The diet of the elderly needs to be special. The diet of the elderly is different from that of the young

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Now China has entered an aging stage, many young people in order to make a living also let many old people become left behind elderly, diet can not be guaranteed, the diet of the elderly is different from young people, their nutritional needs are not the same. What kind of dietary principles will be helpful to the health of the elderly? Now I would like to share with you some experience about the diet of the elderly.

The diet of the elderly needs to be special. The diet of the elderly is different from that of the young

First: snacks supplement nutrition: the elderly have poor chewing and swallowing ability, can not eat much at a meal, and the eating time is very long. So you might as well let the elderly eat five to six meals a day, and prepare some simple snacks between the three meals, such as low-fat milk, oatmeal or bean curd, soybean milk and egg, etc. However, the number of snacks should not be too much. Snacks can't be like dinner, it's just a supplement. Therefore, do not overdose, otherwise it will affect health. Moreover, we should master the time. Snacks should be eaten between meals or when you feel hungry after work or study at night, so as to supplement the deficiency of dinner, and it is appropriate to eat snacks that are easy to digest. Not only that, the elderly also do not eat smoked, fried snacks, because the food after smoked, fried, very easy to produce harmful substances, harmful to health, serious will lead to poisoning or cancer. It is not suitable to eat more cold snacks. Cold stimulation can cause gastrointestinal vasoconstriction, weaken digestive function, and easily induce gastroenteritis and other diseases, especially for children, teenagers and the elderly.

Second: limit the amount of fat intake: the elderly intake of fat to vegetable oil, avoid fat, animal fat (lard, butter), and to use less fried way to cook food. In addition, cake type of oil content is also very high, try to avoid. Zhou Xiujuan, a nutritionist at the Taipei Municipal Institute for chronic disease control and prevention, further said that various vegetable oils (peanut oil, corn oil, etc.) can be eaten in turn to balance the intake of fatty acids.

Third: staple food cooked with vegetables: in order to facilitate the elderly chewing, try to choose soft vegetables, such as tomatoes, towel gourd, wax gourd, pumpkin, eggplant and leafy vegetables, cut into small pieces or shreds and cook. If the elderly usually use porridge or noodle soup as their staple food, they can add 1-2 kinds of vegetables to cook together to ensure that they eat at least 3 (half a catty) of vegetables every day.

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Eat 2 servings of fruit a day: fruit is often overlooked by the elderly. According to a nutrition survey released in Taiwan, the local elderly eat less than two servings of fruit a day. Some soft fruits, such as bananas, watermelons, peaches, papaya, mangoes and kiwifruit, are suitable for the elderly. If you want to beat into juice, you must pay attention to control the total amount. When beating juice, you can add more water to dilute, in order to prevent too much sugar.