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How to maintain the digestive tract of the elderly?
(1) Pay attention to food hygiene: You must pay attention to food hygiene at ordinary times, and don't eat unclean food or drink unclean water. Wash your hands before and after meals, and it is best to use tableware or public chopsticks alone when eating.

(2) Chew slowly: Old people have bad teeth, poor chewing ability, and reduced digestive ability of the stomach. Chew slowly to reduce the burden on the stomach.

(3) Eat less fried and fried foods: Because these foods are difficult to digest, eating too much will naturally increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and even lead to indigestion.

(4) Eat less cold and irritating foods: cold and irritating foods have a strong stimulating effect on the digestive tract mucosa, which is easy to cause diarrhea or digestive tract inflammation, or aggravate the original digestive tract diseases. Try to eat less.

(5) Eat less smoked and pickled food: This kind of food contains more salt and some substances that may cause cancer, so it is not advisable to eat more or often.

(6) Drink less and quit smoking: Alcohol and tobacco will damage the digestive tract mucosa and reduce the digestive ability? Extremely detrimental to health.

(7) Eat vegetables and coarse grains: Eating vegetables and coarse grains rich in fiber can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, prevent constipation, help maintain gastrointestinal health and reduce the occurrence of intestinal cancer.

(8) Eat less high-fat and high-protein foods: excessive intake of fat and protein can easily lead to indigestion.

(9) The diet of the elderly must be regularly quantified to ensure this rule. Once they form a habit, they will habitually carry it out every time they eat. This will not only speed up Fermi of digestive glands of the elderly, but also enable the elderly to quickly understand the nutrition in food and make their bodies healthier.