No. 1 nutritious rice noodles for the elderly

The one that best suits your elderly’s physical condition, dietary preferences and nutritional deficiencies will be the exclusive number one.

In the past two years, because my mother couldn't eat after her hip surgery, I researched no less than 40 types of rice noodles for the elderly. I even asked my old classmates in the nutrition department to discuss the purchase criteria. I encountered pitfalls and accumulated trial packs half as high as a person. I have a lot of say in this issue. I saved more than ten kinds of trial packs with different flavors at that time. Now I still have two bags of unopened bags in my cupboard, which are all leftover from the pitfalls.

In fact, there are two different ideas in the nutrition circle when choosing rice noodles for the elderly. It’s hard to say who is right and who is wrong. They are just suitable for different groups of people. One group is a real efficacy party. Elderly people in the family who have underlying diseases or who have recently been ill or have undergone surgery are basically selected according to this standard. For example, for the elderly with diabetes, they must first stick to low GI and no additional sucrose. It is best to add trivalent chromium to help regulate blood sugar. My uncle Zhang downstairs has been suffering from type 2 diabetes for almost 10 years. He has bought several Internet celebrity rice noodles before, and his blood sugar level after a meal is high. It soared to over 10. Later, he switched to a low GI model from a well-established domestic cereal company. He specifically tested the two-hour post-meal blood sugar several times, and the highest was only 6.8. Now when he meets everyone, he says that this product is the ceiling of rice noodles. For him, isn't it number one? Elderly people who have undergone surgery or are malnourished for a long time have to pay attention to the content of animal protein. It is best to add small molecule peptides, which are not burdensome for absorption. The one my mother drank after the surgery was one that accounted for more than 30% of whey protein peptides. In less than three weeks after drinking it, the albumin in the follow-up test increased from 31 to 38. It was much more effective than the bone soup that I had been drinking for half a month. At that time, this product was the No. 1 in my heart.

There is also a faction that puts the food first. To put it bluntly, no matter how good the rice noodles are, it is all in vain if the old man refuses to drink them. My grandma is 87 years old and has lost all her teeth. She has no major health problems but is a picky eater. I bought her an imported rice noodle that was said to be fully nutritious. It was fortified with DHA, calcium, iron and zinc. The ingredient list looked perfect. However, she took a sip and pushed it away, saying it had a strange fishy smell. It smelled so bad that she refused to touch it again. Later, I gave her a domestic version with fried rice and yam added. It has a faint rice aroma and is slightly sweet. She now makes a bowl of it every morning, sometimes with pickles. After drinking it for more than half a year, she has gained 3 pounds in weight. Do you think this is the best one for her? Of course, some friends said that there is nothing wrong with my elderly family, but they just like to drink sweet drinks. As long as the blood sugar is normal, it is okay to choose one with rock sugar. After all, eating is a happy meal, and there is no need to limit the nutritional indicators.

Damn, speaking of which, I have stepped into the pitfalls of live broadcast rooms before. I once saw a host boasting that a certain rice noodle for the elderly is the best-selling one on the Internet. It contains 8 times the calcium of milk. I was so excited that I bought two large boxes. When I got it, I looked at the ingredient list. The first one was non-dairy creamer, and calcium was added. My mother became constipated after drinking calcium carbonate twice, so she gave it all to me as a gift. Now, the first thing I do when choosing rice noodles is to check whether the first three ingredients on the ingredient list are serious ingredients such as cereals and milk powder. If there are non-dairy creamers, flavors, and artificial sweeteners, no matter how good they are, I will pass them by. Some people say that imported rice noodles are better than domestic ones. In fact, this is not necessarily true. Many imported rice noodles are made according to the dietary structure of Europeans and Americans. They add a lot of oat bran, chia seeds, etc. Some elderly people with weak stomachs will suffer from bloating after drinking it. Many of our domestically produced rice noodles are added with ingredients such as Poria, Hericium, and millet, which are more suitable for the gastrointestinal habits of Chinese elderly people.

In fact, it’s really not that complicated to find your own number one. First, go through the elderly’s recent physical examination report to see if there are any problems such as high blood sugar, high uric acid, or insufficient protein. First, screen out all the contraindicated products, and then buy two or three small packages for trial use and let the elderly taste them. Which one can be drunk and does not cause discomfort after drinking, which one will be your exclusive number one. There is no one-size-fits-all list. After all, the right food for the elderly is more important than anything else, right?