As the saying goes, 'I gain three pounds during festivals'. How can we enjoy delicious food and control our weight during the Spring Festival reunion? Yang Aiming, chief physician of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said that healthy weight management should be achieved by "controlling the mouth and taking bold steps", and adhering to "choices and limits" in diet.
Vegetables can be eaten more, meat should prioritize high-quality protein such as fish and shrimp, and eat less fatty meat and fried foods. Snacks can be tasted, but a limit should be set to avoid total calorie accumulation. Yang Aiming suggests choosing coarse grains as the main food, and avoiding stimulating foods such as too cold, too hot, too spicy, and too salty as much as possible, avoiding overeating, and maintaining a relatively regular eating time.
How to determine if medical attention is needed if abdominal pain occurs after a dinner party? Yang Aiming suggests that common digestive disorders can be treated accordingly, but if the pain continues to worsen, radiates to the waist and back, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, bloating, fever, etc., one should be alert to acute pancreatitis, cholecystitis and other acute abdominal diseases, and seek medical attention immediately. It is not recommended to use painkillers to delay treatment.
Experts remind that people with gallstones, hyperlipidemia, long-term alcohol consumption, and obesity are high-risk groups for acute pancreatitis and cholecystitis. During holidays, it is important to control underlying diseases such as high blood lipids, avoid triggering factors, refrain from drinking alcohol, avoid eating excessively greasy food, and stop using chopsticks promptly if feeling bloated.
