1, completely refused to eat meat and seafood. The elderly are in negative nitrogen balance, so they need high-quality protein to make up for the protein caused by catabolism and maintain their normal functions. Lean meat and seafood are excellent sources of high-quality protein, so it is good to control the quantity. For the vast majority of elderly people who are basically healthy, it is acceptable to eat 1-2 lean meat every day and no more than 200 grams of seafood once a week, so there is no need to worry too much about dyslipidemia and gout.
2. Two extremes of eating staple food. Some elderly people have three meals a day of refined white rice noodles, focusing only on taste and preferences. Some elderly people are keen on various health consultations, and their three meals are coarse grains and potatoes. These two extremes are not good for your health. Eating too much healthy coarse grains is also prone to gastrointestinal discomfort, and even intestinal obstruction may occur in severe cases. The thickness is the best, accounting for half each. The digestive function of the elderly is weak, even coarse grains should be cooked as fine as possible.
Refuse to drink milk and eat eggs. Because of diarrhea caused by lactose intolerance, many elderly people are afraid of dairy products, but milk is one of the best calcium-supplementing foods, and the elderly are a common group with calcium deficiency. It is recommended to drink yogurt or nutritious and comfortable milk instead. If you have time and patience, you can also make steamed bread with milk and flour. Eggs are nutritious food. According to foreign research, eating an egg every day will reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. If you are worried about cholesterol, just control it at 3-4 per week.
4, heavy taste cooking habits. When you get older, your taste will gradually deteriorate, and the old people who came from that era of lack of material and more dishes are used to cooking some heavy-flavored meals, otherwise they can't let the whole family finish their meals. But now that life is good, it is difficult to change ideas, tastes and habits accordingly. You can try some cooking methods to reduce salt, such as cooking with vinegar, putting salt out of the pot and dipping it in sauce.
5. the habit of closing the account. It seems that a good saving habit is harmful to people. Of course, hard-won food is unwilling to waste. Try to eat it. This is the habit of many middle-aged and elderly women for many years. They are real practitioners of the CD's actions. However, they not only ate a big belly, but also suffered from various chronic diseases caused by obesity. So when cooking, you must consider the weight. Even if there is excess, we would rather throw it away, because eating it will lead to greater medical expenses.
6. Reject modern cooking tools. Many elderly people are still cooking with traditional woks, steamers and rice cookers, and they are skeptical about modern cooking tools such as microwave ovens, soymilk machines, electric pressure cookers and ovens (of course, there are also economic reasons). In fact, these modern cooking tools not only save us time, but also retain more nutrients in the ingredients because of the short cooking time. It is also more easily absorbed by the human body. For example, coarse grain rice paste made with soybean milk machine is especially convenient for the elderly with bad teeth and weak gastrointestinal function.
7, three meals are irregular, or even eat only two meals a day. Without the pressure of going to work, many old people no longer follow the previous rule of three meals, or even omit one meal. Usually we have breakfast and lunch together at 10: 30 in the morning, and then have dinner at 4: 00 or 5: 00 in the afternoon. This is very harmful to the body, and it is easy to eat too much at a time to increase the digestive burden, and it is not easy to be absorbed by the body. It is recommended that you eat three meals normally, don't eat too much, and leave room for fruit or nuts at 10 am and 4 pm.
8, the diet content is single and diverse. Many elderly people eat for two or only one person. They often can't finish two dishes, sometimes one dish is too much, so it is difficult for them to have a diversified diet. The total number of ingredients per day does not exceed eight. It is suggested that a dish should add as many ingredients as possible, such as onions, carrots, black fungus, etc., when cooking most dishes, so as to get more nutrition.
9, like snacks, snacks. It is human nature to love sweets, especially for the elderly with bad teeth. Soft cakes and snacks can't be refused, and many young people also like to buy these things to honor the elderly. However, these foods are hiding places of trans fatty acid saturated sugar, and regular consumption will significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and Alzheimer's disease. It is suggested to eat less of this kind of food and make some tortillas and millet cakes instead.
10, extreme attitude towards health care products. Many elderly people are fooled by merchants and so-called "experts", and they are eager for health care products, spending a lot of money and eating bad health. Some elderly people are extremely resistant to all health care products and think they are deceptive. In fact, as the elderly, it is necessary for reliable manufacturers to produce multivitamin and mineral preparations, because their diet needs energy restriction and more nutrition, which is difficult to do in general home cooking, and a compound preparation can easily help them.