The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pelosi, came to visit in a whirlwind. During the TV news broadcast, she was seen walking off the plane in a full pink suit and trousers, and high heels. The next day, she appeared in the Legislative Yuan early in the morning, in good spirits and physical strength. At the age of 82, she still has such physical strength. She once said that she was trained by 5 children, so she only needs a few hours of sleep every day.
Pelosi arrived in Singapore in the early hours of 8/1 and started her Asian visit without adjusting the time difference. On 8/2, she transferred to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a visit. After staying for a few hours, she came to Taiwan at nearly 11 pm. I called the Legislative Yuan early, and then I went to the Presidential Palace to meet with the President and hold a press conference. How does the 82-year-old maintain such amazing physical strength? In fact, although Pelosi came from a political family, she was only a mother of five children before she ran for the House of Representatives at the age of 47.
▲ US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (pictured, front row, second from left) visited Taiwan and arrived at Songshan Airport at 10:44 pm on August 2, and was picked up by Foreign Minister Wu Zhaoxie and AIT Taipei Director Sun Xiaoya.
Accompany 5 children to grow up and raise super physical strength
Pelosi said that raising five children can only be a “short-sleep” mother who is busy preparing three meals for her family every day, taking the children to and from school, and fighting with the children’s education. In addition to this, she has to find time to volunteer for the Democratic Party, hold events and raise funds for political families. Pelosi once said that it was the most difficult thing to grow up with five children, and her parenting career gave her a lot of exercise and inspiration, including self-management, time use, proper division of labor, and a sense of responsibility.
Loves to play crosswords, walk fast, eat dark chocolate ice cream
She is a notorious workaholic, and her subordinates have to wait around the clock to answer her calls and write down tasks. And she slept very little, getting up at 4 or 5 in the morning and working all the way until late at night. When others drink coffee for breakfast and refreshment, Pelosi eats only chocolate ice cream and lemonade, plays newspaper crosswords every day, and walks 5 kilometers briskly, weather permitting.
Physician-certified brisk walking exercise suitable for middle-aged and elderly people
“Brisk walking is very good,” said Huang Guojin, deputy director of the Hsinchu National Taiwan University Branch of the National Taiwan University School of Medicine Hospital. Compared with ordinary walking, brisk walking can help prevent and improve osteoporosis, sarcopenia and cardiovascular diseases. And brisk walking can burn calories, and it is a good exercise for people with diabetes. He said that many elderly people are lonely and depressed, and they can see other friends while walking quickly, which can help improve their mood and prevent loneliness.
Huang Guojin said that some people think that running can consume more calories, and the exercise intensity is enough. However, when running, people will jump, which is easy to cause discomfort for people with knee joint degeneration. When walking fast, enough gravity is generated on the joints without jumping and injury, which is more suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.
The heart rate must reach the effective exercise intensity to count
So many old gentlemen and old ladies often walk and chat together, is that okay? Huang Guojin reminded that walking slowly. Although walking for a long time helps to consume excess calories, it does not help to strengthen bone density or muscle strength, nor can it strengthen cardiopulmonary function. It is recommended to achieve effective exercise, that is, the heart rate is 220 minus the age, and then multiplied by 0.8. For Pelosi’s 82-year-old, the heartbeat reaches 110 during exercise, which is a good exercise.
However, Pelosi only eats dark chocolate ice cream for breakfast every day. Huang Guojin said that dark chocolate contains antioxidants, flavonoids and polyphenols, which is a good anti-inflammatory food, but ice cream is high in saturated fatty acids, so it is recommended to eat dark chocolate. Chocolate is fine. As for Pelosi, who is 82 years old and can still walk around in high heels, Huang Guojin said that high heels may not be good for joints. It is okay to wear them occasionally when maintaining international etiquette. Usually, it is better to wear flat shoes.
Innate genes are good and acquired maintenance is very important
Li Longteng, president of Renji Hospital and chairman of the Gerontology and Geriatrics Society, believes that Pelosi looks like 4 or 50 years old at 82, mainly because her genes are good, she has no cancer or major diseases at the age of 82, plus the day after tomorrow maintenance to maintain such a good physical fitness. He suggested that people over the age of 70 cannot run, and it is also healthy to change to brisk walking.
Li Longteng himself also walks briskly every day. He said that he walked briskly to the school playground near his home, and when he felt short of breath, he walked briskly and slowed down. He has an old patient of the chairman’s wife, who is 92 years old this year. She used to swim for 3 or 4 hours a day, but now she walks briskly under the residential building for 4 to 50 minutes every day.
If you want to live a long and healthy life, don’t swallow pills
He reminded everyone to eat “healthy food” and not “healthy food”. Recently, it has been found that many patients facing kidney dialysis have the habit of incorrectly swallowing health food. Li Longteng said that Taiwan has the best health insurance, but the proportion of people undergoing dialysis is the highest in the world. It has nothing to do with swallowing unknown health food. He reminds us to eat natural food to maintain health, rather than swallowing health food pills. Better to eat fruits and vegetables.
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◎ Image source / reprinted fromPelosi IG‧Provided by the Presidential Palace
◎ Consultant / Dr. Huang Guojin and Dr. Li Longteng
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