Four things the elderly should pay attention to when eating in autumn

　Beware of damaging the gastrointestinal tract

Summer is hot, people's appetite is greatly reduced, and the tongue's sense of taste is also insensitive. They eat more light and easy-to-digest food, and their gastrointestinal function is relatively weak. In the cool autumn season, everything has undergone fundamental changes, appetite increases, and the content of the diet has also changed. At this time, the elderly should pay attention to dietary health to avoid harming the gastrointestinal tract. The evolution of dietary content should be gradual and avoid sudden changes in fat and meat. Because the digestion and absorption function of the human body has to undergo changes in summer diet content. This process must be implemented step by step and step by step.
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Beware of eating to become obese

The autumn wind is getting cooler, and after the scorching heat of summer, the human body has finally entered a cool and comfortable recovery period. The human body has entered the "fat-gaining" stage in the cool autumn from the "fat-losing" season in summer. If you do not pay attention to reasonable dietary adjustments at this stage and consume too much high-fat and high-sugar foods, people will quickly gain weight. Facts have proved that autumn is the season most likely to gain weight, and the elderly should be particularly careful. Some low-calorie weight-loss foods should be appropriately selected, such as adzuki beans, radish, bamboo shoots, barley, mushrooms, fungus, bean sprouts, hawthorn, lotus leaves, garlic, pepper, etc.
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Beware of stomach disease

In autumn, a large number of various fruits are on the market, and gastrointestinal diseases are more common. Therefore, the elderly should be careful not to neglect the cleanliness and health of their diet. The reproductive capacity of bacteria in the cool autumn season is not low, and food is easily contaminated or corroded. The digestive function that has just entered the recovery period is quite delicate. Vomiting diarrhea may occur if you are not careful, resulting in acute gastroenteritis or dysentery. Therefore, we must strictly control the "disease enters through the mouth", do a good job in cleaning and preserving food, and strictly prevent food contamination.
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Beware of making up for mistakes

Supplementing in autumn can lay a good nutritional foundation and make material preparations for the elderly to survive the cold winter. However, some elderly people often eat food and drinks that are very hot in the city. Many people suffer from dry mouth and nose bleeding after eating, which is not worth the gain. In fact, the elderly should choose tonic products that are "tonifying but not harsh" and "preventing dryness but not greasy" when taking supplements in autumn. Foods with this effect include wild rice, pumpkin, lotus seeds, longan, black sesame, red dates, walnuts, etc. Patients with weak spleen and stomach and indigestion can also take yam, gorgon seeds, lentils, etc., which have the function of tonifying the spleen and stomach.