Misunderstanding of nutritional diet for the elderly
A thousand dollars is hard to buy old and thin;
Do not eat meat, only vegetarian;
Broth is more nutritious than meat;
The diet is too light.
Being slim in old age is priceless.
Some elderly people think that "money is hard to buy old and thin", they don't care about losing weight, or even deliberately lose weight. "Weight loss refers to the simultaneous reduction of body fat and muscle tissue.
For the elderly, muscles play an important role in maintaining the quality of life and physical function. Muscle loss will affect the quality of life of the elderly, such as falling easily, poor self-care ability and so on.
Correct approach
The elderly should pay attention to ensuring adequate energy and protein intake in their daily diet, and combine exercise with diet to maintain proper aerobic exercise and resistance exercise.
Broth is more nutritious than meat.
From the point of view of nutrition, the nutritional value of soup is not high. Although bone soup and broth will dissolve a small amount of protein during boiling, they will also dissolve fat and prostitutes. Eating soup without meat will waste more nutrition. Not only can you not get enough nutrition, but you will also get too much floating songs, fat and salt. This is unhealthy for the elderly.
Correct approach
It is suggested that the elderly with gout should not eat broth. Other healthy elderly people can drink a small amount of soup before meals or eat some meat dishes in the soup.
Don't eat meat, just be vegetarian.
Many elderly people think that vegetarianism is better than eating meat or even not eating meat for a long time. In the diet structure, there will be insufficient intake of animal food. Animal food is an important source for human body to obtain high-quality protein, which is rich in essential amino acids. If you don't take it for a long time, it will lead to malnutrition, muscle loss and even malnutrition.
Correct approach
It is recommended that the elderly eat at least one egg and a box of milk every day (lactose intolerant people can choose lactose-free milk or compound nutritional powder). Choose fish, shrimp and other aquatic products and poultry. , or high-quality protein foods such as soybeans and bean products.
Eat too lightly.
The light diet is based on the diversification of diet, which requires a reasonable combination of nutrition and limits animal food, edible oil and salt to a reasonable range. Many elderly people are often asked to have a light diet, but being light does not mean not eating oil and salt at all. Long-term non-intake of oil can also induce constipation. Try to keep the original flavor of food, and it is more reasonable to be low in salt and fat.
Correct approach
It is suggested that the elderly should use 25g~30g of oil every day, choose vegetable oil as far as possible, avoid animal oil, and use no more than 6g of salt all day. Elderly patients with hypertension should be controlled within 4g.