In 2020, a new crown pneumonia epidemic has changed people's lifestyles and also affected people's understanding of the concept of healthy living. What kind of living method should we choose? This is a topic we have been thinking about and pursuing in the process of experiencing the epidemic. To live, and to live happily and healthily, has become the biggest gain after this life and death test.
Simply put, Lohas is to live happily, not only in the pursuit of physical health, but also in the pursuit of spiritual happiness. It is a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. In the process of human development, people gradually appear problems such as health decline, spiritual emptiness, estranged relationship, and shortage of resources, and the concept of Lohas came into being. Although Lohas is a whole set of concepts imported from the West, as a healthy concept, a natural, healthy, and harmonious life attitude close to the origin of life, it conforms to the values of the Chinese to some extent.
Nowadays, in the context of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, how can we become a Lohas clan?
Happy heart
The sudden epidemic has made people pay more attention to their own health literacy, environmental protection, and are more willing to cultivate a positive mental state. Therefore, learning the knowledge of health science, establishing the concept of healthy life, developing good living habits, maintaining physical health, working efficiently and mentally happy are the courses we urgently need to make up.
The LOHAS philosophy advocates a positive and optimistic life, advocating free creation, and knowing how to love others while loving oneself; being close to nature, protecting the surrounding environment, supporting green eating and simple consumption, etc. Advocating the values of the unity of nature and man and the balanced development of body, mind, and mind, it warns modern people to slow down the pace of life, reduce impetuous actions, and experience a simple, peaceful, slow life.
Does emotion affect a person's immunity? The answer is yes. Davidson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his colleagues found that the activity of the prefrontal cortex of the brain is significantly related to human emotions. The active state of the prefrontal cortex of the brain is closely related to human immunity. During the influenza epidemic, scientists’ research found that the more negative a person’s emotions are, the more active the right side of their prefrontal cortex; the more positive a person’s emotions are, the more active the left side of their prefrontal cortex. Those who are more active on the left side of the prefrontal cortex than on the right, or are more optimistic, have higher levels of influenza virus antibodies in their bodies than those who are highly active or negative in the right side of the prefrontal cortex. Therefore, as an individual, maintaining a positive and optimistic mood is more than just coping.
The correct attitude towards the epidemic is also an important cornerstone of a healthy life.
Good personality qualities such as sincerity, enthusiasm, and cheerfulness are the wealth of a person's life. It prompts us to evaluate ourselves objectively and face all the challenges of life optimistically and bravely. At the same time, when the external conditions are not very friendly, we should also learn to manage emotions, know how to vent bad emotions and express benign emotions.
Lohas Food
The Lohas family advocates green and healthy diet, and advocates cooking food at home as much as possible; when dining out, priority is given to slow restaurants and vegetarian restaurants; avoiding high-salt, high-oil, and high-sugar foods, choose light meals with a good combination of meat and vegetables; consciously Use public chopsticks and public spoons, to achieve dedicated chopsticks, multi-person public chopsticks at home, family meals or group meals, to achieve one dish, one serving, one soup and one spoon.
Wash your hands carefully before and after meals, eat quietly, without affecting others; use plastic bags or disposable chopsticks less or less, and bring your own non-disposable chopsticks to eat.
Chinese culture determines the way we eat. We like gatherings and lively. We often meet up with friends, drink wine, and chat and laugh. From an emotional point of view, relatives and friends can connect at the dinner table, and business cooperation can be achieved in one fell swoop at the dinner table. But from the perspective of food safety, everyone in the audience used their chopsticks to sandwich the same dish, and the saliva and bacteria crossed each other, and the saliva sputtered in the laughter and laughter, creating an opportunity for infectious diseases to "make waves".
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has two sides. People are beginning to realize the dangers of eating wild animals, and many families are paying more and more attention to choosing fresh ingredients and accepting Lohas' dietary attitude more and more. Cooked food should be separated from raw and cooked. Fruits and vegetables eaten raw should be cleaned or eaten after peeling. Meat ingredients should be heated thoroughly to kill bacteria in the food as much as possible. More importantly, food waste is also decreasing, and more people are beginning to reflect on the relationship between humans, food and the environment, and realize that food is hard-won.
