Pay attention to the "eight taboos" of the diet of the elderly in winter. The elderly should have "eight taboos" in their diet: avoid salty and greasy-prevent hypertension, heart disease and kidney disease; Avoid partial eclipse, picky eaters and overeating-maintaining a balanced nutrition is conducive to longevity; Avoid overeating-prevent the induction of myocardial infarction; Avoid being too cold-so as not to affect the digestive function; Avoid fat and sweet taste-mainly prevent hyperlipidemia, diabetes, gout, gallstones, pancreatitis, kidney disease and so on.

Precautions for health care of the elderly: dress "should be cold and warm". In the common cold in winter, cold pathogen is easy to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and frostbite is more likely. Therefore, we should wear warm, loose and light clothes, and the bedding should be soft, warm and often washed.

Life should be "moderate" and daily life should be "regular".

Go to bed early to keep the sun warm, get up late to keep the sun warm, and avoid the cold and seek warmth.

Diet "should be supplemented", eat more high-protein and vitamin foods, and make supplements in time. Diet cures more than the doctor. People who suffered from deficiency in the Ming Dynasty ate more mutton, chicken and bovine bone marrow. People with yin deficiency eat more ducks and geese to replenish deficiency and qi, nourish the stomach and produce fluid.

The weather is sunny and "suitable for exercise". When the weather is fine in winter, you can exercise outdoors properly to make up for the lack of sunshine and enhance your physique. Exercising in cold air can increase nerve regulation function and improve resistance, but it is not advisable to sweat to prevent colds, strong winds, fog, rain and snow, and it is not advisable to go outdoors.

Mental health should pay attention to the occurrence, development or deterioration of many diseases in winter, which are closely related to people's psychological state, so we should avoid the stimulation of bad factors such as sadness, anxiety and tension.