As the saying goes, a healthy diet is very important to everyone, especially the elderly. With the increase of age, the physical function of the elderly declines, the teeth become loose, the digestive function declines, and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases is high. So pay more attention to diet than young people. In addition to the dietary principle of less salt and less oil, it is also important to eat less and eat more meals. What should the elderly pay attention to in their diet?

Modern people eat exquisitely, but in order to obtain balanced nutrition, we need to live within our means. Especially for the elderly, Sun Peng pointed out that coarse grains refer to other grains except rice and white flour. Among them, vitamin B and minerals are rich, and dietary fiber content is high, which is beneficial to defecation and plays an irreplaceable role in energy utilization, weight control, blood sugar regulation and chronic disease prevention of the elderly. The elderly eat 200-350g of sweet potatoes and miscellaneous beans every day, including 50- 100g of coarse grains. It should be paired with cereals and beans, meat and vegetables, black and white. There are rice and noodles, coarse and fine, main and auxiliary, vegetables and soup in the daily diet.

Overfullness is harmful to health. It is recommended that the elderly eat seven or eight servings of satiety every meal. In addition, we should pay attention to less oil and less salt, which is usually the "heavy taste" of the elderly. However, too much oil and salt increase the burden on the heart, liver and kidney, which is not conducive to the health of the heart and kidney and easily leads to an increase in blood pressure. Therefore, when cooking, we should control the intake of oil and salt, and eat less or no fried foods with high cholesterol and fat. Old people should always eat animal foods rich in high-quality protein, especially red meat, fish, bean products and seafood.

Fruit is rich in water-soluble vitamins. Fresh vegetables are not only rich in vitamin C and minerals, but also contain more cellulose, which plays an important role in protecting the cardiovascular system and preventing cancer and constipation. The Dietary Guide for the Elderly in China requires the elderly to eat 300 to 500 grams of vegetables every day, about half of which are dark vegetables. 200 grams to 400 grams of fruit. Make sure to eat 1~2 kinds of vegetables every meal and 2~3 kinds of fruits every day. In short, the elderly should pay attention to the collocation of meat and vegetables, reasonable collocation of thickness, balanced nutrition and proper exercise.