Understand: Can the elderly drink porridge for a long time?

Old people are more likely to suffer from dental diseases and have more missing teeth. Some elderly people have been drinking porridge for many years due to poor chewing function. There are also a few elderly people who pay attention to medicated diet and often drink medicated porridge as an auxiliary treatment for diseases. The elderly are not suitable for long-term consumption of porridge

It has been observed that the elderly who have been drinking porridge for many years are generally thinner. The reason is that the same volume of porridge contains much fewer rice grains than the same volume of rice. If you drink porridge for a long time, the total calories and nutrients obtained will not be enough for the body's physiological needs, and it will inevitably make ends meet.

The traditional saying that "eating porridge is easy to digest" is questionable. Someone has studied the digestion and absorption of porridge, rice, and steamed buns. The results are that the sugar absorption rate is: 96.5% for porridge, 99.5% for rice, and 99.9% for steamed buns; the protein absorption rate is: 56.1% for porridge, 99.5% for rice, and 99.9% for steamed buns.

Why does this unexpected result occur? Mainly because you don’t have to chew the porridge carefully, you can even swallow it by “sipping”. When eating, you must chew. Not only do you have to use your teeth to break up the rice grains, but you also need to promote saliva secretion to help digestion.

In addition, in people's concept, porridge is not as real as rice. Drinking porridge is like drinking water. A bowl of rice usually takes two bowls of porridge. As a result, the elderly drink more porridge, and the elderly have poor gastric motility, making it difficult for the stomach to empty quickly, and the elderly are prone to stomach discomfort. Therefore, drinking porridge for a long time is not a good idea. Elderly people with bad teeth should actively treat their dental disease or install dentures.