Daily dietary considerations for spinal cord injury patients

       1, fruits, vegetables, beans, brown rice, whole wheat are rich in fiber, spinal cord injury patients eat more of these foods to make the stool soft, easy to a discharge, reducing the need for stool softeners. High-fiber foods must be accompanied by 3000 ml of water per day to effectively meet the requirements of a healthy diet.  2, drinking water to drink a full 3,000 milliliters of water every day, to help spinal cord injury patients to regularly empty the bladder, maintain clean, and prevent urinary tract infections, but also help the stool soft. Water quality must be clean, if not a thousand clean, it should be boiled for 20 minutes, cooled before drinking.  3, spinal cord injury patients can drink the right amount of tea, coffee or juice to replace part of the water.  4, milk provides protein and a variety of vitamins and minerals, is also very important. But do not drink more than 600 ml a day, drinking too much milk can cause kidney problems.  5, do not drink too much alcohol, alcohol can cause many serious problems for people with spinal cord injury. Drinking too much alcohol will increase the number of times you have to urinate: so you are likely to wet your clothes or bed; you may forget to relieve the pressure and cause pressure sores; or you may fall and get hurt when you are not stable enough to transfer or get in and out of a wheelchair. Drinking too much alcohol can also cause excessive water loss and diarrhea.  6, consume sufficient protein, and can take more to strengthen the body cells to resist free radicals, such as vitamins A, C, E, selenium and other minerals, in order to be able to control weight and maintain the energy consumption required for long-term rehabilitation treatment.  7, cooking should avoid the use of lard, and should reduce egg yolk, offal, excessive seafood and other high cholesterol food, but should increase the high fiber food such as vegetables, cereals, fruits and enough water.  8, dietary intake should avoid high-calorie foods such as: fried, fatty meat, desserts, cakes, ice cream or soft drinks, black tea drinks, etc.  9.The dietary principles of daily life are: high fiber, low fat, low oil and low cholesterol diet.