Born in 1897 in Shanghai, and passed away in 2003 in the United States at the age of 106, Ms. Meiling is an important witness to modern and contemporary Chinese history. Although she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 40, she lived to be 106 years old thanks to the secrets of preserving her beauty and health with science.
Before her death, My Linh also said many times: “A person’s life and death are determined by nature, and the health of the body is largely related to whether the diet is reasonable or not.” Accordingly, to help the body recover quickly and stay healthy, she often maintains the following healthy eating habits:
Vegetables that prevent 6 types of cancer
In the health and beauty care secrets that Ms. Tong shared, she emphasized eating celery. This is a food that contains a lot of flavonoids, a biological activity that has the effect of fighting free radicals in the body and destroying cancer cells. In addition, the polyacetylenes compound in celery has the effect of strengthening the immune system, reducing the proliferation of mutated cells and causing the formation of tumors. According to research, celery can help the body fight against 6 most common cancers: breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, pancreatic cancer and leukemia. In addition, experts also believe that adding them to the diet not only helps reduce the risk of cancer but also brings many health benefits as follows:
– Nourishing blood: Celery contains high iron content, can supplement the amount of iron lost during women’s menstruation, helps eyes bright, hair black and shiny, avoids the situation pale skin, rough skin, dark skin.
– Cooling and detoxifying: Celery is good for the liver, people who are prone to mouth sores, shortness of breath, discomfort, regularly eating celery can help cool, detoxify, and nourish the body.
– Prevent psoriasis: Celery contains psoralen, which can prevent psoriasis.
– Good for the stomach: Celery is a food rich in fiber, which can speed up the digestion and excretion process in the stomach, then through the diuretic function of celery, toxins will be excreted through urine, reducing pressure on the stomach and protecting the stomach.
3 TYPES OF WATER
1. FILTERED WATER
After entering menopause, My Linh pays more attention to detoxifying her body using different methods, including the habit of drinking filtered water in the morning.
Every morning when she wakes up, she often drinks a lot of filtered water, then walks a lot to eliminate the toxic substances accumulated in her body through urine and sweat. Thanks to that, her skin is always detoxified, becoming radiant and shiny despite her old age. In addition, drinking water before meals will also help women increase metabolism, thereby the digestive system will process food smoothly and quickly, limiting the risk of fat accumulation.
2. Drinking green tea
Drinking green tea is one of the beauty and longevity secrets of Ms. Tong My Linh. She often asks the staff to help her make enough green tea for the whole day. Mrs. Tung values green tea leaves because of their health benefits: helping to prevent cancer, regulating the spirit when in a good mood, and reducing the risk of blood vessels in the brain being blocked or ruptured. Polyphenol in green tea is a water-soluble substance, has strong antioxidant and physiological activity, not only anti-aging, skin care can reduce the loss of ultraviolet radiation on the skin, for radiation diseases, cancer, also has a very good effect.
3. Lemon juice
Tung My Linh started drinking lemon juice at the age of 40 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She believes that lemon can nourish the skin, regulate the breath, detoxify, soften blood vessels and clean the stomach, so she often drinks lemon juice for breakfast. This drink helps to detoxify, purify the intestines and improve acidity in the body. That’s why, at the age of 70, My Linh is still very beautiful and healthy. In 2001, she turned 104 years old but her skin was still rosy and had few wrinkles. When asked by American doctors about her beauty secrets, Ms. Tung did not hesitate to answer that she often drank lemon juice to maintain her beauty. At the age of 106, she passed away naturally, not at all due to cancer.