Lohas wear
Healthy dressing is an important part of a healthy life. In terms of dressing, is cleanliness and comfort important, or fashion and standing? Whether you like it or not, it is not recommended to choose clothing made of chemical fiber, polyester and other fabrics. The LOHAS family will choose natural cotton, linen and other fabrics.
Clothes should be loose and appropriate. Tight clothing is not good for your health. For example, a tight shirt neckline or a tight tie will affect the normal activities of the cervical spine and easily cause cervical spondylosis. It is more likely that the brain and eyes will not be adequately supplied with blood to induce carotid sinus syndrome. Too tight stockings will cause venous blood to stagnate near the ankles, which will increase the burden on the heart, which may lead to heart disease over time. In addition, clothing that is too tight may promote anorexia and be harmful to health.
The concept of Lohas advocates renunciation, understanding oneself by organizing things, organizing the chaos in the heart, and making life more comfortable.
Lohas Home
Home is a place where people can relax. The Lohas philosophy advocates that health and comfort should be emphasized in the layout, display and selection of household items at home. In terms of home furnishings, natural materials are chosen for decoration materials, natural and comfortable materials are chosen for sofas and bedding, with fresh and generous colors, and overall simplicity and fashion. The rooms often open windows to ventilate, allowing the home to have an intimate contact with nature. When the doors and windows are closed, there will be a lot of carbon dioxide in the air at home, and the oxygen concentration will gradually decrease.
Frequent opening of windows to maintain air circulation is conducive to exhausting the dirty air in the room and ensuring sufficient oxygen supply. In a confined environment, air cannot circulate, and germs multiply and multiply, making people infected and sick. Frequent opening of windows for ventilation can replace the turbid air in the room, keep the air fresh, and make the human body feel refreshed. Sunlight and ultraviolet rays in the air can effectively kill germs and purify indoor air. Every day from 9 am to 11 am and from 2 pm to 4 pm, the air quality is the best. It is most suitable to open windows for ventilation, and the time is better to be no less than half an hour. In addition, it is also necessary to turn on the range hood when cooking to remove harmful indoor gases in time.
Families with conditions can plant some functional plants indoors, such as aloe vera and spider plant, which can help absorb formaldehyde. Wisteria is highly resistant to sulfur dioxide, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, as well as to chromium. Citrus and rosemary can keep indoor air humidity in a better condition. Big leaf and water-loving plants such as radix sylvestris can help maintain indoor air humidity.
Lohas
The spread of the new crown pneumonia virus is closely related to the living environment and lifestyle of human beings. This new crown pneumonia epidemic has made us realize that humans must form a civilized, healthy, and green lifestyle through self-restraint and self-discipline, in order to protect themselves, improve the quality of life, and cut off the channels and channels of virus transmission. .
Environmental protection is not a matter of overnight, but a behavior that everyone needs to care about at all times. The current task of protecting the environment is to restore the ecology and improve the damaged environment. The long-term significance is to promote the coordinated development of mankind and the environment, so that mankind can continue to live on the earth. In daily life, try to choose green travel and use public transportation tools. You can also do some environmental protection activities, such as charity running, mountain climbing and picking up garbage.
During the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the movement of people was the first to be restricted. So, the epidemic has not disappeared soon. Many people are asking: "Can we still travel to the place we have longed for?" Poetry and the distance will never be absent. Even during the epidemic, the young people who were forced to stay at home have improved their cooking skills. As the cooking skills change, there is also time to communicate with family members. In the circle of friends, what they show off is not a meal, but their understanding of the world, and at the same time the spirit of life of optimistic and happy life.
What exactly is Lohas? Some people say that simple behavior, noble ambition, strong body, harmonious environment, is happy life. Perhaps after the epidemic gradually disappeared, we all learned the true wisdom of life.
