In the cold winter, the elderly are weak, so they should take enough protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. How should the elderly keep in good health? Let me introduce it to you, I hope it will be useful to you!

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Yam and red jujube porridge

A health medicated diet for Han nationality. The porridge boiled with yam, red dates and rice is simple, nutritious, has the effects of nourishing qi and blood, moistening lung and recuperating, and tastes sweet, which is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.

Making material

Ingredients: japonica rice 100g, coix seed 75g.

Accessories: 50 grams of yam, 25 grams of water chestnut, and 0/0 grams of red dates/kloc;

Seasoning: 20 grams of sugar;

working methods

1. Prepare, peel the yam and cut it into small pieces, and remove 50g of red dates, 200g of pearl rice and 50g of rock sugar;

2. Cut the yam into small pieces for later use;

3. Boil the water and put it into pearl rice;

4. After the water is boiled again, add yam, red dates and rock sugar;

5. After the food in the pot is boiled, change it to a small fire and cook slowly;

6. Cover and wait for 30 minutes until the porridge becomes sticky and ready to eat;

Mutton, yam and cordyceps soup

raw materials

750g of mutton, 4g of cordyceps sinensis, 30g of yam, 6g of medlar10g, 6g of ginger, 3g of jujube and proper amount of refined salt.

working methods

Wash mutton, cut into pieces, blanch it in boiling water, put it in a casserole with washed Cordyceps sinensis, Chinese yam, Lycium barbarum, ginger and jujube, add appropriate amount of water, boil it with strong fire, stew it with low fire for 3 hours, and add refined salt.

Healthy diet of middle-aged and elderly people in winter.

First, in view of the characteristics of strong appetite and good absorption function in winter, food supplements with high fever, high nutrition, strong taste and strong tonic should be selected appropriately, such as animal supplements such as mutton, dog meat, beef and chicken.

Two, according to their own situation, diagnosis of deficiency syndrome, targeted tonic under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine doctors, and adhere to the whole winter.

Third, if the original itself is sick, the choice of tonic should be appropriate, and it is best to follow the doctor's advice and not blindly tonic. For example, diabetic patients can use raw ginseng as tonic, but avoid licorice and drugs with high sugar content. Anyone suffering from hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cholecystitis, gout and other diseases should not use high-protein, high-fat and high-sugar drugs and foods such as turtle, donkey-hide gelatin, longan, bullwhip and deer tendon. Because eating this kind of food and medicine will promote the development of diseases, increase blood lipid, blood viscosity, uric acid in blood and blood pressure, and the result will get worse and worse.

Fourth, it should not be too long to choose medicinal liquor for tonic. The medicinal liquor available to the elderly include: Shiquanda tonic wine, chinese wolfberry wine, Coix seed wine, yam wine, ginseng medicinal wine, ginseng medicinal wine, cordyceps tonic wine, etc. Usually 1-2 times a day, about half a second each time. However, the elderly should pay attention to the idea of "two or three doses of wine in winter, and beginning of spring should stop". In addition, considering that most of the medicinal liquor on the market has a high alcohol content, and the influence of long-term drinking on the liver, the longer the medicinal liquor is drunk, the better.

Five, drug supplements should pay attention to prevent getting angry. Tonics commonly used in winter are: red ginseng, velvet antler, deer fetus and Eucommia ulmoides. , yam, walnut, longan pulp, tremella, angelica, fleece-flower root, medlar, astragalus, codonopsis pilosula, atractylodes macrocephala, dodder, black beans, black sesame seeds, etc. Among them, walnut kernel, medlar, tremella fuciformis and black sesame are not only nourishing foods, but also good medicinal materials, which are mild and not hot. In winter, you should pay special attention not to take warm supplements such as red ginseng, velvet antler, deer fetus and placenta without doctor's advice, so as to avoid mouth sores, sore throat, bad breath, dry mouth, nosebleeds, constipation, or sudden increase in blood pressure, which may lead to stroke.

Essential health tea for the elderly

Rattan tea is an essential antihypertensive tea for the elderly.

Ordinary tea does not have the effect of lowering blood pressure, and a large number of references will also accelerate the heartbeat and arrhythmia, affect the absorption of nutrients, and lead to decreased immunity, while rattan tea is different. It can effectively reduce blood lipid, has obvious two-way adjustment effect on blood pressure, can also reduce blood sugar, and has certain effect on hyperglycemia and diabetic complications. Rattan tea can also reduce blood viscosity and prevent platelets from blocking coronary arteries. Patients with heart disease can drink it for a long time. Rattan tea contains a lot of nutrients, which will not only be harmful to the body, but also improve immunity. It is a precious and rare ancient health tea.

Rattan tea can also strengthen gastric motility.

The gastrointestinal function of the elderly is not as good as before. Constipation, indigestion, abdominal distension and stomachache are the bane of the elderly. However, the emergence of rattan tea, the elderly no longer need to panic, rattan tea can promote gastrointestinal movement, improve constipation effect is obvious Drinking rattan tea regularly can also promote the activity of pepsin, improve symptoms such as gastric acid, bloating, stomachache and indigestion, and effectively strengthen the gastric motility of the elderly.

Drink rattan tea if you have a bad sleep.

As the saying goes, "I couldn't sleep thirty years ago, and I can't sleep thirty years later." Insomnia, dreaminess and wakefulness often plague the elderly. Some elderly people often fall asleep at three or four in the morning, which is very harmful to health, and the dizziness, headache and mental fatigue that follow are also very common.

According to experts, rattan tea is not only a pure natural green drink, but also a wonderful flower in tea, with strong efficacy and health care function. It contains protein, dietary fiber, fat, carotene, vitamins and trace elements such as iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, etc., which can improve sleep quality especially for people with poor sleep. Drinking rattan tea often can improve sleep, especially before going to bed. Because rattan tea contains no caffeine and other exciting compounds, it may be an ideal substitute for people who are anaemic, have poor sleep quality and like to drink tea but are afraid to do so.

It can be seen that jinqi rattan tea is a necessary health tea for the elderly. A cup of rattan tea will keep you safe all your life. Rattan tea not only has the above effects, but also has the functions of clearing throat, reducing blood pressure and lipid, sobering up, protecting liver and promoting sleep. Drinking it for a long time is good for your health.