She is giving 4-1-1 advice to her TikTok followers to avoid four bad habits.
Dr. Jess Andrade, a sports medicine specialist and pediatrician in Massachusetts, She’s sharing four activities she won’t do -Vape, stay up all night, exercise less than 150 minutes a week and consume too many artificial ingredients and preservatives.
vaping
Andrade showed a picture to prove his point Popcorn Lung – Nickname of bronchiolitis obliterans, a lung condition that makes breathing difficult due to damage to the small airways.
Johns Hopkins Medicine report The culprit is diacetyl, a chemical that was widely used to give popcorn a buttery taste. Now it has been mixed with liquid To create a buttery or creamy flavor in some flavored e-cigarettes.
It seems some teens are already taking Andrade’s advice quit vaping,
data from september finds that 1.63 million US middle and high school students (5.9%) reported using e-cigarettes in the past 30 days, compared to 2.13 million (7.7%) in 2023.
This is good news because in addition to bronchiolitis obliterans, vaping can also cause lung cancerorgan damage, heart diseaseAsthma, breathing problems and other conditions.
can’t sleep 24 hours
“Sleeping through the night or not sleeping for 24 hours – is the same as being legally drunk,” Andrade wrote in her June post.
Driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is considered driving under the influence.
Being awake for 17 hours mimics a BAC of 0.05%, According to the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe CDC says that being awake 24 hours is the same as a 0.10% BAC.
experts recommend Getting seven to nine hours of sleep at night. A study published this week It was found that the effects of a restless night can last on our brain for several days.
In the long term, poor sleep has been linked to higher risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressureAnxiety and other chronic health problems.
not getting enough exercise
according to Physical Activity Guidelines for AmericansAdults should aim for 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity and two days of muscle strengthening a week.
Andrade said not reaching that limit increases the risk of many diseases, including heart disease. type 2 diabetescancers of the colon, breast and uterus as well as obesity, high blood pressure and stroke,
consuming too many artificial ingredients
Artificial ingredients and preservatives are often found in processed foods – the bad apple of the diet.
eating too many ultra-processed foods Can cause obesity, diabetes, DepressionHeart disease, heart attack, stroke and high blood pressure.
