1. Eat well: nutritionally balanced meals seven full nutritionist, generally speaking, three meals a day, the content of various nutrients accounted for the proportion of the whole day's supply were 30%, 35% -40%, 35% -40%.
Want to live a long and healthy life, the diet should be based on the "meat and vegetables, grains and cereals, coarse and fine with" principle, as far as possible to ensure adequate nutritional supply and dietary balance.
Because of the elderly less exercise, the energy required is also less, eat only seven minutes to eat, too full for the weakened function of the stomach and intestines to increase the burden.
When you eat, you can't be in a hurry, chew slowly and eat less fried, deep-fried and baked food.
Additionally, the elderly can also eat less and more meals.
2. Pull the cool: middle-aged and elderly people don't underestimate the constipation in daily life, there are a lot of elderly people suffer from constipation, and relative to the young, constipation on the elderly harm more can not be ignored.
The anorectal doctor reminded that constipation will not only cause hemorrhoids, for the elderly, too much force when defecating, or superimposed on the pain stimulus, it is easy to cause a spike in blood pressure, and even induced an acute infarction, stroke and other cardiovascular events.
For the disease of constipation, preventing it before it occurs and developing good habits is the key.
Doctors pointed out that after waking up in the morning, you can squat in the toilet for a while, consciously cultivate the biological clock of defecation, and avoid holding back when you have the urge to defecate.
If through diet, physical exercise and other ways, or can not alleviate the symptoms of constipation, or every time the stool to force out, then we must promptly consult the doctor.
3. Sleep well: according to the seasonal changes in rest and relaxation many elderly people like to "early to bed and early to rise", in fact, is not scientific. Affiliated with Southeast University Hospital Health Management Center Director Zhu Xin anonymous explained that it is best to seasonal laws to adjust our work and rest. Simply put, it is to follow the time of sunrise and sunset.
-Spring is the time when everything recovers and Yang Qi begins to develop, so people should get up early even if they feel sleepy.
-Summer Yang Qi is strong, can be appropriate to sleep later, but must get up early in the morning.
- In the fall, you should go to bed earlier, but you must get up earlier in the morning.
-Winter should go to bed early and get up late, especially for the elderly. In addition, winter yang energy attenuation, generally do not advocate getting up early to outdoor morning exercise.
Additionally, just wake up do not get up right away, it is best to lie in bed for a while, so that the limbs and joints stretch, get up can also twist the neck, stretching, do some warm-up small movements.
4. Think big: don't be so catty about trivialities Some people are old enough to think big, often anxious and nervous about small things, and even a lot of resentment.
Experts suggest that the elderly should learn to calm their minds and be more tolerant and understanding of their children and partners. People may wish to cultivate hobbies in old age, such as playing chess, square dancing, playing Tai Chi, etc., there are worries must be more to the family to talk about.