What kind of habits do you have after eating? Do you know that the habit you were doing without realizing it could lead to a disease that you didn't have? There are 5 post-meal habits that must be avoided that ruin your health. 1. Brushing teeth Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash If you brush your teeth right after eating, the enamel layer coated on your teeth will come off. This enamel layer plays such an important role as an armor of the teeth. If the enamel layer disappears, your teeth will soon rot. Especially, it is more dangerous to brush your teeth after eating acidic foods or drinks such as orange juice, strawberries, blueberries, dry fruits, coffee, and wine. Therefore, it is recommended to gargle only with water after meals and brush your teeth after 1 hour. 2. Coffee and green tea Photo by Maria Tyutina, Source: Pexels If you drink coffee and green tea right after you eat, you can't absorb iron from beans, green vegetables, and nuts. Tannins in coffee and green tea...
Heart disease is the main cause of death, accounting for one-third of the world's deaths in 2019. China had the largest number of heart disease deaths last year, followed by India, Russia, the United States, and Indonesia. France, Peru, and Japan had six times lower mortality rates than in 1990, and the lowest in the world. The U.S. health information website WebMD explained the world's No.1 death rate for heart disease. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The number of heart disease patients nearly doubled from 270 million in 1990 to 520 million in 2019, and the number of deaths increased from 12.1 million to 18.6 million. Most deaths from heart disease in 2019 were ischemic heart disease and stroke, which increased steadily from 1990. Last year, 9.6 million men and 8.9 million women died of heart disease, and more than 6 million of them were aged 30 to 70. The study was published in the U.S. Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular disease, especially ischemic heart...