Future Health Frontiers Q&A Senior Health Elderly Nutrition

What are the dangers of eating fried peanuts for the elderly?

Asked by:Chiara

Asked on:Apr 09, 2026 12:46 AM

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  • Alix Alix

    Apr 09, 2026

      Peanuts, also known as "longevity fruit", have the effects of moistening the lungs, harmonizing the stomach, stopping bleeding, and promoting lactation. But yes elderly For example, you should eat less fried peanuts. Although fried peanuts have good color, aroma and taste, they are high-calorie food and are more hygienic when cooked in boiling oil. However, their disadvantage is that after high temperature, the nutritional value is low, and the heat energy supply is only 1/3 of that without heating. In particular, the oil after high temperature is not easy to be digested and absorbed by the spleen and stomach. If eaten with other foods, it can also hinder the absorption of other foods. Because the spleen and stomach of the elderly are relatively weak, eating fried peanuts is more likely to affect the motor function of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the elderly should eat less fried peanuts, otherwise it will seriously affect the function of the spleen and stomach.

      The ancients often ate peanuts raw and grinded them into soup or cooked them, and they were not allowed to fry or stir-fry them. "Gangmu Supplements" records that there was a woman cough There is a lot of phlegm, and the doctor is helpless. Some people advised the woman to eat peanuts, 6-9 grams of them raw every day, and she gradually felt less phlegm. Within half a year, she ate 10 kilograms of peanuts, and her cough and asthma were cured. When the ancient physician Tong Lu'an had a cough at home, he only used peeled peanut membranes, ground the pure meat raw and drank it, and the phlegm and cough were relieved. He believes that eating fried peanuts can produce phlegm, not to mention deep-fried peanuts.