As the old saying goes: Eat a good breakfast, a full lunch, and a small dinner! However, many families now have to work during the day and leave early in the morning. They can only deal with things at the company at noon. In the evening, the family can get together and enjoy a good dinner. Therefore, many families have a very sumptuous dinner!

There is nothing wrong with a rich meal, but for middle-aged and elderly friends, eating too rich and too full for dinner is not good for your health! Secondly, there are many middle-aged and elderly friends who like to eat some whole grains in the evening, or even eat whole grains as their main food all day long. Coupled with a sumptuous dinner, they also eat a lot of meat. The result is that they seem to have a rich diet. , is actually unhealthy eating habits!

In fact, many middle-aged and elderly friends in life especially like to eat whole grains. They think that in the modern diet, the staple food is too much fine rice and white flour, that is, too much fine grains, and too little whole grains. Eat whole grains! In addition, their children work during the day and cannot have a proper meal. Therefore, many elderly people in their families cook sumptuous dinners, and almost eat all kinds of big fish and meat for dinner!

This kind of eating habit can be said to be very common! However, for young people, they have strong digestion ability, eat a lot at dinner, eat well, and can still digest the rich food. But for middle-aged and elderly friends, whole grains are harder to digest than fine grains, plus some meat. Class, it is easy for indigestion to affect health!

Therefore, this is why it is recommended that middle-aged and elderly friends eat less whole grains and meat for dinner. First, if you have to rest after dinner for too long, your digestive function will naturally be weak at this time. , Secondly, these foods are not easy to digest and are not suitable for eating at dinner!

So, the question is, for middle-aged and elderly friends, what kind of food is better to eat at night? First of all, Lao Yu believes that you should not eat too much for dinner. He recommends that you should be full for 7 minutes! Secondly, here are 4 types of foods listed below, which are not only highly targeted, rich in nutrients, but also taste good, especially easy to digest and absorb!

Nowadays, when it comes to food, what everyone talks about the most is protein, calories, and carbohydrates. In fact, for middle-aged and elderly friends, it is more suitable to eat foods with high tryptophan content! As we all know, some foods are high in calcium and can supplement calcium, while some foods are high in zinc and can supplement zinc, etc.

Eating foods high in tryptophan can help you sleep. Good sleep is a guarantee of good health! Generally speaking, foods high in tryptophan mainly include yuba, tofu skin, dried shrimps, seaweed, pumpkin seeds, and black sesame seeds.

Recommended recipe of cold yuba

Ingredients: yuba, carrots, cucumbers, coriander, cooked sesame seeds, balsamic vinegar, very fresh flavor, sesame oil, salt, oyster sauce

Method: Soak the yuba in cold water until there is no hard core, then blanch it in boiling water for 3 minutes, take it out and let it cool, then cut it into sections and set aside; wash the carrots, peel them and slice them, wash the cucumbers and slice them, wash and cut the coriander Set aside; pour the yuba, carrots and cucumbers into a basin, add an appropriate amount of salt, a little oyster sauce for freshness, then add an appropriate amount of balsamic vinegar for a very fresh taste, add a spoonful of cooked sesame seeds, sprinkle with coriander and then drip in sesame oil , stir evenly and that’s it!

Tips: Do not soak the yuba in hot water, otherwise the yuba will taste soft and not chewy at all. Use cold water to soak it. Although it takes a little time, it tastes good!

In addition to eating foods high in tryptophan, you can also add some foods high in vitamin B to your dinner, which can maintain the health of our body and maintain the normal metabolism of our body. Generally speaking, foods with higher content of this type include spinach, peanuts, oranges, tomatoes, etc.

Recommended recipe tomato, kelp and shrimp soup

Ingredients: tomato, kelp, shrimp, green onion, salt, light soy sauce, sesame oil

Method: wash the tomatoes Then cut into pieces, wash and drain the kelp and set aside. Remove the heads and shells of the fresh shrimps and pick out the shrimp threads. Cut the green onions into flowers and set aside. Add a little oil to the pot, first add the chopped green onions and saute until fragrant, then add the tomatoes and stir-fry until soft and tender. Then add the shrimp;

Stir-fry until the shrimp changes color and curls, add an appropriate amount of water, add an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, then add the kelp, bring to a boil over high heat, add salt to taste again, and cook the kelp When cooked, add an appropriate amount of sesame oil and serve!

For middle-aged and elderly friends, not only is it not suitable to eat too much meat for dinner, it is also not suitable to eat vegetables that are not easy to digest! Although the diet should be light, some vegetables are still not suitable for eating. It is recommended to eat some vegetables that are easy to digest. For example: tomatoes, zucchini, winter melon, cauliflower, carrots, etc.

Recommended recipe: zucchini in juice

Ingredients: zucchini, spicy millet (you can omit it if you don’t like it), mustard salad dressing, light soy sauce, rice vinegar

Method: First wash the zucchini, cut it into long filaments with a wire drawing knife, put it in a bowl and set aside; wash the millet, cut it into rings and put it in a bowl, then squeeze in an appropriate amount of mustard salad juice and 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar , 1 spoon of light soy sauce, stir evenly.

This dish is rich in texture and very refreshing. It is not only rich in nutrients, but also easy to digest. It is more suitable for dinner! The above is what I will share with you today. I remind you again that you should only eat seven to eight percent full for dinner. Secondly, you should eat less whole grains and meat. You might as well eat more of the above three types of food.

Finally, thank you all for watching, thank you!