Chapter 54 old age don't be greedy

The economy is prosperous, life is good, and everyone eats well, but the elderly should not be greedy for food, especially not to overeat.Because the digestive power of the elderly is relatively weak, they can only eat a small amount of delicious and easy-to-digest food, which is in line with the diet, nutrition and health care of the elderly. The elderly mentioned here generally refers to the artificial range of over forty-five years old. When the age is close to fifty years old, the physical state of the elderly begins to approach physiologically, but it is also the easiest to ignore at this time. Physiological function changes during menopause, and if you are still greedy for food and drink like you were when you were young, you will accelerate the aging of your physiological function, resulting in multiple diseases.

People in the Chinese and foreign medical circles and nutrition experts all gave advice on the eating habits of the elderly with one voice. They should neither eat too well nor overeat, otherwise, diseases will follow.Recently, I heard a senior doctor in China say that among the elderly patients, many of them are suffering from various ailments because they eat too much and too much, which makes their digestive capacity overwhelmed. The gastrointestinal adaptability of the elderly is poor. If they overeat, acute gastric dilatation will occur and may cause myocardial infarction.However, due to the loss of taste of the elderly, they like to eat foods with stronger taste.In this case, we should focus on quality rather than weight, and focus on delicacy rather than partiality, so that all the nutrients needed by the body can be developed in a balanced manner. That is the most appropriate method of health care.

Some elderly people think that their appetite has improved, so they eat and drink without any scruples, otherwise they will feel hungry easily.In fact, this is an illusion, and the real reason is that the elderly have less sugar reserves in their bodies, and their tolerance to hypoglycemia is also poor, so they tend to feel hungry or dizzy, but it is not true. Hunger requires extra meals, and only a little soft food can be eaten as a snack before going to bed or between meals during the day, which is enough to regulate the physiological functions of the elderly. In addition, since the secretion of saliva in the mouth of the elderly is less, the resistance of the mucous membrane in the mouth is also weakened, so it is not suitable to eat food that is too dry or too hot, nor food with too much salt.

The Chinese have long advocated a vegetarian diet, which is the way to maintain a long life.Now, Western medical scientists and nutritionists have conducted research and experiments to prove that being a vegetarian can indeed make people live longer.Therefore, Europeans and Americans who have always liked meat have become popular in recent years to be vegetarians. As the saying goes, disease enters from the mouth, which also includes the mismatch between diet and age.After people reach middle age, they should eat moderately and stop being greedy for good food, which is always good for health.