If you have poor digestion and feel tired every day, unlike before
Now is the time to take care of your body differently
Habits conquer age.

As I get closer to forty, I find myself feeling more and more like my body is different from before.
Your feeling was not wrong.
According to Stanford University neuroscientist Professor Tony Wiscorrey, people first begin to age rapidly at age 34.
In Oriental medicine, it is said that the full-scale aging of the five internal organs and six bowels begins from the age of forty.


At this time, the same management as in the past cannot prevent changes in the body.
Diet methods that worked until your 20s or early 30s no longer help you lose weight, and you can no longer digest the spicy foods you used to be able to eat, and you start to feel pain all over your body.
Unlike the past when you could stay up late and still feel energized the next day with a cup of coffee, there are days when you can't shake off the fatigue even after drinking three or four cups of coffee in a row.
If you are unable to reverse the changes in your body at this time, you will not only look older, but you will also suffer from various chronic pains and diseases.


Dr. Jeong-i Ahn, a Korean medicine doctor who has met with over 100,000 people over 30 years, from successful businessmen to ordinary housewives, realized that no matter how much money a patient has, if they do not realize the importance of health and do not make an effort, it is difficult for them to recover from illness.
In particular, women, who face numerous variables in life such as marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth due to the nature of the life cycle, are having a difficult time in the latter half of their lives if they do not develop the habit of taking care of themselves.

If your body is sending you different signals than before, such as feeling out of breath when climbing stairs or having trouble digesting flour or spicy foods, start working to get your body back on track.
Even if you're over 40, if you make an effort to maintain healthy lifestyle habits, your body won't get in the way of living the rest of your life the way you want.
Effort never betrays the body.

Most people who come to me say that they didn't realize the importance of health when they were young, but as they got older, health problems arose and their quality of life declined, making life very difficult.
It's a cliché to say that health determines quality of life, but nothing is more true.
If we want to spend the second half of our lives without regrets, rather than the second half with regrets, we must turn back the clock on our changed bodies now.
Now is the best time to take care of your health.

--- From "Entering, What's Different About People Who Look Young Even As They Age"

In Oriental medicine, the water, mucus, nutrients, and immune substances in the body are called 'Jin-Aek'.
It is said that as the body loses moisture due to aging, the mucus that stays in the cells decreases, causing the body to become dry and wrinkled.
Depletion of body fluids is a major factor that accelerates biological aging.
When the balance of essence, energy, and spirit is disrupted, the rate at which body fluids are depleted increases.

--- p.1 From “The moment you feel your body has changed from before”

It's not much different for single women or women living alone.
Most people are exhausted from their busy work lives, and even on their days off, they spend a lot of time lying around, constantly exposed to stimuli like YouTube and OTT. The WHO recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week for adults, but as of 2021, only 47.9 percent of Koreans are doing so.
This figure stands in stark contrast to the global average of 72 percent.
--- p.2 From “The turning point of health, take care of your forties”

While we might be reassured that ingesting microplastics poses no risk, the seriousness of the research findings reported so far from around the world is worrisome.
First, microplastics contain environmental hormones and harmful substances such as bisphenol A and phthalates.
These substances cause various hormonal disorders and adversely affect the development of reproductive organs.
In fact, the reason why various diseases caused by autonomic nervous system disorders have increased significantly over the past 10 to 20 years is likely related to environmental issues.

--- p.4 From “New Health Habits in the Climate Crisis Era”

In winter, there aren't many fruits, so it's easy to become deficient in vitamins, and when spring comes and it gets warmer, the body can't adapt quickly, so spring fever occurs.
In times like these, you can quickly overcome spring fever by supplementing your vitamins with spring vegetables that are rich in vitamins.
Sweet potatoes are rich in various vitamins, including vitamins A, B1, and C, which help prevent spring fever.
--- From "A seasonal meal for health, protect your body with spring vegetables"

From a traditional Korean medicine perspective, to delay aging, you should exercise as follows:
First, you need to move your whole body at the same time.
If there is a problem with blood circulation or lymphatic circulation, you become vulnerable not only to aging but also to metabolic diseases.
Second, low-intensity exercise that can be done for a long time is good.
Third, your muscle strength must improve.
The exercise that satisfies all of these conditions is ‘walking.’

--- p.8 From “What kind of exercise do people in their forties need?”

To restore a broken thermal energy system, the treatment is based on the basic principle of sublimation: lowering the heat that has risen to the upper limit and raising the cold that has sunk to the lower limit.
You also need to manage your overall lifestyle.
In particular, cold and hot water baths for the feet are a simple yet very effective method.
Alternating between immersing your hands and feet in hot and cold water five times for about three minutes each time, and stimulating your hands and feet alternately with hot and cold water, can help promote blood circulation and metabolic function.
If you have cold all over your body, you should alternate between cold and hot water, starting and ending with cold water.

--- p.9 From “Cold air goes up, hot air goes down”

A natural diet doesn't just mean a vegetarian diet.
It means consuming grains or plants as they grow.
When you consume grains and plants in their raw form, you avoid losing any of their nutrients and instead consume the phytochemicals they contain – the plant chemicals that plants produce to protect themselves from threats.
For example, eating brown rice that has been lightly polished and cooked with minimal processing is a natural diet.
It is natural to eat vegetables and fruits with the skin if possible.

--- p.10 From “Uncomfortable Meals Last a Long Time”

Long-term vitamin D deficiency also increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Vitamin D helps you sleep well by inducing the secretion of melatonin, a sleep hormone, in the brain.
It also prevents the buildup of amyloid beta and tau proteins, which cause neurodegeneration in the brain.
Vitamin D levels in the body are normal at 30 nanograms per milliliter or more, but the average vitamin D level in South Korea is 16.1 nanograms per milliliter, which is a dangerous level.

--- p.13 From “The Habit of Turning Back the Clock of the Mind”

In modern society, where we live in a constant state of tension, there are many cases where the sympathetic nervous system becomes overactive due to excessive stress, causing problems in the body and mind.
In particular, to get a good night's sleep, you need to fundamentally activate the parasympathetic nervous system, and to do this, you need to first cleanse your emotions.
When you are stressed, cortisol is secreted directly from the adrenal cortex, causing you to feel emotions such as worry, anxiety, nervousness, and anger.
Unresolved emotional residue that remains unconsciously stimulates the sympathetic nerves and causes illness.

--- p.14 From “You Must Live Slowly After Forty”

You've probably heard of the neurotransmitter receptor called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which calms nerve activity. GABA promotes brain metabolism, helping to enhance concentration and memory, and prevents stress signals like anxiety, depression, and anger from reaching the brain.
When symptoms persist due to increased sympathetic nervous system activity and prolonged brain arousal, resulting in poor sleep quality, eating foods containing GABA can increase energy and vitality, alleviate tension and anxiety, and improve sleep quality. GABA is abundant in brown rice (with the germ still intact), soybean paste, kimchi, potatoes, eggplant, and pumpkin.

--- p.15 From “Looking Back at Myself at a Turning Point in Life”