All Chefs Must Know!
Many people might think that chef is an easy job. But you do not know that chefs have lots of stress and pressure, and they need to be precise and creative all the time. Chefs have to handle many orders during holidays and festivals, and have no time to rest. These behaviors will cause them poor health. Muang Thai Life Assurance understands their lifestyles. So, we would like to share factors that lead might serious illnesses.
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Tasty dishes that you see come from dedication of chefs to quickly serve the best dishes to customers. Chefs have constant pressure and no time to exercise that put them to be at risk of stroke. They might become paralyzed, if they get treatment late.
Signs of stroke
- Facial numbness
- Acute and severe headache
- Numbness on one side of the body
- Aphasia, drooping mouth, drooling, dysphagia
- Blurry vision, double vision or hemianopia
- Difficulty to walk
🔖 Paolo Hospital (Data as of 01/08/2022)
Chefs have to stand for long hours every day, and cooking posture might cause neck, shoulder and back pain as well as muscle stiffness.
Holding pans and using knives for cooking may cause wrist injury because some dishes require big and heavy pans. Chefs will have carpal tunnel syndrome or trigger finger after years of working.
Signs of myositis
- Neck, shoulder, arm/ leg pain
- Hand numbness and poor grip strength
- More wrist pain than normal after wrist flexion
🔖 ramachannel (Data as of 10/06/2019)
Late night work is another big problem for chefs because it affects health in a long term. Chefs normally have irregular meals, no exercise, no good rest. These behaviors will lead to heart disease and diabetes.
People who sleep less than 6 hours/ day will have higher blood pressure than normal, and have higher risk of heart disease by 2 times. Furthermore, blood sugar will be rising which will cause diabetes.
🔖 AOED
Chefs must take care of their body and mental health. Having good health improves performance in any activities. Most importantly, you will be healthy to live with your loved ones longer.
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