1. Pay attention to replenish water and salt in time. When the temperature is high in summer, people are more likely to sweat, which may disturb the metabolic balance of water and salt. It is necessary to replenish water in time in summer, which is the basis of health preservation. The human body consumes at least 2500 ml of water every day in order to excrete excess wastes and toxins from the body.
2. Pay attention to avoid overeating. The digestive function of the elderly is declining, and if they eat too much, they can't eat any more. Continuous overeating can cause gastrointestinal diseases. A good way to prevent yourself from overeating is to chew slowly and prolong the eating time, so that your digestive system will feel full and not eat too much.
3. Pay attention to eat less many times, eat less every meal, eat only half full, and wait until you are hungry, but don't eat. Complementary food should be easy to digest, and the amount should be controlled less, otherwise it will affect the rhythm of the digestive system and it will not be digested when actually eaten.
4. Pickled vegetables are not suitable for summer health. Middle-aged and elderly people should pay attention to diet in summer. We middle-aged and elderly people try not to eat pickles in summer, especially pickled sweet pickles and pickled Flammulina velutipes sold in supermarkets. The pickles in the supermarket have been kept for a long time, and nitrite and some additives exceed the standard. If you really want to eat, you can pickle some cucumbers and radishes at home, which are clean, delicious and hygienic, and can also strengthen your body.
Sweet food is not suitable for summer health. Although many old people are old, they still eat some ice cream to cool off in summer. However, sweets such as ice cream contain a lot of sugar, which leads to more calories. If middle-aged and elderly people eat too much sweets, they will easily get angry, which will also affect the function of the spleen and stomach, eventually leading to decreased appetite and indigestion.
6. Smoked food is not suitable for summer health, and some carcinogens will be produced in the process of smoking and grilling food. Older people are more likely to get cancer than ordinary people. If they often eat smoked and baked food, they will increase the risk of cancer, especially gastric cancer. The carcinogenic effect of barbecue food is mainly caused by incomplete combustion of fuels (pine and cypress branches, sawdust, charcoal fire, coal fire, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, etc.). ).), resulting in a large number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons polluting food. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are carcinogenic chemicals. If you can use far-infrared oven to bake food, it will increase safety.