When is the best time to eat nutritional milk powder for the elderly?

In fact, there is no universal "best time to eat". The choice must be based on the elderly's own physical condition, daily diet structure and supplement needs. Sticking to the "golden time" mentioned by others may have the opposite effect.

My great-aunt was diagnosed with osteopenia during her physical examination last year. She usually drinks white porridge with pickles for breakfast. Her protein and calcium intake is seriously insufficient. The doctor recommended that she take a supplement of high-calcium and high-protein elderly milk powder every day. She mixed the milk powder with her morning oats and drank it together. The gastrointestinal digestion and absorption state was good in the morning. After drinking it all morning, I was able to walk and buy groceries. After drinking it for eight months, I went for a review and found that the decline in bone mass was stopped. For an elderly person like her who eats a vegetarian breakfast and has low nutritional density, it is perfect to drink it for breakfast.

When it comes to this, someone must mention the statement posted on the Internet that "drinking it before going to bed has the highest absorption rate and helps you sleep." There are two examples around me, both positive and negative. Uncle Zhang, who lives in the same neighborhood, always had trouble sleeping, and it would take more than an hour to fall asleep after tossing and turning. He tried making half a cup of warm milk powder one hour before going to bed. After drinking it for almost a month, he said that he fell asleep much faster and did not wake up as easily as before. He himself had less nocturnal urination and no trouble getting up at night. But Uncle Wang downstairs had a bad prostate. He had to get up twice a night. He heard people say it’s better to drink before going to bed and he followed suit. As a result, he had to get up three or four times a night, which made him sleep worse. He quickly stopped and changed to drinking in the afternoon. To put it bluntly, whether this time is good or not depends on whether you feel comfortable after drinking it. If you sleep better after drinking it, drink it before going to bed. If you wake up more late at night, don’t force it to this time.

There are also some elderly people who have small appetites, or who have diabetes and are prone to hypoglycemia before meals. It is also particularly suitable to drink half a cup at three or four o'clock in the afternoon as a snack. Grandpa Li downstairs in my house has type 2 diabetes. He usually controls his food intake very strictly. After finishing his meal at 12 noon, he is prone to panic and cold sweats after 3 o'clock. He used to eat small bread for fear that his blood sugar would rise too quickly. Later, he switched to sugar-free milk powder for the elderly and paired it with two sugar-free soda crackers.

In fact, to put it bluntly, drinking milk powder for the elderly is like finding shoes that fit your feet. You don’t care what other people say is the best time. After drinking it, you won’t have bloating or acid reflux, and it won’t affect your eating and sleeping. The time that you can persist in drinking it is the best time for you. By the way, if you have abnormal kidney function, diabetes, or lactose intolerance, it is best to ask your doctor whether it is suitable for you to drink, and then choose the corresponding product. Do not blindly follow the trend of taking supplements.