Having a reunion dinner in the New Year makes the whole family happiest! However, have you found that the traditional New Year's dishes are all big fish and big meat, which may not be suitable for older elders? Chinese medicine reminds that the elderly generally have difficulty chewing, slow digestion, less demand for calories, and the diet should be kept light. Might as well prepare a "flavor" four-god soup for the elders to nourish the stomach and replenish the body!

Rice cakes, hooves? Pig's feet, mullet roe ... Traditional Chinese New Year dishes are often oily, salty, sweet, high in cholesterol, and difficult to digest, which is a great burden for the elderly!

Old people have difficulty in chewing and digesting, and their diet is light and easy to swallow.

Tian Yimin, a Chinese medicine doctor, pointed out that the elderly have poor chewing function, slow gastrointestinal digestion and even loss of appetite due to oral degeneration. In addition, silver-haired people often suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, high uric acid and kidney disease, and their diet needs to be light.

It is recommended to choose gluten-free, soft and digestible food, mainly steaming and cooking, and avoid frying, frying and baking. In addition, the elderly have low basal metabolic rate, less activity and less demand for calories. Eat 8 minutes full every meal, and avoid overeating, so as not to cause excessive fat accumulation and increase the burden on the body.

So, what kind of food can the silver-haired people eat in the New Year? Tian Yimin, a traditional Chinese medicine, pointed out that Shen Si soup, a common food, can strengthen the stomach, promote digestion and enhance immunity, which is a good choice for the elderly!

Traditional Shen Si soup is composed of lotus seeds, Poria cocos, Chinese yam and Euryale euryales, which helps to regulate gastrointestinal function. Shen Si Tang+Lycium barbarum and red dates are suitable for the health of silver-haired people.

Shen Si soup, formerly known as "Chen Si soup", consists of four kinds of medicinal materials (four ministers): lotus seed, poria cocos, yam and Euryale ferox, and is usually stewed with coix seed and pork belly. Among them, lotus seeds and yam can strengthen the spleen and stomach, enhance immunity, Poria cocos can also nourish the spleen and stomach, and Coix seed and Euryale ferox contribute to water metabolism.

However, due to the poor chewing and digestive ability of silver-haired people, they are generally weak. Dr. Tian Yimin specially improved the traditional formula of Shen Si soup, removed the pig's belly that is not easy to chew, and added Lycium barbarum and red dates to enrich blood, spleen and stomach, liver and kidney, so that the elders can eat healthily and happily! The following recipes are for your reference: