There are still 5 stops, 4 stops...just wait for another 15 minutes, 14 minutes... In the Beijing subway car, Li Muzi, who was rushing to work without breakfast, stared straight at the route map, counting down silently in his heart, his forehead It was covered with fine beads of sweat.
Muzi Li's bile and stomach pain was very severe. Since there were no empty seats in the car and he was too embarrassed to bother others to give up his seat, Muzi Li could only keep encouraging himself to hold on. However, pain seemed to have the ability to prolong time. The journey that day became particularly long. She got off the bus halfway and decided to sit down on the platform and take it easy. After about 10 minutes, her health gradually improved.
In just 10 minutes, three more people sat on the chair next to Muzi Li. She looked up and observed that one of them was just like her, pressing his stomach with his hand, sweating on his forehead, and his face was pale. The passenger's abnormality quickly attracted the attention of the station conductor. "Did you not have breakfast?" the conductor asked. When the other party nodded, he quickly took out the candy from the bag and motioned for the passengers to eat it. The passenger ate the sweets and rested for a while. His health gradually improved and he left on his own.
"Several times, I suddenly felt flustered, out of breath, and had no energy. I couldn't stand." Song Ran, an office worker, went to the hospital for a checkup, but every time his indicators were normal. "It takes a while to walk from home to the subway station. I always walk in a hurry and my breath is uneven; maybe I didn't eat in the morning and have low blood sugar." Song Ran analyzed. Later, she insisted on eating breakfast. Even if time was tight, she would eat two bites of bread before going out.
Some people can recover after feeling unwell, while others are not so lucky. Yu Jiaqi, a college student majoring in Internet and New Media, almost fainted in the subway once. "First I started sweating on my forehead and felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. Then suddenly my vision went black and my body fell down uncontrollably." Yu Jiaqi recalled that fortunately, pedestrians and subway staff helped to hold him up when he fell to the ground. she. "They helped me to a chair and gave me chocolate and dates with walnuts. I ate it and rested for a while before I recovered."
Not just in the subway, hypoglycemia occurs in many settings, including hospitals. For example, blood drawing and other tests in the hospital require fasting, and if you are a little nervous, some people will experience symptoms of hypoglycemia.
Cai Jingjing, a nutritionist in charge of the Clinical Nutrition Department of Peking University People's Hospital, told reporters that for people with diabetes or those with prediabetes, insulinemia and other diseases, hypoglycemia may occur if they do not take medicines or eat on time. The weather is cold in winter, and the human body has a high demand for calories. The short days and long nights reduce the overall meal time, and people with diabetes are prone to hypoglycemia.
"Because the human body has reserves, it is rare for people to experience hypoglycemia in a non-disease state. If it does occur, it is mainly because of 'hungry'." Cai Jingjing said that "hungry" here has both subjective reasons and For example, skipping meals to lose weight; there are also objective reasons, such as time constraints and not taking time to eat. She further explained that after not eating for a whole night, the amount of sugar stored in the body decreases, and skipping breakfast the next day can easily cause hypoglycemia; and some people consume too much stored sugar due to working overtime or staying up late, and do not eat Hypoglycemia is more likely to occur after breakfast.
Rapid heart rate, breathing, palpitation, sweating, and even fainting are all symptoms of hypoglycemia. How to identify hypoglycemia? Cai Jingjing said that in the absence of underlying diseases, if you do not eat on time or have not eaten for a long time, the above situation will most likely result in hypoglycemia.
"The most important thing to prevent hypoglycemia is to eat." She suggested that when you are busy at work and really don't have time to eat, you should carry snacks with you to quickly replenish energy. "However, it is best to eat, and this kind of behavior of making do with snacks is not encouraged."
Cai Jingjing said: "Under normal circumstances, eating breakfast can help promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Foods containing protein can promote the improvement of human metabolism. If eaten at breakfast, it will be good for the metabolism of the day. At the same time, eating breakfast can Providing the body with the energy and sugar it needs will help improve work efficiency." If you don't eat on time for a long time, in addition to symptoms of hypoglycemia, it may also have a negative impact on the body's basal metabolism.
In addition, not eating on time for a long time may cause many other problems. Cai Jingjing gave an example. If the body's energy intake is low for a long time, malnutrition may occur; some people like to combine breakfast and lunch into one meal and only eat two meals a day. "In this case, it is likely to cause a one-time intake of energy." Higher, which can easily have a negative impact on metabolism and weight."
Yang Xiuli, who has retired, works in Beijing subway stations for four hours every day as a guide. She can quickly and almost accurately identify people with hypoglycemia. "People with hypoglycemia turn pale and break into cold sweats, and their symptoms are different from other diseases." She has a small bag that she carries with her, containing chocolates, candies, band-aids, etc. According to Sister Yang’s observation, the most common physical discomfort experienced by passengers is hypoglycemia. “Many young people do not eat breakfast and usually consume a lot of work, so this situation is particularly prone to happen.” She asked everyone to eat breakfast. If time is tight, Just bring some cookies or candies to help you if necessary.
(At the request of the interviewees, Li Muzi and Song Ran are pseudonyms)
China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily trainee reporter Li Danping reporter Liu Changrong Source: China Youth Daily