What food is easy for the elderly to digest?

1 pumpkin

Pumpkin is sweet, warm and non-toxic. Contains protein, fat, crude fiber, carotene, glucose, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, ascorbic acid, citrulline, mannitol, pectin, etc. Has antibacterial, detoxicating, stomach invigorating, digestion promoting, bowel relaxing, blood sugar lowering, cancer preventing, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, middle warmer invigorating, and immunity enhancing effects.

2. Auricularia auricula

Old people can eat cold fungus occasionally. Cold method can give full play to the nutrition of auricularia auricula. Tear the soaked auricularia auricula into small pieces, shred green pepper and carrot, cook with auricularia auricula, cool and stir evenly according to personal taste.

3. Macroalgae

Kelp is alkaline food. It is rich in iodine, which can promote the metabolism of triglycerides in blood and prevent blood acidification. Moreover, it is low in calories and rich in dietary fiber, which is helpful for relaxing bowels.

4. Hawthorn

Hawthorn tastes sour, sweet and slightly warm. It has the functions of invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, resolving food stagnation, promoting digestion and stimulating appetite, and is especially good at eliminating greasy meat accumulation. Modern pharmacological research believes that hawthorn contains lipase, which can increase the secretion of digestive enzymes in the stomach and promote digestion.

5. Apple

Apples can not only stop diarrhea, but also relieve constipation. Tannic acid, organic alkali and other substances contained in it have astringent effect, and pectin contained in it can absorb toxins. For simple mild diarrhea, eating apples alone can stop diarrhea. The cellulose contained in apples can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and accelerate defecation, so it has a laxative effect.

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