis.
Having said that, in short, we should pay attention to intestinal health, because unhealthy intestines may really affect the incidence of cardiovascular diseases.
Why is intestinal health so important? Because intestinal health plays several roles, such as immunity, digestion, detoxification and even affecting people's brain, do you think it is important or not?
It's not simply intestinal health
Intestine is the largest digestive organ, and the necessary nutrients supplied to human body every day are absorbed by intestine; Intestine is the most important detoxification organ. Most toxins in the human body are stored in intestinal folds and then excreted through regular defecation every day. The intestine is also an immune organ, and most germs are killed by immunity in the intestine. Do you think that the intestine is an omnipotent person, but the energy of the intestine is far more than that.
In recent years, it has been found that the large number of intestinal flora is related to many mental factors. The balance between the number of intestinal flora will even affect the emotional changes transmitted by the brain, and there may be emotional manifestations such as depression, anxiety, excitement, agitation and irritability. Emotional changes in the brain will in turn affect the number of intestinal flora. For example, patients with anxiety and irritability are prone to diarrhea or dryness, which is also the main manifestation of irritable bowel syndrome.
How to ensure the health of our intestines?
As the saying goes, "medicine is better than food", and the health you eat is the real health. Therefore, it is the best policy to regulate intestinal health through drugs. In recent years, it has been found that dietary fiber can regulate many intestinal problems, such as constipation, detoxification, inflammation, the growth of probiotics, and even intake of dietary fiber can reduce the incidence of intestinal cancer.
And the biggest feature of dietary fiber is its low price. We can easily get enough dietary fiber from daily plants, vegetables or fruits. For example, pectin fiber extracted from apples has the most significant effect on human body. Apples are one of the fruits that are often eaten every day, and the price is low.
Prospect of the future
With the development of science and technology, the study of intestinal flora and brain science has become a hot topic. In the near future, perhaps our anxiety, depression and other diseases can completely adjust our intestinal flora by eating certain foods, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving anxiety and depression. This is also the research direction of many scientists, and I believe we can do it.
As the saying goes: keeping in good health without nourishing intestines is all in vain. The reason why intestinal health has been paid more and more attention is mainly related to the important role of intestine in human body.
Gastrointestinal tract is particularly important, mainly including:
First, the intestine is an important digestive organ of human body. Small intestine can produce a large amount of weakly alkaline liquid, which dilutes digestive products and reduces their osmotic pressure, which is beneficial to absorption.
Enterokinase secreted by small intestine gland can convert trypsinogen in pancreatic juice into trypsin, which is beneficial to protein's digestion. There is no important digestive activity in human large intestine. The main function of the large intestine is to absorb water and inorganic salts, and at the same time, it also provides a temporary storage place for food residues after digestion and absorption, and converts food residues into feces.
Second, the intestine is also the immune organ of the human body. Small intestinal fluid is often mixed with exfoliated intestinal epithelial cells, white blood cells and immunoglobulin secreted by intestinal epithelial cells. Intestine gathers about 60%~70% immune cells of human body and becomes a natural barrier to maintain human health.
3. The intestine completes the absorption of most nutrients in the human body. Small intestine is the main part of absorption, and the digestive products of sugar, protein and fat are mostly absorbed in duodenum and open field. Ileum has its unique function, that is, it can absorb bile salts and vitamin B 12, and it is also a reserve part of absorption function. Water and salt are mainly absorbed by the large intestine.
Fourth, the intestine is the largest detoxification organ of the human body, and food residues can stay in the intestine for more than ten hours. In this process, part of the water in the food residue is absorbed by the colon mucosa, and the rest is fermented and rotted by the bacteria in the colon, forming feces. In addition to food residues, feces also include exfoliated intestinal epithelial cells and a large number of bacteria.
In addition, some metabolites of the body, including bile pigment derivatives excreted by the liver, and some metals discharged into the intestinal cavity with blood through the intestinal wall, such as salts of calcium, magnesium and mercury, are discharged with feces.
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Gastrointestinal tract in modern medicine is called spleen and stomach in traditional Chinese medicine.
Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow and the source of qi and blood life. After birth, all life activities depend on the nutrition absorbed by the spleen and stomach. Congenital deficiency can replenish the spleen and stomach and prolong life; If you don't pay attention to the aftercare of the acquired spleen and stomach, you will get sick and shorten your life.
