Six major misunderstandings make you feel empty all your life

You may think that taking health products and supplements will definitely be good for your fitness, but you may not realize that if you don’t do it right, your body will become weaker and weaker! The theory of “winter tonic” is a rich cultural heritage passed down by Chinese medicine based on thousands of years of experience. It is also one of China’s traditional fitness and health care methods and has its scientific theoretical basis. However, you must avoid some misunderstandings about supplementing the body.

Misconception 1: Blindly believe in advertisements

In advertisements, claims of the "magical", "effective" and "cure-all" effects of various supplements are often exaggerated.

Health supplements are different from food and medicine. In foreign countries, this type of health care product is called "functional food". It is neither effective for a certain disease nor can it make you stronger based on your existing health. It can only restore your sub-healthy state to normal healthy state.

Myth 2: Supplementing is equivalent to health care

Only people with health problems need to take supplements. People who are well-nourished and free of illness and pain do not need to take tonics. This is like mending a torn piece of clothing. Clothes that are not torn, not short, not torn, and have no holes in them do not need to be mended. In the past, many long-lived people lived in deep mountains and forests, ate simple meals, and still remained strong and healthy. On the other hand, from the time when Qin Shihuang unified China to the Qing Dynasty, there were many short-lived emperors who loved to take tonic food.

The three misunderstandings of not taking tonic medicine

Even if you are weak, you cannot blindly take supplements. There are many kinds of physical weakness, and for each kind of deficiency, there are targeted tonic prescriptions and medicines. If they are not suitable for the condition, not only will the tonics be ineffective, but sometimes they may even have side effects.

The older generation of Chinese medicine practitioners are very rigorous in their use of medicine. Even if they use ready-made tonic medicines or ointments, they must look at the prescription ingredients and then use them based on syndrome differentiation. Therefore, how to nourish and regulate according to each person's physical constitution and functional condition, and which type of supplements is more suitable and more effective, should be done under the diagnosis and guidance of a doctor.

Myth 4: Using supplements to replace three meals a day

The human body's intake of nutrition mainly depends on three meals a day, and should never rely solely on nutritional supplements. The "Huangdi Neijing" clearly points out that supplements can only be used to regulate a weak physique, and the body's nutritional supply must give way to the five grains, five fruits, five animals, five vegetables and other foods necessary for daily life. Modern nutrition science proves that only a balanced diet three times a day can ensure your nutrition is balanced.

Myth 5: Using supplements instead of exercise

Medical scientists advise people: "Life requires movement. Only with necessary physical exercise can nutritional supplements play a better role."

Because whether it is normal nutrition intake or the absorption and utilization of nutritional supplements, it must rely on the human body's sound digestion, absorption and utilization functions. Some people lack exercise, have weak constitutions, poor gastrointestinal digestion functions, and low metabolic utilization rates. They are unable to digest and absorb nutritional supplements well, and may even experience side effects or counteractions due to weak constitutions or improper supplements.

Myth 6: The more expensive the supplement, the more effective it is

Most high-priced supplements are made with some expensive Chinese medicinal materials, such as tortoise shell, turtle shell, saffron, cordyceps, etc. However, without targeted medication, there will generally be no special effects. Besides, how many ounces of turtle shell can there be in a tonic? Therefore, the price of a medicine does not completely represent the quality of its efficacy.