First, like to drink porridge
From the dietary habits of long-lived elderly people do not like to drink porridge. The famous economist Ma Yinchu and his wife Zhang Guijun, both husband and wife are centenarians, both of them especially like to drink porridge. Every morning, add 50 grams of oatmeal to 250 grams of boiling water and brew it for 2 minutes to make porridge. Every day, they never stop. Mr. Su Buxian, a centenarian in Shanghai, drinks rice porridge three times a day, thin porridge in the morning and evening, and slightly thicker porridge at noon, with a shallow bowl for each meal. They said, “Drinking porridge is soothing and beneficial to the body.”
Generations of physicians and health scientists on the elderly drink porridge are very recommended. The “Suixiju Diet” says: “Congee is the first nourishing food in the world.” Congee is easy to digest and absorb, and can harmonize the stomach, nourish the spleen, clear the lungs and moisten the lower part of the body. Cao Cishan, a health practitioner of the Qing Dynasty, said, “In old age, there is a day after day eating porridge, not counting the ton, but also can be strong and healthy, enjoy a long life.” He prepared more than one hundred kinds of porridge recipes for the elderly to choose, popular among the elderly.
Second, millet is the best tonic for the elderly
The old people like millet the most and take millet as the best tonic. Millet is a granular grain after peeling, traditionally has “grains and cereals, cereals as the first” reputation. The elderly who are weak and sick often use millet to nourish their bodies. Ancestral medicine believes that millet benefits the five organs, thick intestines and stomach, full of fluid, strong muscles and bones, long muscles. A famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty said: “millet is the most nourishing. The rice oil when boiling rice porridge is better than ginseng soup.” It can be seen that the long-lived elderly like “rice” is very reasonable.
Three, pearl corn as a staple food
Corn, alias corn, corn, pearl jade, etc., it and rice, wheat and known as the world’s three major crops, is recognized as the world’s “golden crop”, but also longevity of the elderly can not live without the staple food. The American Medical Association has made a census, found that the indigenous people of the United States Indians did not have a high blood pressure, no one arteriosclerosis. The original is to eat the old corn to eat.
Medical research found that old corn contains a large amount of lecithin, linoleic acid, grain alcohol, vitamin E, so it is not easy to occur hypertension and arteriosclerosis. From the physique of the long-lived elderly, they rarely have high blood pressure and atherosclerosis, which is closely related to their eating corn as a staple food.
Four, a pound of milk every day
Drinking milk is a common habit of long-lived elderly people, especially those who live in cities. It is said that the United States has 25,000 centenarians, 80% of whom are women, and their diet is generally drink milk. American proverb says: “Drinking milk makes the bones firm.” Bening, a centenarian, drinks two cups of milk a day, sometimes more, so she still has no signs of osteoporosis by the time she is 100 years old.
Milk is nutritious and relatively comprehensive. The lysine content in milk is high, the cholesterol content is low, and all carbohydrates are lactose, which can be converted into lactic acid in the intestine, which has the effect of inhibiting the growth of spoilage bacteria. Milk is rich in calcium and has a high absorption rate, and also contains more vitamins A, D and riboflavin, which are necessary and beneficial for the elderly. Milk is fermented and made into cheese, and eating cheese can prevent tooth decay. Drinking yogurt can lower cholesterol, so people who often drink yogurt are not easy to suffer from cardiovascular disease, but also can brighten the eyes, fix teeth, prevent cell aging, etc.
Five, eat an egg every day
Eating an egg every day has become a common habit of long-lived elderly people. Centenarian, the famous economist Dr. Chen Hansheng, according to the arrangement of nutrition, every day diet adhere to the “three one”: “eat an egg in the morning, a glass of milk in the evening, eat a large apple in the middle.” He ate three meals a day with more vegetation and less meat, and arranged his diet scientifically to achieve good health. Nutritionists have determined that egg whites contain a lot of water and protein. Egg white protein is extremely rich in amino acids, and the composition ratio is very suitable for human needs, and this protein has the highest utilization rate in the human body.
Egg white protein has a repairing effect on liver tissue damage. The lecithin in egg yolk can promote the regeneration of liver cells, increase the amount of plasma protein in the body, and enhance the metabolic function and immunity of the body. When lecithin is digested by the body, it releases choline, which can improve memory. The egg yolk is rich in inorganic salts, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins. Eggs contain a lot of cholesterol and the fat is saturated fatty acids.
