Ben Wang reported on November 8th that a recent health report in the Japanese medical community pointed out that appetite is very much related to the size of shoes. If you feel that your appetite is not good, it is best to check if your shoes fit well. The director of Department of Gastroenterology of Tianjin Affiliated Hospital of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Li Huiying, said that there is a certain truth in this statement. Chinese medicine believes that the foot is the root of the human body, and the meridians collected on the foot directly affect the nerve response of the internal organs. When the shoes are not fit, the feet become uncomfortable, Loss of appetite, affect gastrointestinal function.
Li Huiyi explained that the appetite is based on conditioned reflexes. In addition to physiological factors, psychological factors can also affect the appetite through the autonomic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract, so any discomfort in the body and spirit can cause changes in appetite. The foot is composed of bones, muscles, tendons, blood vessels, nerves, etc. It contains 66 points of 6 meridians, 4 of which are related to dietary digestion and absorption, and have multiple nerve reaction points connected to internal organs. High-heeled shoes, thin shoes, or shoes with relatively hard soles can cause footpads and soles to have pain for a long time. These reactions can cause nervousness and even sadness and depression in people through nerve conduction. Excessive emotions can make the sympathetic nervous system more excited. In order to suppress the secretion of digestive glands, leading to loss of appetite or disappear. In pain, it also causes an increase in the secretion of neurotransmitter serotonin in the human body, affecting gastrointestinal motility, and greatly reducing appetite through the neural biochemical mechanisms of feeding. In addition, when the shoe squeezes the foot, the blood circulation of the foot is not smooth, which in turn stimulates the hypothalamic lateral area of ​​the feeding center, and the person will feel a loss of appetite or even anorexia. Therefore, she suggested that people, especially children, should not wear shoes that are too small, too tight or too high, so as not to impede the blood circulation and metabolism of the entire body and affect growth and development.