As we all know, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hyperglycemia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are mostly middle-aged and elderly people. At this time, the elderly over 60 years old are at a high incidence of various diseases, mainly because the basal metabolic rate of people over 60 years old is about 16% lower than that of young people.
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What is malnutrition?
When it comes to malnutrition and other diseases, everyone thinks that it only happens to thin people, and fat people have no malnutrition at all. In fact, not being fat does not mean that the body has all-round nutrition, but because of bad eating habits and lifestyle, a lot of fat has accumulated in various parts of the body, so obesity has appeared.
These people are usually very interested in high-fat and high-calorie foods, so they can only eat food for a long time, but they should know that the nutrition needed by the body is comprehensive. If a single substance is ingested, it will lead to malnutrition, so obese people will also have a certain degree of malnutrition.
Malnutrition, in common parlance, is because the ingested nutrition is not completely absorbed by malnutrition, which leads to excessive consumption of nutrition and thus malnutrition.
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Why are the elderly more prone to malnutrition?
(1) long-term inactivity
For middle-aged and elderly people nowadays, compared with young people, they actually lack exercise, because most of them prefer to stay at home rather than go out, while children and young people will be too worried about middle-aged and elderly people, especially the elderly, when exercising outside, so they will try their best to avoid going out alone.
The middle-aged and elderly people, especially the elderly, are sedentary for a long time, and their digestive system declines. Therefore, the speed of digesting food by the stomach decreases, which will lead to the situation that food is difficult to digest in the elderly, which will lead to malnutrition in the elderly.
(2) the cause of the disease
For the elderly after the age of 60, it is very easy to be troubled by various chronic diseases. However, due to the increased consumption rate of nutrients and the lack of corresponding nutritional supplements after long-term consumption, the elderly will be malnourished.
(3) the problem of loss of appetite.
Taste will also deteriorate with the aging of the body, so the elderly will feel tasteless, so they will lose their appetite, so there is no way to ensure that the human body absorbs all aspects of nutrition. According to relevant research and investigation, the energy consumed by the elderly in the past day must reach1.8-20,000 calories. If the elderly eat too little food, it will lead to the inability to absorb all aspects of nutrition, thus inducing malnutrition.
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These kinds of nutrition can be supplemented after 60 years old.
(1) Trace elements
Trace elements refer to calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, iodine and other trace elements. After the body is aging, the nutrients in the body will be lost, so trace elements will be lost to a certain extent, and the daily activities and physiological cycles of the human body are indispensable, so it is necessary to eat more foods rich in trace elements to adjust.
For example, you can eat more fish, meat, eggs, milk, kelp, nuts, fungi and so on. To supplement the trace elements that the human body lacks. Only by ensuring the intake of trace elements can we effectively prevent many problems such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis, and can also supplement the needed nutrition for the human body.
(2) Moisture
Water is the source of life, so water is very important to the human body, especially for some elderly people, to supplement enough water every day to prevent dehydration of the elderly, such as adding soup and other foods with soup to the elderly in daily life.
Old people should drink about 2000 ml of water every day. If you drink too little water, you should replenish it in time. If you are an elderly person who has a lot of drinking habits, you should appropriately reduce the amount of drinking water to avoid the burden of heart and kidney caused by excessive drinking.
(3) protein
As we all know, most of the energy of human body is provided by protein in food. Proper intake of protein can provide enough energy for human body and support people's physiological activities in one day. Therefore, if the elderly want to keep their vitality and delay aging, they need to pay attention to supplementing protein.
Moreover, if there is enough protein in the human body, it can also effectively enhance the immunity and disease resistance of the elderly population, so that the elderly population is not easy to be infected by bacteria, so it is not easy to get sick.
(4) Carbohydrate
Carbohydrate refers to carbohydrate, which is the main source of energy and heat. Carbohydrates mainly come from staple foods, such as rice, flour, miscellaneous grains, etc., and all have certain carbohydrates. If the elderly lack carbohydrate intake, it will lead to a decrease in energy.
In addition, many elderly people like to eat sweets, but it is not recommended that the elderly consume too much sucrose. If the elderly consume too much sucrose, it will lead to nutritional imbalance and even lead to unstable blood sugar.
(5) Fat
Too little fat intake is useless to people. Too much fat will not only cause a certain burden on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but also cause health problems such as obesity. If it is too little, it will also lead to insufficient energy supply. Therefore, the daily intake of the elderly should be controlled at about 20%~25% of the total energy. In addition, we should try to eat less foods with high cholesterol content, such as animal liver and egg yolk, and eat more lean meat, fish and poultry with less vegetable oil and saturated fatty acids.
Conclusion: Do you know which elderly people must be supplemented with nutrition? Share your opinions in the comments section below. # Happy New Year #