Decreased Concentration and Digestive Issues at Thirty... The Director Ordered Tests for 'Personal Dietary Therapy'

In a video from 'Jeong Se-yeon's Life Lab', a man in his thirties visited for a consultation along with a friend. The reason was that he has been suffering from headaches and frequent indigestion lately. This man, who met the director again after three or four months, was undergoing a diet while using Wegovy at the time, but said he stopped using Wegovy because his body did not feel well. He mentioned that he seems to have lost about 5kg, which dropped a bit more and is now rising again.

Feeling of head constriction leads to missing schedules... unable to eat or discharge for three days

The symptoms the man complained of were a feeling of head constriction accompanied by a continuous state of being unable to concentrate. Therefore, he kept missing his schedule and confessed that his concentration was so poor and his distraction so severe that he wondered if he had ADHD. Recently, there was also a time when he was significantly ill. He wasn't sure if it was indigestion, but he said he was completely blocked—unable to have a bowel movement and unable to vomit—and for about three days, he could neither eat nor discharge, and his urine came out brown.

There was also an instance where he sat down on the spot because he suddenly felt as if his breath was stopping after running a little. He said he wasn't sure of the cause, whether it was because he had heatstroke or dehydration from not drinking enough water. In a health checkup a year ago, nothing else came up except that his hyperlipidemia and liver levels could be somewhat dangerous and should be managed with medication. The director said such results could occur if one is over 50, but if such results appear in one's 20s or 30s, it is somewhat problematic, and since the checkup was a year ago, he said it is necessary to test again.

People whose bodies do not feel the same even if test results show no abnormalities

The director explained that hospital test results may show abnormalities or may not, but in either case, the condition one feels is not good. Even if the test results are all normal, one can feel extremely fatigued, not like before, and prone to indigestion. In particular, he said there are many people who feel discomfort and feel that their bodies are not what they used to be even though they underwent tests and nothing specific was wrong.

The director also introduced news from the United States about a hospital where 25,000 people are on a waiting list to get tested even though they have no ailments. A hospital that opened in Sweden in 2013 has already had about 100,000 people tested, and even before opening for its expansion into the United States, the number of reservists flocked in that much. This hospital provides a body scan that looks into the body from the skin to the blood vessels, and the price is around 499 dollars, which is in the range of 600,000 to 700,000 won. The director stated he is not trying to promote the hospital, but interpreted that the paradigm of health seems to be changing, as people used to think they should go to the hospital when they are sick and are healthy when they are not sick, but now they want to actively know their state before they get sick.

'Treating Illness Before It Arises'... Management is through food, not medicine

The director explained that in Oriental medicine, the concept of treating before a disease occurs is very important, and this is called 'Treating Illness Before It Arises'. It means treating before it becomes a disease, even though it is not yet a disease. He emphasized that if a disease occurs, it is treated with medicine, but since management when a disease has not yet occurred cannot be done with medicine, food is extremely important.

Therefore, what the director checked first was the dietary life. The man does not eat breakfast and eats two meals a day; for lunch, he mainly eats out at his company or on the way to work, often eating Jjamppong or Gukbap, and sometimes eating Tonkatsu. He replied that dinner is no different in terms of menu, he does not eat snacks, and only drinks coffee. Dinner is usually eaten between 5 PM and 7 PM, and while he used to eat late-night snacks frequently in the past, he has reduced them significantly lately and occasionally drinks beer.

Innate traits and current bodily state... Tests for 'Personal Dietary Therapy'

The director said that when performing dietary therapy, 'Personal Dietary Therapy' tailored specifically to that person is meaningful, and it is important to find food that truly fits me rather than food that is good for everyone. He said two things are important for this: the first is the innate traits that I cannot change, and the other is my current bodily state.

The director recommended performing a constitution test to identify innate traits along with pulse diagnosis, and also suggested a genetic test to look at the genes received from his mother and father. He also recommended a microbiome test to examine the gut, stating that the current state of one's intestinal microbes directly reflects what one has eaten and cannot lie, and he said he would also perform a stress state test and a blood test. The explanation is that these things reflect one's current bodily state. In the tests conducted that day, the results showed that autonomic nervous system dysfunction, chronic stress, and neurological fatigue were very severe, and the director said he was also a bit surprised by the results regarding the heart.