How to keep healthy for the elderly with severe cold, cold temperature and declining physical function? Let me introduce it to you, I hope it will be useful to you!

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1: Warm food

Chinese medicine believes that mutton, dog meat, longan, leek, walnut, millet and other foods have the function of warming yang and benefiting qi, and eating more in moderation can improve the ability to keep out the cold. On the contrary, it is best to eat less cold or cold food such as duck, crab, banana, cucumber, pear, mung bean, watermelon and rock sugar.

2. Foods containing methionine

Low temperature increases the excretion of creatine in human urine and accelerates fat metabolism. Both creatine synthesis and fat metabolism need methyl, and methionine can provide methyl. Methionine is one of the eight essential amino acids for human body. Foods rich in amino acids include sesame, sunflower seeds and leafy vegetables. For the elderly, it is better to eat more pig blood. The proportion of amino acids in pig blood is very close to that of human body, which is easy to be absorbed and suitable for the elderly with decreased digestive function.

3. Calcium-containing foods

Medical research has proved that fear of cold is related to mineral deficiency in diet, especially calcium deficiency, which will affect the flexibility and excitability of myocardium, blood vessels and muscles. Therefore, it is advisable to eat more calcium-rich foods such as milk, bean products and shrimp skin in winter. In addition, carrots, sweet potatoes, lotus roots, green onions, potatoes and other root vegetables contain a lot of minerals, and regular consumption can also enhance the cold resistance of the human body.

4. Foods containing vitamins

Low temperature will accelerate the metabolism of vitamins in the body and should be supplemented in time in the diet. For example, vitamin A can enhance the cold tolerance of human body; Vitamin C can improve the adaptability of human body to cold. Therefore, the intake of foods rich in vitamin A such as animal liver, carrots and pumpkins and foods rich in vitamin C such as fresh vegetables and fruits should be appropriately increased in winter.

5. Iodized food

The human thyroid gland can secrete a hormone called thyroxine, which can produce heat. Thyroxine is composed of iodine and tyrosine, which can be synthesized in vivo, but iodine must rely on "foreign aid". Therefore, we should eat more iodine-rich foods such as kelp, laver and shellfish in winter.

6. Iron-containing foods

Studies have shown that many women's fear of cold in winter is related to iron deficiency in their bodies. Therefore, women who are afraid of cold can eat more iron-rich foods, such as animal blood and liver. Iron in animal food is heme iron, which has a high absorption rate after being ingested by human body, especially in animal blood, and its iron absorption rate can be as high as more than 22. Plant food, such as auricularia auricula, kelp, sesame, etc. Although the iron content is high, the absorption rate is low, mostly around 10.

Old people need to guard against "five diseases" for cold health

Prevention of stroke

According to data reports, about 70% of stroke patients often occur in winter, so they are called "winter neurological epidemic" by experts. Why do strokes happen in winter? This is because the temperature in winter is low, the whole body capillaries contract after the human body catches cold, the peripheral resistance of blood circulation increases, and the load of left ventricle and brain increases, which makes blood pressure rise, promotes thrombosis and leads to stroke. It is necessary to do a good job in the prevention of stroke in cold winter because of its acute onset, rapid progress and high mortality. To prevent stroke, we should first treat the primary diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes, and then pay attention to finding the premonitory symptoms in time, such as sudden dizziness, severe headache, blurred vision and numbness of limbs. Once such symptoms appear, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time.

Prevention of myocardial infarction

Cold winter is the peak of myocardial infarction. This is because blood vessels contract after cold, fibrinogen in blood increases, blood viscosity increases, and it is easy to form thrombus, which leads to myocardial ischemia and hypoxia, angina pectoris and even myocardial infarction. Therefore, the elderly should strengthen outdoor physical exercise, pay attention to cold and warmth, and the indoor temperature should be controlled at 15℃ ~ 18℃ to prevent the invasion of cold pathogens and induce new diseases. Drugs for thrombolysis and lipid lowering, vasodilation and prevention of myocardial ischemia and hypoxia can also be applied under the guidance of doctors.

