Examples of foods: noodles, soft rice, dumplings, wontons, buns, steamed buns, pork, amaranth, tomatoes, cauliflower, and tofu.

During the recovery period of gastrointestinal diseases, doctors often instruct patients to eat a soft and easy-to-digest diet.

Applicable to: patients with low fever, patients with indigestion, patients recovering from intestinal diseases such as typhoid fever, dysentery and acute enteritis, and elderly people with oral diseases or chewing difficulties.

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People with poor gastrointestinal digestive function, the food should be made a little soft, easy to digest and absorb. However, food made too soft and rotten will lose a lot of nutrients, but also accelerate the rate of postprandial glucose rise, is not conducive to diabetic patients to control blood sugar.

So even older people can't just eat soft food. Studies have shown that eating too much soft food and chewing less can make the elderly less mentally energized and prone to cognitive dysfunction.

Nanyang Daily - Healthy eating in moderation

Baidu Encyclopedia - Soft food