Elderly people should go to bed early and get up early, but don’t “eat early””

　　In the past, it was believed that elderly If you get up early in the morning, you should also eat breakfast early, but this is not the case. Medical experts believe that when a person is sleeping, most of the organs are fully rested, but the digestive organs are still digesting and absorbing the food remaining in the gastrointestinal tract the day before, and they gradually enter a resting state in the morning. If breakfast is too early, it will inevitably interfere with gastrointestinal rest and put the digestive system in a state of fatigue and challenge for a long time. Therefore, it is best for the elderly to have breakfast after 8 a.m.

　　Medical experts also believe that the elderly drinking some warm water before breakfast is harmful to the body. healthy Very beneficial. What's the point? It turns out that after a night of sleep, people secrete urine, skin , a large amount of water is discharged in breathing, and you are in a state of physiological dehydration after getting up in the morning. If water is not replenished in time, it will be detrimental to liver and kidney metabolism and the excretion of metabolites, as well as the absorption of breakfast food, and may also cause constipate , inducing cerebral thrombosis, myocardial infarction and kidney disease. Therefore, drinking 1 to 2 cups (200 to 400 ml) of warm water immediately after getting up in the morning not only has a cleaning effect on the organs in the elderly, but also has great benefits in improving organ function and preventing the occurrence of geriatric diseases.

　　In the morning, the spleen of the human body is sluggish and the stomach is not moist, which often makes people have low appetite, especially in the elderly. Therefore, it is best for the elderly not to eat fried, hard, and greasy food for breakfast, otherwise it will cause food to stay in the stomach and cause indigestion. The best breakfast for the elderly is nutritious and easy-to-digest foods, such as milk, noodles, soy milk, bread, etc., especially porridge, because porridge promotes body fluids and nourishes the stomach, which is beneficial to the body's absorption. If you can add lotus seeds, white fungus, red dates and other nutritional and health foods to the porridge, the effect will be better.