Recipe for Middle-Aged and Elderly People and Patients

Author: Zhu Tianshun
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: As the physical functions of middle-aged and elderly people change, appropriately adjusting the dietary structure is undoubtedly very necessary for slowing down aging and maintaining health. The following principles remind middle-aged and elderly friends to pay attention: Food should be easy to chew and digest. Hard foods like celery should be minced before eating; difficult-to-digest fried foods, sticky foods like rice cakes, and grilled foods should be consumed less. High-protein, low-fat, and vitamin-rich foods rich in calcium should be the first choice for middle-aged and elderly people. It should be low in salt to avoid causing high blood pressure. This recipe book is arranged according to the above principles, introducing cold and hot dishes that are light and nutritious, suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to eat; without greasy, fatty, or overly oily dishes. The aim is to be both delicious and healthy, preventing diseases. For middle-aged and elderly friends who already have certain diseases, this book provides some targeted recipes and health-promoting foods as supplementary treatments for medication. The main content of this book includes main meal dishes, bean products, green vegetables; cold dishes, vegetable dishes, aquatic dishes, meat, poultry; soups; health-preserving recipes; health foods, grains, meat, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables, spices, fungi, and others.