Intestines are often considered as digestive organs, but in fact, intestines are related to many diseases in the body. Even now, studies have proved that intestines are actually related to depression. What are the important functions of the intestine?
1, digestion and absorption function, excretory organs
The digestion and absorption function of the intestine is well known, but did you know that 99% of nutrients in the human body are digested through the intestine? There are 65,438+0% in the mouth and stomach, and almost 65,438+0,000% of the nutrients are absorbed through the intestine.
The total length of an adult's intestine is about 8- 10 meter, and the small intestine is about 5-7 meters. If the human small intestine is less than 60cm, it means that most of the small intestine has been removed due to disease. If the patient only absorbs nutrition through the intestine without intravenous nutrition, then no matter how much he eats every day, he can't survive.
At the same time, when the substances in the body are not absorbed, a large number of bacteria and harmful substances are finally excreted through the rectum and anus.
2. Immune function
Medical professionals believe that the intestine is the largest and most important immune organ of the human body. Why?
As we all know, the intestine is the largest bacterial bank in human body, with 14 square bacteria and 10. Maybe you don't know how much it is, which is 10 times the number of human cells.
As we all know, there can't be any bacteria in human blood and tissues. If there is trouble, it will be in big trouble. Then why can so many bacteria stay in the intestine honestly and not enter the blood and other tissues?
Mainly because of the immune function and barrier function emphasized by the intestine, the intestinal lymphatic tissue is developed, and 70%-80% of immune cells are gathered in the whole body to ensure that bacteria do not cross the line.
Neuroregulatory function is called "the second brain"
People usually think that besides the brain, the heart should be the second brain, because everyone always says and does everything, which is all wet.
The so-called "second brain" is the intestine. Why?
The number of neurons distributed in the intestine is second only to the brain, which is about 654.38 billion, far more than the number of spinal cord and peripheral nervous system in the nervous system.
Therefore, many neurons are not decorations. They can feel the information of various substances in the intestine independently of the brain, including food, nutrition, drugs, bacteria and viruses, and control the behavior of the intestine by themselves.
For example, if we eat toxic and harmful substances, the intestines will immediately produce nausea and vomiting to protect our health.
Therefore, intestinal health is too important for each of us. Intestinal health is the foundation of all our health. Without intestinal health, we can't live a healthy life.
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Intestinal health is very important, because the disease enters the mouth. The intestine communicates with the outside world, absorbs nutrients from the outside world and discharges metabolic waste to the outside world. If it is poorly absorbed or excreted, it will cause various diseases, and many diseases are also caused by intestinal homeostasis disorder.
Why is intestinal health so important?
Intestine is the largest gas station in human body, from which almost all substances are absorbed. Secondly, the intestine is the largest immune organ of the human body. Food often contains a variety of bacteria, but most of them are eliminated in the gastrointestinal tract, so as to ensure that the human body does not get sick as much as possible.
Another important function of the intestine is to excrete metabolic waste. 80% toxins in the human body are excreted through the intestine, which is the largest "sewage plant" in the human body. In order to maintain intestinal health, it is necessary to maintain normal intestinal excretion. Usually, we should pay attention to eating more foods rich in dietary fiber, and cooperate with proper exercise, drink more water, keep a stool once a day, expel toxins and stay away from diseases.
Thank you. Let me answer this question. I am good at stomach and losing weight.
Why do you say that gastrointestinal health is health? We can live because we have food every day.
There is a saying that people are iron rice steel, not hungry.
We eat to get all kinds of nutrients in food.
Such as protein fat, carbohydrate, water, vitamins, dietary fiber, minerals and so on.
Then these substances can only be obtained through digestion and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract.
These substances can be converted into the energy supply we need.
For example, we will feel energetic immediately after eating.
These substances can also be converted into glycogen, hepatic glycogen and muscle glycogen.
Keep our blood sugar in a balanced state.
These substances constitute a part of our body.
For example, protein constitutes our musculoskeletal organs, gastrointestinal tract, uterus, respiratory tract, heart, liver, kidney and so on.
For example, calcium and iron make up our blood, bones and teeth.
For example, fat constitutes the subcutaneous tissue of our cell membrane.
For example, protein formed our digestive enzyme immune organization.
Nutrients are also raw materials for our growth and development, tissue repair and disease repair.
