How can I take care of my liver in the elderly?

Into the elderly body parts are gradually aging liver is no exception, the elderly liver has the following characteristics: 1, liver blood flow decreased, men over the age of 25, women over the age of 20 years old after the liver circulating blood flow to 0.3% to 1.5% per year, 60 years old than the age of 20 years old when the liver blood flow decreased by 40% to 50%. Blood is the basis of liver health, liver blood flow decline leads to sugar, fat, protein metabolism and detoxification, immune function correspondingly decline; the elderly liver tends to “harden”, not as soft and elastic as young adults. Liver volume, weight, number of liver cells decline, regenerative capacity decline. A study shows that the average volume of liver in 50 years old group is 1150 cubic centimeters, and the average volume of liver above 80 years old is only 849 cubic centimeters; the liver cells at the age of 85 are only 50% of the liver cells at the age of 40. Elderly hepatocytes will appear binucleate, multinucleate, cytosol solid shrinkage, nuclear chromosome degeneration and other degradation manifestations, the degeneration of hepatocyte quantity and quality of secretion, digestion, absorption and other physiological functions are also degraded. 3, the fatty liver increases, complications, comorbidities increase, for drug damage tolerance decreases, easy to occur drug liver injury. Elderly liver has the above changes and characteristics, but from the whole liver function, basically normal, however, do not pay attention to these characteristics and weaknesses, will make the liver damage, cause liver disease, or make the original liver disease aggravated. Daily life should be from the following aspects of liver care: 1, pay attention to mental hygiene, sunshine mentality, maintain psychological balance, and develop an optimistic and cheerful character. It is often said that anger hurts the liver, do not “angry hair”, “stormy”, do not be distressed, depressed. 2, a reasonable diet, meat and vegetables, coarse and fine with a comprehensive and balanced. High-quality protein, sugar, vitamin B and vitamin C, etc., is to protect the liver tissue essential nutrients. The elderly should often eat protein-rich lean meat, fish, eggs, dairy, soy products, etc.; sugar can be taken from rice, noodles and other staple foods; vitamins mainly from fresh vegetables and fruits. Especially mushrooms, chicken soup are beneficial to the liver, appropriate to eat some grapes on the liver suitable. 3, avoid smoking and alcohol, do not blindly indiscriminate use of drugs; static and static combination, moderate labor, do not boil; avoid sedentary watching TV does not move; to participate in some physical and mental health of cultural and sports activities, to the beautiful scenery of the natural world of cultivating the heart, cultivate the sentiment is a good choice for liver health care. 4, health check is indispensable for the elderly, 1~2 times a year to check liver function, blood sugar, blood fat, liver, gallbladder and spleen B ultrasound, found that the problem is solved in time.