Eating too many eggs will greatly increase the intake of cholesterol, which can cause atherosclerosis and endanger the heart and brain vessels, and increase the burden on the liver and kidneys. Therefore, it is fine to eat 12 per day. Long-lived old people never eat more.
Sixth, prefer sweet potatoes
Eating sweet potatoes is a big preference for long-lived elderly people. The old man said: a “sweet potato is a treasure, can not leave at all.” Medical research, sweet potatoes have five major effects: 1. and blood tonic, rich in nutrients; 2. wide intestinal ventilation, promote defecation; 3. beneficial to the body, enhance immunity; 4. contains anti-cancer substances, can prevent cancer and anti-cancer; 5. anti-aging, prevent atherosclerosis.
Medical doctors say, sweet potatoes contain a lot of mucin, so it can prevent the liver and kidney connective tissue atrophy, so that the body’s immunity is enhanced. Also has the effect of eliminating reactive oxygen species, to avoid the reactive oxygen species induced cancer. Also because sweet potatoes contain more calcium and magnesium, so it can prevent osteoporosis. This shows that sweet potatoes are worthy of a treasure of the diet of longevity of the elderly.
Seven, tofu is a favorite food of the elderly
Old people generally love tofu. They say: “Fish produces fire, meat produces phlegm, cabbage and tofu keep peace.” The “Suixiju diet recipe” says: “everywhere can be made, rich and poor, easy, inquiring vegetarian food in the vast godfather also. Can also be included in meat dishes. The winter month frozen through the taste is particularly beautiful.” Tofu is mainly composed of protein and isoflavones. The effect of tofu is beneficial to health and intellectual development, as well as to reduce the concentration of blood lead, protect the liver, and promote the metabolism of the body. The elderly often eat tofu for vascular sclerosis, osteoporosis and other diseases have a good therapeutic effect.
Eight, Chong love cabbage
Cabbage, the usual dishes, the elderly, the most favorite. Taste delicious, both meat and vegetables, is a good winter vegetables, Mr. Qi Baishi, a master of Chinese painting, there is a special cabbage map, the only theory of cabbage as the “king of vegetables”, and praise “hundred dishes as good as cabbage”. The old man often said: “cabbage eat half a year, the doctor enjoys leisure.” It can be seen, often eat cabbage is conducive to but the disease prolonged life.
Cabbage contains minerals, vitamins, protein, crude fiber, carotene, but also contains the breakdown of carcinogenic substances nitrosamines glycosidase. From the medicinal efficacy, cabbage has seven effects such as nourishing the stomach, intestines, wine, stool, lowering fat, heat, cancer prevention.
Nine, winter does not leave the radish
Long-lived elderly people do not leave the radish in winter diet. They say, “Eat radish in winter, eat ginger in summer, and keep well all year round.” Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Monsters of Yangzhou, once wrote a couplet: “Green vegetables and radish on brown rice, tile pot of heavenly water chrysanthemum tea.” “Radish on tea” is Mr. Zheng’s way to maintain health. Radish contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, and does not contain fat. The mustard oil and amylase contained in it can promote metabolism, enhance appetite and help digestion.
Radish is an authentic health food for the elderly. Ancestral medicine believes that it can resolve stagnation, eliminate food stagnation, cure phlegm and cough loss of voice, cure vomiting, epistaxis, thirst, dysentery, dispel headache, urine, etc.; raw can be eaten to quench thirst, clear internal heat, resolve phlegm and asthma and help digestion; steamed and cooked can eliminate food and strengthen the spleen, and has a tonic effect. “Radish on tea”. Eating some radish and drinking some tea can eliminate dryness and heat, dispel the body’s depressed toxic heat, and have a good effect on restoring vitality and energy. Radish and meat stewed together is also very good taste. However, it cannot be eaten with ginseng and oranges.
Ten, carrots are beloved by the elderly
Carrots are also a favorite of the elderly. Carrots are high in vitamin A and are extremely rich in carotenoids. Studies have shown that carrots can provide the nutrients needed to fight heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and atherosclerosis. Carotene is also rarely destroyed at high temperatures and is easily absorbed by the body and then converted into vitamin A. Therefore, it can treat night blindness and dry eyes caused by vitamin A deficiency.
Carotene can only be absorbed by the body if it is dissolved in fat. Therefore, experienced elderly people often cut carrots into slices or shreds and fry them with oil, so that the preservation rate of carotene can reach more than 79%, sliced and fried, the preservation rate of carotene is 81%, sliced and stewed with meat, the preservation rate of carotene is high.