Antigen worm

The facial atrophy and sebaceous gland dysfunction of the elderly are prone to facial itching in cold and dry climate, which is often aggravated at night, often making it difficult for people to fall asleep. Therefore, the elderly should pay attention to diet conditioning in winter, eat more fresh vegetables, fruits and bean products, and avoid spicy foods such as peppers and garlic. They can also choose traditional Chinese medicines that nourish blood, replenish qi, moisten dryness and relieve itching, such as black sesame, Liuwei Dihuang Pill and Lycium barbarum Dihuang Pill.

Prevent stomach trouble

In the middle of winter, histamine in the blood increases, gastric acid is secreted vigorously, gastrointestinal tract contracts convulsively, and the body's disease resistance and adaptability also decrease. Therefore, stomach diseases in the elderly are easy to recur in winter, and even lead to serious complications such as gastric bleeding and gastric perforation. Therefore, in winter, the elderly should pay special attention to keep the stomach warm, eat soft, light and easy to digest, eat less and eat more meals, avoid eating cold food, quit smoking and drinking, take an active part in physical exercise, improve gastrointestinal blood circulation and reduce the chance of suffering from stomach diseases.

Prevent catching a cold

Cold in the elderly is a common and frequently-occurring disease in winter, and the problem is not serious. However, if it is not treated in time, it will easily lead to a variety of life-threatening complications, such as pneumonia, cor pulmonale, asthma and chronic bronchitis. It is reported that the mortality rate of lung infection in the elderly is as high as 36%. Therefore, in the cold winter, the elderly should pay attention to strengthening cold-resistant exercise and adjusting diet. It is best to wash your face with cold water and your feet with hot water every day to improve your immunity, strengthen your disease resistance and prevent colds.

Health knowledge of the elderly

1, eat carefully:

The book "Health Care for the Elderly" says well, "Eating too much will make you sick, and eating carefully will avoid disaster." This means that as the elderly grow older, their spleen and stomach will become weak and their digestive function will be worse than before. If you eat too much, your stomach will become full and easy to accumulate stagnation. After a long time, it will turn into heat, which will inevitably consume body fluid and hurt yin. Health experts suggest that middle-aged and elderly people must master the time of eating and should eat when they are slightly hungry. It is best to choose a fixed time for each meal. In addition, you should not eat too fast, chew slowly, and the meal time for each meal should be at least 20 minutes. Some data show that men eat too fast, which is easy to cause cancer. Old people had better eat more cold salad and coarse grains.

2, careful use of drugs:

Pay attention to the drug use tips of the elderly. With the increase of age, the detoxification function of the liver and kidney of the elderly is relatively weak. If it is not because of physical illness, you need to take medicine as little as possible, and don't take multiple drugs together. Experts suggest that the elderly should try not to abuse antibiotics when they catch a cold, let alone go to the hospital for intravenous drip. Because, if you take too much medicine and drip too frequently, your body will develop drug resistance. Many elderly people think that taking Chinese medicine has little side effects on the body, but it is not. Everyone should know that it is a three-point poison. Therefore, western medicine and Chinese medicine should not be used as much as possible. In addition, eating more food supplements can not only play a role in health care, but also is not conducive to health. For example, if you eat too much pilose antler, ginseng and cordyceps sinensis, you will have symptoms such as nosebleed, dry mouth and dry throat. If you want to take supplements, you must also take them under the guidance of a doctor.

3. Be cautious and excited:

There are many elderly people who can't adjust their mentality well when they are old, and often have a balanced psychological cloth, which makes them very angry. Experts suggest that being too excited has always been the natural enemy of the health of the elderly. Especially those suffering from heart disease and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, it is necessary to control their emotions. I believe everyone knows that impulse is the devil. Because too much excitement will raise blood pressure and accelerate the heartbeat, which will lead to bleeding after the rupture of hardened cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, thus inducing myocardial infarction, stroke and other diseases.