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In today's fast-paced life, people often overlook a potential health killer that is more dangerous than alcohol and tobacco and is little known. Recently, a study revealed a shocking truth: a common habit may increase the risk of liver cancer tenfold.
This discovery has attracted a lot of attention from the medical community and has also made ordinary people start to re-examine their lifestyles.
Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption have long been considered major risk factors for liver cancer. The latest research shows that there is a more insidious "liver cancer big problem" in our daily life. This invisible killer is staying up late for a long time.
According to data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the incidence of liver cancer in mainland China remains high, with more than 400,000 new cases per year. In a significant proportion of these cases, the patients were not smokers or alcoholics, leading researchers to explore other possible causative factors.
After a long-term follow-up investigation, the research team found that the risk of liver cancer in people who stayed up late for a long time was more than 10 times that of people with normal work and rest.
Why does staying up late cause such serious damage to the liver? From the perspective of Western medicine, this is closely related to the circadian rhythm of the human body. The liver is the body's largest detoxification organ, and its work efficiency is closely related to circadian rhythms.
Normally, the liver repairs and detoxifies itself at night. Staying up late for long periods of time can disrupt this physiological process, leading to the accumulation of toxins and eventually liver disease.
Traditional Chinese medicine theory explains the impact of staying up late on the liver from another perspective. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver belongs to wood, and the main drainage. 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. is the time when the liver meridian is in season, and you should sleep peacefully at this time to help the liver qi dredge. Staying up late frequently can lead to stagnation of liver qi, which in turn can lead to a range of health problems, including liver cancer.
Professor Li, a well-known hepatologist, pointed out: "Staying up late can directly damage the liver and indirectly increase the risk of liver cancer through a variety of ways. Long-term sleep deprivation can lower immunity and make the liver more susceptible to viral infections; Staying up late is often accompanied by an irregular diet and lack of exercise, which are risk factors for liver cancer. "
How can liver cancer be effectively prevented? Doctors give the following advice:
First, adjust your routine and get enough sleep. Try to fall asleep before 11 p.m. and get 7-8 hours of sleep a day. If the nature of the work is special and it is difficult to avoid staying up late, you should also try to supplement your sleep during the day and maintain the regularity of your work and rest.
Second, maintain a healthy diet. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, consume high-quality protein in moderation, and reduce the intake of high-fat and high-sugar foods. Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that you can eat some ingredients that nourish and protect the liver, such as wolfberries, yams, etc.
Again, exercise moderately. Aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity per week, such as brisk walking, jogging, swimming, etc. Exercise can enhance physical fitness, promote blood circulation in the liver, and help detoxification.
In addition, regular check-ups are also key to preventing liver cancer. It is recommended to have liver function tests and ultrasound examinations at least once a year, and the frequency of examinations can be appropriately increased for people with a family history of liver disease or other high-risk factors.
It is worth noting that staying up late is so harmful to the liver, but not all people who stay up late will develop liver cancer. Professor Li explained, "The occurrence of liver cancer is the result of a combination of factors.
In addition to staying up late, genetic factors, environmental factors, and dietary habits will all affect the occurrence of liver cancer. We don't need to panic too much, but we should also be vigilant and adjust bad habits in time. "
In the prevention and treatment of liver cancer, the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine is showing unique advantages. Western medicine can detect liver cancer at an early stage through accurate examination, and perform surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy and other treatments.
Traditional Chinese medicine can improve the quality of life and prolong the survival of patients by regulating their physical fitness, relieving symptoms, and reducing side effects.
The key to preventing liver cancer is to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Breaking the habit of staying up late, adjusting the routine of work and rest, strengthening exercise, maintaining a healthy diet, and having regular physical examinations are seemingly simple measures, but they can build a solid line of defense for our liver.
Let's work together to stay away from the "big liver cancer" and increase the number of healthy lives. After all, a healthy liver is the only way to support a good life. Tonight at 11 o'clock, go to bed on time and let your liver live a good "nightlife" too.
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