What taboos should the elderly avoid when eating breakfast healthily?

　　“The health proverb "eat a good breakfast, a full lunch, and a small dinner" is widely circulated. But for those with weak spleen and stomach elderly To ensure that you have a good breakfast, you must avoid several taboos.

　　Eat less sweets. Eating sweets for breakfast can easily turn into heat and create fire, causing excessive sugar in the body, affecting the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach, causing indigestion, loss of appetite, epigastric distension, greasy and tasteless mouth, belching and sour swallowing, etc. Excessive consumption of desserts can also cause obesity and elevated blood lipids, which can affect cardiopulmonary function and even lead to cardiopulmonary failure. Therefore, instead of eating biscuits and sweet breads that contain too much sugar, you can choose cornmeal steamed buns, egg If you eat cakes, porridge or soy milk, you should add less or no sugar.

　　Eat less animal offal. Animal viscera has high cholesterol and people of all ages should not eat more of it, especially the elderly should not consume it in breakfast. Eating too much animal offal, such as pork liver, kidneys, fat intestines, husband and wife lung slices, etc., will increase serum cholesterol and induce arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. disease occurrence or aggravation. It is recommended to eat more vegetables and less meat and animal offal for breakfast. Try to avoid the stewed food that old Beijingers love to eat. The rich fiber in vegetables can purify the intestines, promote absorption, and reduce constipate , can also provide rich nutrients and vitamins needed by the human body. Eating more vegetables can also fight cancer.

　　Eat less fried food. Many elderly people like to buy some fried dough sticks and pancakes in the morning. It is recommended that you change this habit. First, fried foods have high fat content, which is unbearable for the gastrointestinal tract and can easily induce gallbladder and pancreatic diseases. Second, oil that has been used multiple times often contains more carcinogens. If you often eat fried foods, it can increase the risk of cancer.

　　It is recommended that breakfast must be light. Porridge and side dishes are the best, such as purple rice noodle steamed buns, sesame sauce flower rolls, steamed buns, wontons, bean paste buns, nut bread, toast, polenta, etc., paired with some cold side dishes, Pickle Just a very good breakfast. Elderly friends should not eat too much for breakfast, and only need to be 70 to 80% full. Otherwise, the digestion time will be too long, which will easily cause blood to accumulate in the digestive system for a long time, resulting in reduced blood flow to the brain and making you feel lack of energy throughout the morning. In addition, it is most appropriate to be active for 20-30 minutes after getting up and eating breakfast.