“Indians do not have high blood pressure because they often eat old corn”, “black fungus can replace aspirin” …… The widely circulated online “health scriptures The “health scriptures” that are widely circulated on the Internet always promote several healthy foods and point out that if you eat more of a certain food, you can prevent a certain corresponding disease. But do these foods really have such a miraculous effect? In fact, there is no panacea for any disease, the key to maintaining a healthy body is good eating habits: omnivorous food but not too much. Legend 1: Old corn contains the most lecithin. Old corn is known internationally as the “golden crop”. Indians do not have high blood pressure, no arteriosclerosis, is the result of eating old corn. Old corn contains a lot of lecithin, linoleic acid, grain alcohol, vitamin E. Now many people eat lecithin in the hope that no atherosclerosis. Expert opinion: corn is crude fiber, whether old corn or young corn, are very good cereal. Especially in the context of the current over-refined food of urban people, it is necessary to promote the eating of corn. Legend 2: Pumpkin and bitter melon prevent diabetes. Pumpkin can stimulate cells to produce insulin. People who eat pumpkin regularly are less likely to get diabetes. Although bitter melon is bitter, it secretes insulin, so people who eat bitter melon regularly are also less likely to get diabetes. Expert opinion: The causes of diabetes include genetic predisposition and long-term lifestyle, etc. It is a comprehensive metabolic disease, and it is impossible for just one or two foods to influence its onset. Pumpkin is good for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, but pumpkin itself is also high in carbohydrates, if you want to eat, you have to reduce the intake of rice accordingly. Legend 3: Red wine is anti-aging. Red wine can lower blood pressure and blood lipids. The skin of red grapes contains “reverse alcohol”, which can be anti-aging, antioxidant, often drink red wine can prevent heart disease. Expert opinion: Grape seeds and grape skins do have anti-oxidant and anti-aging effects. Drinking wine is good for the body. However, you should not drink too much and it depends on the person. Different wines have different effects. Red wine on softening blood vessels, lowering blood lipids and blood pressure has a certain effect, but in the blood warm stomach, it is not as good as yellow wine. Legend 4: buckwheat “three down”, potatoes “three absorption”. Modern people more “three high”, buckwheat has “three down” function, lower blood pressure, lower blood lipids, lower blood sugar. In addition, sweet potatoes, yams, potatoes and other “three absorption”: absorption of water, lubricating the intestines, not colon cancer; absorption of fat and sugar, not diabetes; absorption of toxins, gastrointestinal inflammation does not occur. Expert opinion: buckwheat, potatoes and oats and other coarse grains are rich in fiber, occupy a large position in the gastrointestinal tract, stay a long time, not only easy to feel full, but also conducive to clean the intestinal tract and eliminate toxins. However, whether to get gastrointestinal cancer, does not depend entirely on whether to eat buckwheat. Legend 5: millet can hypnotize. “Compendium of Materia Medica” has long said that millet can remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and calm the mind. Now many people do not sleep well, get depression, neurosis, eat Valium, or drink more millet porridge it. Expert opinion: More than two thousand years ago, the classic work of Chinese medicine “Huangdi Neijing” contains the Panicum soup, is a classic formula for the treatment of insomnia by doctors of all generations. The “Panicum” is millet, which has the effect of calming the stomach and calming the mind. You can take 9-15 grams of millet, 5 grams of Panax notoginseng, decoction, can cure insomnia, for “stomach and restlessness” spleen and stomach insomnia people, but the effect of insomnia caused by heart and liver fire is not good. Legend 6: Black fungus can replace aspirin. Although myocardial infarction can not be cured, but can be prevented. Eating aspirin can make the blood not sticky and prevent myocardial infarction, but the side effect is that it can easily lead to bleeding from the fundus. Advise people not to take aspirin and eat more black fungus too. Expert opinion: Black fungus is undoubtedly a healthy food, which is good for regulating blood lipids and lowering blood viscosity, and its regular consumption is helpful for preventing cardiovascular diseases, and it is also rich in minerals. However, aspirin is a basic drug for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cannot be replaced by black fungus. Moreover, whether or not fundus bleeding is related to each person’s constitution and other medications, a professional doctor needs to be consulted. Legend 7: Milk is not as good as soy milk. Milk contains lactose, and 70% of yellow Asians do not absorb lactose. Soy milk contains oligosaccharides, which can be 100% absorbed, and it also contains potassium, calcium and magnesium, with more calcium than milk. There are no anti-cancer substances in milk, while there are 5 anti-cancer substances in soy milk, the most suitable for our yellow people to drink is soy milk. Expert opinion: milk contains the closest amino acids, whey protein and human needs. Also, the calcium in milk far exceeds that of soy milk. But soy milk also has its advantages, soy milk in the soybean flavonoids have estrogen-like effects, beneficial to menopausal women, conducive to women’s endocrine adjustment. In addition, soy milk is lower in calories than milk, which helps with weight loss and slimming. Soybean milk and milk are very nutritious food, the key is to choose the right food according to different physique, infants can not drink soybean milk, milk to provide adequate nutrition; gastrointestinal digestive function is not good for milk, soybean milk should likewise drink less; there are people who eat soybean products will produce flatulence, also should not drink more soybean milk.