Three dos and don’ts for breakfast for the elderly

　　Later rather than sooner: Modern medical research believes that after a night of sleep, most of the human body's organs have been fully rested, but the digestive system is still busy at night and digesting nervously. The food remaining in the gastrointestinal tract throughout the day is in a resting state in the morning, and it takes at least 2-3 hours for the digestive system to resume normal function. elderly The functions of various tissues and organs are gradually aging. If you eat too early, the body's energy will be diverted to digest food, and the natural circulation will inevitably be disturbed. Metabolites cannot be eliminated in time, and accumulation in the body will cause various senile diseases. disease inducing factors. Therefore, breakfast for the elderly should generally be between 8:30 and 9:00.

　　Soft rather than hard: In the morning, the elderly should not eat greasy, fried, dry, hard and irritating food, otherwise it will strain the spleen and hurt the stomach, leading to food stagnation and indigestion. The elderly should eat warm, soft foods that are easy to digest for breakfast. For example, adding some health foods such as lotus seeds, red dates, yam, longan, and Yiren will have better effects.

　　It’s better to eat less and not more: If you eat too much and exceed the digestive capacity of your intestines and stomach, the food will not be digested and absorbed. Over time, your digestive function will decrease, and your gastrointestinal function will be disturbed and cause gastrointestinal diseases. 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, phenol, etc., enter the human blood through the intestinal wall, which is very harmful to the human body and can easily cause vascular diseases and promote aging.