3 principles for the elderly to eat breakfast

　　The day's plan starts in the morning, so breakfast every day is also very important. So how do old people have breakfast? healthy ? 3 principles for the elderly to eat breakfast.

　　one. Better later than sooner . The traditional concept is that breakfast should be eaten early. However, modern medical research believes that elderly It should not be too early in the morning and evening, because the human body is in the elimination stage of the environment in the morning, the blood in the body is turbid, and the metabolites of the previous day need to be eliminated urgently. If you eat too early, the environment may be disturbed. modern Hospital Research also believes that after a night's sleep, most of the human body's organs are fully rested, but the digestive system is still busy at night, nervously digesting and absorbing the food left in the gastrointestinal tract throughout the day, and is in a resting state in the morning. It takes at least 2 to 3 hours before the digestive system returns to normal function. If you eat too early in the morning and evening, it will interfere with gastrointestinal rest and increase the burden on the digestive system. The functions of various tissues and organs in the elderly have gradually aged, especially the function of the digestive organs. The body's metabolism requires more time and energy. If you eat too early, the body's energy will be diverted to digest food, and the natural circulation will be disturbed. Metabolites cannot be eliminated in time, and they will accumulate in the body and cause various forms of old age diseases. disease inducing factors. Therefore, the elderly should have breakfast later rather than earlier, and it should generally be done between 8:30 and 9:00.

　　two. It should be soft rather than hard. During breakfast, the human body's spleen is stagnant and sluggish, and the stomach is not moist, which often makes people have a dull taste and poor appetite, especially for the elderly. Therefore, the elderly should not eat greasy, fried, hard, and irritating food for breakfast, otherwise it will damage the spleen and stomach, leading to food stagnation and indigestion. For breakfast, the elderly should eat warm, soft foods that are easy to digest, such as milk, soy milk, noodles, mixed dumplings, yeasted steamed buns, flower rolls, etc. It is especially suitable to eat some porridge. The "Introduction to Medicine" of the Ming Dynasty said: "Eating porridge in the morning can promote the metabolism of the old, nourish the stomach, and produce body fluids, which makes people feel refreshed throughout the day and is a great tonic. ”"Lao Lao Heng Yan" contains: "Eating one cup of porridge every day can produce fluid and quicken the stomach, and the benefits are not subtle. ”Wang Mengying, a medical scientist in the Qing Dynasty, praised porridge as "the first tonic in the world." ”Modern medical research also believes that eating some porridge for breakfast for the elderly is indeed very beneficial to the body. If you can add some health foods such as lotus seeds, red dates, yam, longan, rice kernels, etc. to the porridge, the effect will be even better.

　　three. less but not more . Medical research in the motherland shows that overeating can easily make people age, especially for the elderly. Because overeating exceeds the digestion capacity of the stomach soup, food cannot be digested and absorbed. Over time, digestive function will decrease, gastrointestinal function will be disordered, and gastrointestinal diseases will occur. In addition, a large amount of food residue is stored in the large intestine and is decomposed by bacteria in the large intestine. The decomposed products of protein, such as phenol, enter the human blood through the intestinal wall, which is very harmful to the human body and is prone to vascular diseases and promotes aging. As the saying goes: "If you eat 80% full, you will live longer and never grow old", which refers to this truth. Therefore, the elderly must not skip breakfast, but they must not overeat. The morning food intake of the elderly should correspond to the amount of activity, and should be 80% full when eating enough.

　　The elderly should drink some boiled water before breakfast, which is good for fitness. The practice of many long-lived elderly people has proved that every morning exercise Before use, rinse your mouth with cold boiled water or light salt water, and then slowly drink an appropriate amount of warm boiled water. constipate、nerve Weakness, gastrointestinal indigestion, and even some chronic diseases such as hemorrhoids and headaches sexually transmitted diseases disease, all have therapeutic effects.