What fruits are good for the elderly to eat in winter?

On cold days, the elderly can eat many fruits hot to reduce gastrointestinal irritation. It is a good thing to have more fruits in winter, but for the elderly with weak spleen and stomach, eating them incorrectly will be counterproductive.

Generally speaking, the elderly tend to have cold constitutions, so they can choose to eat some warm fruits raw, such as lychees, longans, pomegranates, kumquats, red dates, etc. However, cool fruits such as pears, grapefruits, and bananas, as well as neutral fruits such as apples, grapes, sugar cane, and papaya, are best eaten after heating them.

Make soup: pears, apples, and hawthorns can be mixed with rock sugar to make soup. However, because hawthorn is more acidic, the elderly with excessive stomach acid should eat less or eat with caution.

Cooking porridge: Fruits that can be cooked with porridge generally include longan, dried red dates, raisins, etc.

Stewed meat: Water chestnuts, longan, etc. can be added to the broth and stewed together, which can also increase the deliciousness of the meat.

Steamed in a pot: Hawthorn, red dates, and apples have very good effects on replenishing vital energy, nourishing blood, and calming the mind. Especially steamed dates are easier to digest than raw dates, so people with weak spleen and stomach functions can eat more in moderation.

Microwave heating: Oranges, pears, apples, etc. can be cut into small pieces and heated in a microwave before eating. You can also squeeze them into juice and heat them in the microwave for drinking.

Cooking: The most common method of cooking fruits is carving. Cut the fruit into pieces, boil it with sugar to make syrup, wrap the fruit in the syrup and cut it into shreds. Such as candied oranges, candied bananas, candied apples, candied pears, etc.