According to a group of survey data released by the Beijing CDC, people over 40 years old in Beijing can live in a healthy state for 18 years, and then spend the next 20 years in a state of illness or disability. Through analysis, the investigators found that among all the factors affecting the healthy life span, exercise is the primary reason for delaying the age of living with diseases, followed by healthy mentality. This has long been the consensus of the medical community all over the world. As early as the 1990s, the World Health Organization proposed the concept of “four cornerstones of health”. Among them, reasonable exercise and balanced mentality are called “the cheapest health medicine”.
“It is not an exaggeration to say that exercise and a good mentality are better than all medicines.” Professor Hong Zhaoguang, a famous Chinese health education expert and chairman of the cardiovascular disease Committee of the China geriatric health association, said that more than 2500 years ago, people had recognized the benefits of exercise. There are three famous sayings carved on the rock wall of Mount elados in ancient Greece: if you want to be strong, run! If you want to be fit, run! If you want to be smart, run! “Dr. Paul white, the founder of the American College of Cardiology and the father of Cardiology, was a health care doctor of several presidents. In the 1920s, he proposed that ‘walking is the best recovery’. When he came to Beijing in his 80s, he lived on the 12th floor of the hotel. He never took the elevator up and down every day, but climbed the stairs, so he was refreshed and energetic every day!” Hong Zhaoguang said. Professor Hu Dayi, a famous cardiologist in China, also proposed that “exercise is better than good medicine”. Because of this, exercise has been written into the prescription by doctors all over the world.
As early as the 1950s, John Schindler, a well-known psychological consultant in the United States, compared emotions to “good health medicine” and pointed out that “illness is caused by the heart” – when a person has negative emotions, the nervous system, muscles, joints, glands, etc. of the body will react and eventually destroy health. Hong Zhaoguang agrees with this very much. He tells a story: an American old man in his sixties was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer, and the doctor told him that he could live for six months at most. So he made himself an urn and took it to travel with his wife. In more than three months, they have visited almost all famous scenic spots in the United States. The old man was in a happy mood and his appetite increased greatly. Six months later, the old man’s body became stronger. “It can be said that half of health is mental health, and half of disease is mental illness.” Hong Zhaoguang concluded.
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