Life in the past is better than it is now? Experts reveal that 5 health principles of the last century can still be maintained

A recent nationwide survey on the value of the United States shows that nearly half of visitors believed that life in the 1950s was actually better than it is now.

The current public health situation is obviously better than 70 years ago, and people live longer by early and accurate diagnosis brought by preventive health care, advanced technology and new medicines; in addition, Josephine Connolly-Schoonen, associate clinical professor and executive director of the Nutrition Department of Stony Brook Medicine, said that today's fruits and vegetables in supermarkets are richer than before, and people pay more attention to food and use less agricultural medicine.

However, the incidence of obesity and diabetes in the United States is still higher than before. Connoly Sculning said that people can look back at the 1950s, when five good health behaviors were good for health, and now they can be easily done in life.

1. Cooking at home

The family comedy "Leave it to Beaver" (Leave it to Beaver) shows the happy family appearance in the 1950s. Every family planted ingredients in the backyard garden, and the children watched their parents prepare the dishes, then sat around the dining table. Only when they were in a special venue, they bought restaurant food. The situation is now changing greatly. The average monthly meal in the United States is nearly five times, and orders and delivers three times a month. I don’t know the quality of the restaurant when I eat outside.

2. Eat less super-processed foods

You can see where super-processed foods are, such as salt crispy puffs, prawns, soda, etc. account for about 60% of the United States' diet; Connoli Sculning believes that super-processed food style began in the 1970s, when sugar prices were high, the government gave agricultural supplements, and high fructose corn sugar was visible. Food operators developed a variety of low-cost synthetic ingredients, and a large number of super-processed foods appeared in the 1980s and 1990s.

3. Diet reduction

Currently, Hanburg size is about three times that of the 1950s, increasing from an average of 3.9 ounces to 12 ounces, and the standard size of potato bars has more than doubled, from 2.4 ounces to 6.7 ounces. Coca-Cola appeared in 1955 with 6.5-ounce glass jars, and the most common packaging today are 12-ounce aluminium jars and 20-ounce plastic bottles.

Connorli-Sculning believes that the amount of food in the short term will not decrease.

4. Reduce the time to keep a screen staring

In the past, children would go out to play and ride bicycles when they had time, which was more dynamic than children today. Now electronic equipment has greatly changed people's habit of leisure games and has also hindered their sleep mode. The blue light on the smart phone screen will cause the body to mistakenly think it is during the day, which will disrupt the human body's natural sleep cycle. Deficiency of sleep will increase the level of cortical quality, which will lead to weight gain and obesity.

5. Work more often

In 1960, nearly half of American private enterprises required moderate labor, and now it has dropped to less than 20%.

Connorley-Sculning said that before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, people went to the office to work and at least got up to have a meeting. Now most of them are virtual online meetings, and most of them do not need to get up.

Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan