What is the best way to eat vegetables for the elderly

In life, many old people like to blanch vegetables first, and then boil them in water for a long time to make spinach soup, cabbage soup, etc.

In fact, many water-soluble vitamins in vegetables are cooked away. In the end, you only eat some fiber, which has no nutritional value. Therefore, it is best for the elderly not to use the "bad vegetable soup" method.

A considerable number of elderly people have misunderstandings about the way to eat vegetables, which makes them lose many opportunities to obtain nutrition because their food intake is limited.

First of all, we don’t eat enough dark leafy vegetables. A recent survey by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that dark vegetables account for only 1/3 of the vegetables that elderly eat daily. Coupled with unbalanced fat, calorie and salt intake, this has led to a serious imbalance in the proportion of potassium and sodium in the body of the Chinese elderly.

In fact, it makes sense to advocate eating more dark-colored leafy vegetables. The vitamin K, calcium and riboflavin content of dark green vegetables such as spinach, rape, broccoli, etc. is many times higher than that of light-colored vegetables. The content of various vitamins in dark vegetables such as red, yellow, and green is higher than that of light-colored vegetables and fruits.

In life, many old people like to blanch vegetables first, and then boil them in water for a long time to make spinach soup, cabbage soup, etc.

In fact, many water-soluble vitamins in vegetables are cooked away. In the end, you only eat some fiber, which has no nutritional value. Therefore, it is best for the elderly not to use the "bad vegetable soup" method.

In addition, when eating green vegetables, try not to throw away the outer leaves, because the outer leaves of green vegetables contain more vitamin C than the inner leaves. When eating vegetables, you may also want to eat them with fungi mushrooms, so that the nutrition will be richer and more balanced.

"Wash first and then cut, stir-fry over high heat, eat more cold salads, have a variety of varieties, and choose dark colors." This is the old man's 20-word tip for cooking vegetables.