Recently, an elderly man was treated in the outpatient clinic. Although he wanted to pursue a healthy and high-quality lifestyle, things often went against his wishes. Some life details affected his physical health and quality of life.
The elderly man is 93 years old and came to see the doctor for medical examination due to mild anemia. During the consultation, I learned that the elderly are college teachers. They often learn some health knowledge and insist on walking every day because they are worried about dyslipidemia and high uric acid. They rarely eat animal foods. The value of BMI (weight divided by the square of height) is 21.
The elderly person's aging symptoms are basically normal. The anemia and problem that occurs is mainly due to the malnutritional anemia that occurs frequently in the elderly. The fundamental reason is that the intake of animal protein . The nutritional and health problems of the elderly have led to a decline in quality of life and are increasingly attracting public attention. Based on the situation of this elderly person, I will take you to have an in-depth understanding of the knowledge of the elderly in maintaining a balanced nutrition in their lives.
The elderly are malnutrition and benign.
The elderly are malnutrition, which is a disease of geriatric syndrome. It is divided into benign and malignant. The latter is malnutrition usually caused by malignant tumors and is difficult to correct. Most elderly people have benign malnutrition, mainly due to misconceptions, unbalanced diets, and partial diets. They can be corrected by changing their concepts, balanced dietary structure, etc. The old man on
is an intellectual who hopes to live a quality life and has expectations for health and longevity. To this end, he strictly controlled his diet in his life and avoided eating animal foods, which led to benign malnutrition and anemia, and decreased resistance and immunity. This is a dietary imbalance caused by misconceptions, which is typical. Through professional nutrition guidance, we prescribe dietary nutrition prescriptions to help him improve his malnutrition.
How to ensure the quality and quantity of diet
Scientific diet for the elderly, including quality and quantity. Diet quality is crucial to the health of the elderly. Especially for the elderly over 85 years old and who have a life expectancy of less than 5 years, diet control should be moderately relaxed to ensure that the diet structure is scientific and reasonable, the intake is up to standard, and the characteristics are suitable for the eating rules of the elderly.
The elderly usually have a variety of chronic diseases. Although it is important to control diseases, happy eating should be given priority in the management of these diseases.
The elderly should especially supplement sufficient animal food and make animal food available for three meals a day, rather than eating a lot in one meal. , such as edible eggs, milk, etc. for breakfast, and livestock, poultry, fish, eggs, etc. for Chinese and dinner. Animal foods are rich in high-quality protein . The human body absorbs and utilizes the micronutrients it contains, which is conducive to delaying the occurrence of muscle attenuation. The total intake of
protein should be achieved to reach an average of 120 to 150 grams per day. It is recommended to 40 to 50 grams of fish, 40 to 50 grams of poultry and livestock meat, and 40 to 50 grams of eggs.
Three meals a day are the foundation of health for the elderly. Many health problems of the elderly can be prevented and improved through the intervention of dietary behavior. hopes that the elderly can eat well and avoid weakening due to improper diet.
Author | Professor Kong Jian
Editor | Liang Jing
Intern Editor | Chen Juru Wang Kang
Review | Wu Weihong
