“Health” threats to the lack of standardized health of the elderly
November 28, 2010
“health” threats to the lack of standardized health of the elderly
recent years, the “health” craze “after another.” For a time, a wide variety of health doctrines and all kinds of health care books, fast, and when one “looks strange” one’s health and have the “magic” of health care products such as the public face of the shake like a revolving door to and fro, the old Losing people to ward off the power first. Chung Yeung Festival is approaching, the elderly health and health once again become a topic of concern.
health: the elderly, “obsessed”
SCI suffering from diabetes for many years
no longer drink, “doctor” recommended bean soup, but her current performance is still Let the children worry. Recently, she became obsessed with the hearing all kinds of “health” seminar, and throughout the day to get a home called “Bo Hua Zhengan capsule” of the drug, 12 boxes 6000. “Those who ‘volunteers’ attitude these days, and experts say this drug but also health, but also cured my diabetes!” SCI rattled, she did not notice that children are helpless expression. “Is not afraid to spend money, but the fear of the mother’s disease was delayed, and she certainly has been fooled!” Sure, a few days Food recipes , greetings to the elderly volunteers who quietly left.
addition to SCI, the Yongdeng County communities with urban rail station house nearly a hundred old per capita spend lots of money to buy this by the peach, licorice and other common ingredients of Chinese medicine “miracle” drugs. “13,000 yuan a electric bed allows people to say goodbye to insomnia”; “9,000 tap water filter can cure all diseases, prolong life … …” As long as businesses hit the guise of health care, which is actually very old-fashioned language in the advertisement to Many elderly people will resist, again and again fall into the trap of unscrupulous businessmen design. So, line up to buy medicine, get together to experience the scenes are common. Can not leave the face of the elderly immersive, family was in deep panic: “How do we stop them?”
health: a strong market
According to incomplete statistics of China Health Care Association: In 2009, China’s sales of health food products available statistics more than 1,000 billion yuan, health supplies sales of more than 800 billion yuan, while the availability of health services statistics class even more surprising: more than 2000 billion yuan. Health, this is understandable. However, unscrupulous businesses have Beauty practices to the eyes of rich eye on the elderly.
According to statistics, the end of 2009, China’s population aged 60 and above 167 million, accounting for 12.5% of the total population. The elderly, especially elderly people living in the city, the children have married and knees, his pension more than enough. Piece of cake, unscrupulous businessmen have long locked in, and began to “Sabre-rattling” of the. Old kind, not stand up to “sugar-coated bullets,” the sweet, and soon, they will sell drugs to their own interest as a.
old thrift, they wear robes, by the free clinic for the elderly in the name of so-called free health screening, the result is disease-free said to be sick, say mild severe, the drug can cure a disease said to be requires several treatments, and then opened a lot of expensive health care products. Health of the elderly want to, want to live longer, and his wife, or old friends together in addition to talking about health or about health, they play the “health” card … …
the same time, the elderly on health is poorly understood. Especially the small circle of life after retirement, their children often return home without their ability to prevent fraud is weak. Whenever they hear “health treatment”, “healthful” and other words TCM treatment of cancer , will have a desire for consumption.
health: is child’s play word
reporter visited the city’s wholesale markets in major bookstores and book found that as long as “health,” the slightest of books will appear in the bestseller list, some sites hot books, health books is also on the list.
wholesale market in the book, flipping through a few of the reporters, “health book” and found some “perspective” contradictory, it is no choice. Some say that milk is for cows to drink, not for men to drink; some say, can not eat tofu, easily hurt because of liver and kidney, some say tofu is rich in protein and should eat; some say, seafood is is toxic; some say, fruit should be eaten raw skin, such as the banana peel on the high nutritional value; other books say that red meat causes colon cancer, the best fish also eat … …
the face of all kinds of complicated health books, CCTV reporter has conducted a survey in the extraction of eight selling books, almost every paragraph and the instructions are some violations of common sense, at least one has dozens of in a less than 300 pages of the book, all kinds of errors as high as more than 40. In Plush Toys the same author published two books meridian massage for the treatment of diarrhea in children actually quite the contrary. Reporter interviewed found that CCTV listed market these books are sold in Lanzhou.
According to statistics, last year alone there are more than 400 publishers nationwide to participate in the publication of books on health craze among the existing social science publishers, there are art classes Press, and even Pictorial Class Press . According to “Healthy Times” survey, 200 of the 128 best-selling books on health, hospital and medical colleges of only about 18%.
the face of huge profits, piracy is also rampant. Reporter from the culture of administrative law enforcement detachment Lanzhou learned during the first half of this year alone, law enforcement officers confiscated, seized all kinds of piracy and the shoddy health of more than 500 books.
through the “health craze”, Lanzhou city, a number of acupuncture, foot massage and other industries have also played the “health” concept, a number of foot store’s employees were given “health division,” the title, there are some businesses in order to sell products, carry out various “health talks”, these acts so that the original science of health has become child’s play.
health: the need for rational
Chung Yeung Festival is approaching, the elderly Chinese Weight Loss health and health become a topic of concern, relevant departments and experts interviewed, they health of the elderly made some positive suggestions.
Lanzhou Food and Drug Administration recently issued in densely populated place, “To the majority of middle-aged friends of the letter,” warned the majority of middle-aged friends, wary of unscrupulous traders in the hotel, theater, lectures on health promotion activities in the name of .
business sector to remind middle-aged consumers: health food not allowed to promote the efficacy of drugs in the elderly should pay attention to the difference between health care products and pharmaceuticals, do not blindly believe the therapeutic efficacy of health care products, buy health products go to regular stores.
Nutrition Association of Gansu Province Vice-President Professor Xiao Yongliang that diet is a method of traditional health methods with special charm, but it is a double-edged sword for the body, used properly, good health; used properly, will damage physical, mental, or death. The therapy’s health is not as common health book made it so easy to massage, for example, even students at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, after several years of professional Contact Lenses to learn, but also in clinical practice will take a long time operation, the general health book introduces the reader alone to operate, it is difficult to achieve the therapeutic effect of the book promised.
Medical experts point out that Gansu Province, the elderly simply by proper diet, regular physical activity, maintaining ease of mind can achieve fitness. If disease or should go to the hospital for examination and treatment; For supplements, should be under the guidance of the doctor’s advice, to buy and use health care products. In addition, the purchase of health food before be sure to check whether the logo, packaging and instructions marked by the health care function. If it is the role of adjuvant therapy with treatment or, there should be “medicine accurate”, “medicine and health word” approval number; with health care, preventive effect, and should have a “health food prospective word” of approval.