The stomach has the function of temporarily storing and preliminarily digesting food as chyme.
The intestine is where our body digests and absorbs.
99% of human nutrition is absorbed from the intestine.
Intestine is the largest immune organ of human body, accounting for 70% of human immunity.
Intestines can excrete 80% of the body's metabolic waste toxins.
It is the poor digestion ability of the stomach or the poor absorption ability of the intestine.
It will lead to insufficient nutrition, energy, raw materials for growth and raw materials for repairing diseases.
It can be said that there is no gastrointestinal digestion and absorption. The human body will soon lose its life.
Only when the stomach is prepared for a rainy day can the intestine be cured for a long time.
Gastrointestinal diseases are typical lifestyle diseases, which are closely related to living habits and eating habits.
Living habits are not good, and eating habits are not good.
If three meals are irregular, overeating and hunger are different.
If you eat big fish and meat for a long time, eat pickles and eat hot pot barbecue buffet.
If you eat snacks and junk food for a long time
Then the gastrointestinal function will be damaged and the digestion and absorption function will decline.
So protecting the gastrointestinal tract means protecting your health.
Because intestinal health is not just a problem of the intestine itself, it has a very important relationship with our health. If there is something wrong with the intestine, cancer is only one of the serious consequences of the intestine. Other parts of the body will also have more problems, such as: increasing the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, increasing the risk of osteoporosis, emotional irritability/irritability and even depression, insomnia, constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, dull complexion, aging, memory loss, inattention and so on.
In fact, the intestine is also one of our biggest immune systems. If there is a problem with intestinal health, the body's immunity will be reduced and it is easy to get sick. Therefore, it is very important and urgent to protect intestinal health. In recent years, with the improvement of diet and the change of living habits, intestinal problems have become a common problem, especially in the present work, many people often sit for a long time, drink insufficient water, have an unbalanced diet, smoke and drink, stay up late and eat too many sweets.
More and more people suffer from insomnia and constipation, which is actually mainly related to staying up late and eating habits, which eventually leads to intestinal problems and aggravates these symptoms. If left unchecked for a long time, it will form diseases and even lead to more serious consequences. Therefore, it is very important to change these bad habits in time, develop diverse and balanced eating habits, and ensure a good mood, so as to better promote intestinal health.
The intestine is the boundary between the outside world and the body.
Intestine is the dividing line between skin and the outside world. It is the barrier of the body and also carries the invisible organs of the body. Intestinal flora is not only a parasitic relationship with us, but also a part of our body through continuous evolution and mutual domestication, participating in various metabolism and information transmission of the body. Intestinal flora is called the second brain of the body, and it even gives orders to various departments and institutions of the body independently, affecting our health through vagus nerve.
Intestinal flora is an important factor affecting our health.
Intestinal health includes the balance and health of intestinal flora. Talking about intestinal health without the balance of intestinal flora is divorced from the foundation. In recent years, more and more studies on intestinal flora have confirmed the importance of the influence of intestinal flora on health. For example:
1. Intestinal flora can assist the digestion and absorption of nutrients;
2. It is a physical barrier for potential intruders such as harmful bacteria and pathogens, viruses and parasites.
3. Detoxification, intestinal bacteria can prevent infection, and as a line of defense against toxin invasion, reduce the workload of the liver.
4. Affect the immune system. Bacteria cultivate and support the immune system by controlling specific immune cells and preventing autoimmunity.
5. Produce and release physiologically important enzymes and substances.
6. Help relieve emotional stress through the influence of the group on the endocrine system.
7. Help to get a good sleep;
8. Reduce the risk of chronic diseases;
So in many ways, intestinal flora is the goalkeeper and ruler of our body.
Intestine is the largest immune organ in human body.
The lymphatic tissue of the intestine is the immune system of the body, accounting for 70-80% of the whole immune system of the body, which fully shows the importance of the intestine. Everything that happens in the intestine always keeps in touch with other immune cells in the body and is always vigilant.
Therefore, the health of the intestine affects all aspects of the body and needs our attention.
How to improve intestinal health
1. Establish good eating habits, eat less greasy and irritating food, and try to be light in taste;
2. Good work and rest habits, go to bed early and get up early to avoid excessive tension and anxiety;
3. It is best to quit smoking and drinking, so as not to stimulate the intestines;
4. Exercise moderately and insist on taking at least 8,000 steps every day;