Good lifestyle habits delay aging
Written by Zhu Bingchu
Life is a journey, and life is a process. Human aging is a natural law of life, and no one can stop or change it. However, it is still possible to delay aging with good lifestyle habits. Things are man-made, and changing the state depends on your will and belief. Albert Einstein said, "The will of man, supported by indomitable faith, is more powerful than the seemingly invincible force of matter." "People will have an experience with that.
Can good lifestyle habits really delay aging? Recently, I flipped through the newspaper clips and saw a message published in the Straits Metropolis Daily on April 20, 2013: "Medical experts said at the EU meeting on frailty syndrome held in Brussels, Belgium on the 18th that smoking, alcoholism, lack of exercise, unreasonable diet, irregular life and other bad lifestyle habits are closely related to the development of frailty syndrome, and developing good lifestyle habits can delay aging." Kai Hama, professor of geriatric clinical medicine at the University of Cambridge in United Kingdom, said in the keynote report of the conference that if you can adhere to no smoking, no alcohol, more exercise, and eat more fruits and vegetables from a young age, various physiological indicators are equivalent to 14 years younger. According to Hama, smoking for many years is equivalent to aging by 7 years. Frailty syndrome is a syndrome in which the elderly usually suffer from mental decline, malnutrition, and inability to take care of themselves with the increase of age, and are affected by environmental and social factors. This shows that the fast and slow aging of people is closely related to their lifestyle habits. People are thinking that they don't grow old so quickly, try to prolong their lives, and seek immortal magic to find remedies for protection, but after all, it doesn't have much effect. Facts have proved that only by developing good living habits can it be possible to maintain physical strength, maintain health and eliminate diseases, delay aging, and prolong life.
To delay aging, the first thing is to maintain good health, and to be healthy, you must develop good living habits. Human temperament is innate, and habits are slowly formed after birth. Some bad habits can be adjusted by planning, and good habits can be systematized through planning. Habits are stubborn, and the key depends on how you plan your life. Ostrovsky of the Soviet Union said, "If a man cannot break bad habits, he is worthless." James of United States said: "The more good habits, the easier life is, and the stronger the resistance to temptation." "Only by developing good living habits can we prevent and reduce diseases, be healthy and prolong life.
Health is not a gift from God, nor can it be protected by medical treatment, the most important thing is to rely on yourself, health is in your hands. The key to maintaining health: have ambitious goals, have a broad mental capacity, have agile thinking, harmonious interpersonal relationships, continuous improvement of personality, and uninterrupted learning ability. There are four cornerstones of health: eating a reasonable diet, exercising moderately, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, and mental balance. Criteria for health: good health, good mood, strong adaptability. These common senses should be clichés and familiar, but it is not easy to inject them into thinking, introduce them into life, do them according to the rules, and turn them into reality.
From the perspective of theoretical common sense, everyone will talk about health care, but not everyone will pay attention to combining their own lessons and lessons, find health problems, and treat them seriously.
In order to throw bricks and attract jade, I will talk about my experience! Although he is only nearly ninety years old, he is still one round away from being 100 years old, and he is not old, but with his body and bones, his body and bones are still good, his head is still smart, and he has some spirit, he can still compare with his peers, say it, and show his health experience!
In terms of living habits, since I was a child, I have developed the habit of going to bed on time and getting up early, never sleeping lazy, and even if I stay up late and work overtime, I will go to work as usual the next day; Three meals a day, no picky eating, no overdrinking, stay away from tobacco, never drink too much; Be diligent and conscientious, never lazy and lazy, and pay attention to work efficiency; A wide range of hobbies, especially like entertainment and sports, often exercise diligently, from the 50s of the last century began to play table tennis, insisted on 67 years of uninterrupted, now play once a day or two, nearly two hours each time, do not feel tired, slightly sweaty, flexible limbs, quick response, eyesight like a young man, I often say than my much younger table tennis friends: insist on playing, at least can delay aging for one or two decades; Peace of mind, contentment, self-comfort, and removal of troubles.
Diligent in using his hands and brains, thinking endlessly, like literary writing, on-the-job writing materials to fulfill the mission, after retirement to write as a cultural pension, exert residual heat, promote energy, interest, pen cultivation, so far published nearly 800 manuscripts, published 5 anthologies, amounting to more than 2.22 million words, and is still continuing. People often say that you have to forget your age, and I often wonder how old you are, how can you be so active? There is no senile dragon clock, there is still spirit, walking fast, and the words are loud. I think the reason why I am in such a state is related to good living habits. Bacon of United Kingdom said, "Habit is a tenacious and great force." It can dominate life. Therefore, people should establish a good habit through perfect education from an early age. "I firmly believe in the charm of habits and the importance of good habits in life, and I must stick to and continue them for life!
(July 29, 2024 at the 15th Military Retirement Institute in Chaoyang District, Beijing, the author is 88 years old)
About the Author
Zhu Bingchu, male, Han nationality, from Gaocheng Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, born in March 1937, graduated from junior high school in July 1954 and was admitted to Chongqing Artillery School, joined the party in July 1956, college culture, and was awarded the rank of colonel in September 1988. After enlisting in the army, he successively served as a cadet of the artillery school, the commander of the artillery platoon, the commander of the geodesic platoon, the secretary of the regimental political office, and the youth assistant (officer) of the 364th Regiment of the 84th Infantry Division of the 28th Army, the deputy chief of the organization section, the secretary section and the deputy chief of the organization section of the division's political department, the party affairs section officer, the deputy chief of the organization section, and the section (division) chief of the organization department of the political department of the Beijing Military Region. He retired in September 1992.
After graduating from the artillery school in 1956, he was assigned to the 364th Artillery Regiment of the Fujian Front, often writing some newsletters, and was hired as a correspondent by the "Liberation Front" newspaper of the Fuzhou Military Region. He once served as the captain of the amateur propaganda (performance) team of the regiment soldiers, creating, directing, and performing literary and artistic programs, and the performance team participated in the division's literary and artistic performances and won the first prize many times; He was transferred to the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region to engage in the work of written materials for many years, and after retirement, he was unwilling to be lonely, and liked literary creation, and was a member of the China Campus Writers Association, the director of the Shijingshan District Writers Association, and the Chaoyang District Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Research Association. In 1998, the "Rural Language Newspaper" of Conghua City, Guangzhou, and the Military Science Publishing House of the People's Liberation Army published a collection of more than 140,000 words of prose "Messages from Youth".
At the beginning of 2012, after being transferred from the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region to the 15th Military Retirement Institute of Chaoyang District, he served as the secretary of the party branch and a member of the propaganda committee of the general branch, and was enthusiastic about propaganda and reporting work, and published more than 760 articles in newspapers and periodicals and news media, and was commended by the Military Retirement Office for consecutive years. In June 2017, the anthology "Sunset Manbi" with more than 360,000 words was published by Beijing Thread-bound Book Co., Ltd., and then in March 2019, May 2022, and May 2024, "Review and Reflection" with more than 450,000 words, "Sunset Pick-up" with more than 540,000 words, and "Voices of the Elderly" with more than 730,000 words were published by Times Publishing House, with a total of more than 2.22 million words. Vision: The sunset is shining, and the residual heat is shining; Cultural pension, thinking convergence; Serious life, the pursuit of perfection; Cherish the time and live the wonderful life.