The weather is hot in summer, people are easy to get tired, and the gastrointestinal tract of human body is also easy to be stimulated by summer heat, with relatively weak function and poor appetite. In order to spend the summer safely, the elderly should not only pay attention to rest and sleep, but also ensure normal gastrointestinal function to enhance human immunity, so diet therapy is very important. The following "three little" and "two essentials" are

The important content of diet support for the elderly.

Eat less meat.

Too much meat fat in the diet of the elderly will cause imbalance in nutritional metabolism, and it is easy to suffer from hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia, which is not conducive to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Eat less sweets.

Old people who eat too much will turn into heat, make a fire, make the body have too much sugar, affect the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach, cause indigestion, produce loss of appetite, bloating, greasy and tasteless mouth, belching and swallowing acid.

Drink less cold drinks.

Although all kinds of cold drinks can relieve summer heat and reduce fever, they will cause bad stimulation to the digestive tract mucosa, slow down the circulation of gastrointestinal fluids, weaken intestinal peristalsis and even cause convulsions.

First, be hygienic.

Eat more foods that can clear away heat and promote diuresis. Fresh fruits and vegetables can quench summer heat and quench thirst, and are rich in water-soluble vitamins and trace elements, which helps to maintain the pH balance of body fluids.

Second, we should supplement water and salt.

Water supplement is the basis of dietotherapy and food support. Healthy adults should replenish at least 2500 ml of water every day to get rid of the waste in their bodies. If they do this, they will get sick less.