In fact, it is not difficult to say it is difficult, and it is not easy to say it is easy! Some people adopt the strategy: "I want to control my blood pressure and blood sugar." Some people say "I jog for an hour every day", while others eat a lot of nutritional supplements. In fact, the important ways for the elderly to keep healthy are: balanced nutrition, proper exercise, good disease control and proper social participation.
In addition to not partial eclipse, but also a balanced intake of six categories of food. Old people often have insufficient intake of dietary fiber or protein due to bad teeth and taste changes. Good chewing function is very important to your health, so please protect your teeth or wear suitable dentures. Old people often need to adjust their diet with diseases, but it is too late. For example, no salt in the diet may lead to hyponatremia and hospitalization. Therefore, when necessary, nutritionists can provide appropriate dietary assessment prescriptions.
Exercise moderately for more than 30 minutes every day, five days a week, depending on your physical condition. Thirty minutes can be decomposed into ten minutes at a time. You can exercise a little harder, but you can still talk without feeling uncomfortable. The benefits of exercise are endless. Besides aerobic exercise, muscle strength training and balance exercise are very important for the elderly, such as playing Tai Chi.
For example, diabetic patients' blood sugar control is not ideal, which often leads to complications and repeated hospitalization. Even if you exercise carefully and control your diet, you won't feel comfortable. Or, as before, some patients were unwilling to get up and walk all day, and were later diagnosed with osteoporosis and lumbar compression fracture. Many diseases that can be treated and improved are often ignored as aging phenomena, and the opportunity for treatment is missed. Drugs or health products are not "food and protection", but also need to adjust the treatment objectives according to personal needs and physical condition. Both can be discussed with the doctor.
Realizing self-worth and dignity is still very important for the elderly. If you do nothing, your body and mind will degenerate quickly. Whether traveling with a group, volunteering or doing community work, you can make friends, realize yourself and make yourself happy.
The elderly not only promote health through medical treatment or drugs, but also through proper nutrition and exercise and a good family and community support system.