1, the meal should be fragrant. The elderly taste, appetite is poor, cooking for the elderly should pay attention to the color, aroma, taste. 2, the quality should be good. Older people need more protein in their bodies to compensate for the consumption of tissue protein. So we should eat more chicken, fish, lean pork and bean products, etc. 3, the number of appropriate. Excessive satiety is harmful to the health of the hair, the elderly should be eight or nine minutes full at each meal, especially dinner. 4, vegetables should be more. Fresh vegetables are not only rich in vitamin C and minerals, but also have more fiber, which has an important role in cardiovascular protection and cancer prevention and constipation prevention. The daily intake of vegetables for the elderly should be no less than 250 grams. Chen Zetao, Health Care Department, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 5, food should be mixed. Protein, fat, sugar, vitamins, minerals and water are the six essential nutrients, these nutrients are widely available in a variety of foods, in order to balance nutrition, a variety of food to eat a little. 6, dishes should be light. The elderly because of the atrophy of the taste buds on the tongue, poor taste, and therefore most of the mouth heavy, to the heart, kidneys increase the burden, causing increased blood pressure. The elderly generally eat salt to 6 grams per day is appropriate. 7, meals should be rotten. The elderly often have loose teeth and loss, chewing weakness, digestive juices and digestive enzymes secretion reduced, gastrointestinal digestive function reduced. Therefore, meals should be made softer, rotten, in order to facilitate digestion. 8, fruit to eat. A variety of fruits are rich in water-soluble vitamins and metal trace elements, which have a great role in maintaining the pH balance of body fluids. 9, the diet should be warm. The elderly have poor resistance to cold, so meals should be warm. 10, eat slowly. Some elderly people are used to eating fast food, which is not good for health over time. Eating slowly is also easy to produce a sense of satiety, to prevent eating too much.