Three Highs in Your 20s and 30s? Late Nights Make One Day Do the Work of Two | Chairman Chen Chang-Hung on Metabolic Health EP04
Electric light, smartphones and AI make modern people use one day as two, and late nights are the first reason young people develop the three highs.
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We used to think the “three highs” (high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high blood lipids) were a problem for middle-aged and older people, but more and more people in their 20s and 30s now have them. Why are the three highs showing up in younger people? In this episode, Chen Chang-Hung, developer of Herbtail GlucoMetabol and chairman of Landmacy Healthcare Tech Company, points out the three most common problems among young people today.
Staying Up Late: Modern Life Squeezes Two Days Into One
Chairman Chen often says: ever since we got electric light, we have worked two extra hours; with the smartphone, we added another two hours; and now with AI, we do yet another two hours.
Added up, modern people are using one day as if it were two, doing the workload of what used to be two days, so the overall load on the body has effectively doubled. Many of those who stay up late are young people. The younger you are, the harder it is to change the habit of staying up late.
No Time to Cook: Diets Are Becoming More Refined and Simplified
Because they are busy, young people rarely have time to cook for themselves. Diets are becoming more refined and simplified, with the only goals being “convenient is good enough, and being full is good enough.” The quality of this kind of diet is actually not healthy.
If you want to understand why refined starch is a dietary landmine, see EP03 Thin but Still at Risk for the Three Highs? Refined Starch Is a Dietary Landmine.
No Time to Move: Less and Less Exercise
When work is busy and there is no time, people naturally rarely go out to exercise. Staying up late, an unhealthy diet and too little exercise combine, and metabolic problems appear earlier.
Eating Wrong, Moving Too Little, Sleeping Too Little: The Three Highs Arrive Early, at 30+
Chairman Chen sums it up: eating wrong, moving too little and sleeping too little are the main reasons young people today develop the three highs. In the past, when people talked about the three highs, the focus was mostly on people over 40; now there are already a great many people who have them in their early 30s.
A Reminder for Young People
Youth is capital, but it cannot withstand being drained again and again over the long term. Metabolic health needs to be well cared for starting when you are young.
Key Takeaways from This Episode
- Electric light, smartphones and AI let modern people use one day as two, doubling the load on the body.
- Many people who stay up late are young, and the younger they are, the harder it is to change.
- With no time to cook, diets become refined and simplified, and the quality is unhealthy.
- With no time to exercise, activity levels keep dropping.
- Eating wrong, moving too little and sleeping too little have moved the three highs from 40+ to 30+.
Video Series | Chairman Chen Chang-Hung on Metabolic Health
This series has 13 episodes in total. This is episode 4.
- EP01 Why Can’t You Keep Eating Aloe to Lower Blood Sugar? Eastern Balance × Western Science
- EP02 Is Normal Blood Sugar Enough? Insulin Resistance Harms Six Major Organs
- EP03 Thin but Still at Risk for the Three Highs? Refined Starch Is a Dietary Landmine
- EP04 Three Highs in Your 20s and 30s? Late Nights Make One Day Do the Work of Two (this post)
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