Chapter 2 let us have health

Qiu Haibo (Professor and Chief Physician of Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University School of Medicine, Vice Chairman of Chinese Medical Association Critical Care Medicine Branch, Expert in Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine) The book before us (You: The Owners Manual), as far as I know, is the number one health book selling in the United States and Europe, with millions of copies sold.I admire my two internationally renowned American colleagues, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz, who have written such a personal health management manual with forward-looking medical knowledge and advanced systems biology concepts.Yilin Publishing House introduced it in time and asked me to review the Chinese translation.As a doctor, I am very happy to benefit a lot from this work, and I am even more glad that this book has given Chinese readers a good teacher and helpful friend who cares about health.

I believe that people will welcome this good teacher and helpful friend, because in today's fast-paced life and high-efficiency work, health issues are a common topic that everyone cares about.Who can neglect their own physical health?I am afraid that no one will admit that they are such a person verbally, but I have seen in my work that there are many people who actually ignore or even ignore their own health.They often damage their own health due to lack of scientific health and physiological knowledge and correct personal health concepts.Therefore, I sincerely hope that everyone can effectively care for themselves, persevere in health care, and truly prevent problems before they happen.This should have been a good guide to our road to good health and a youthful biological age.

Speaking of biological age, I think this is an important proposition of this book, which is the real age of the body (RealAge) that the author repeatedly mentioned.Health is not an abstract thing, it should be a reflection of the existence and operation of human organs and systems.Therefore, your calendar age and physical age are not necessarily in sync.Although the age is increasing, the body organs are still working young and powerfully, which is great.In fact, this concept has existed in China for a long time. We often say "you will be strong when you are old" and "decline before you get old" to express this difference in physical condition and age.This book is based on modern medical theory and compatible with the achievements of traditional oriental medicine, so that we can not only know what our body is but also know why; we can not only understand maintenance but also exercise.Doesn't this just help us "live and grow old" now or in the future?

This book also puts forward a unique concept of "body quotient", that is, "body quotient" BQ.Body quotient is actually the comparative relationship between biological age and calendar age.We are already familiar with IQ and EQ, which refer to people's intellectual development and emotional and psychological conditions, while BQ should reflect the real health of the human body.Perhaps IQ and EQ are not under our own control, but we have to care about "body quotient" because it can be controlled and managed by ourselves.This should be another useful advice this manual gives us.

Among Ru Lin's health books, this book is particularly popular, and I think it is inseparable from its writing style.Rigorous and serious medical principles are narrated and expressed in such humorous language and pictures, which makes people easily understand and smile. This is really enjoyable reading.What's more, the author also lists practical and fashionable healthy recipes that make people eager to try. Read, practice, I believe that everyone will have a healthy and young body.