Constipation is the most common digestive system disorder in the elderly. It is estimated that one fourth of the elderly often suffer from it. Although it is not a disease, it often brings mental burden and pain to the daily life of the elderly, and even affects sleep and diet. The constipation of the elderly mostly belongs to simple functional constipation, and the diet ZL is very important. Today for you to check the elderly constipation diet, symptomatic choice only works.
1. Choose foods rich in crude fiber, such as coarse grains, vegetables, fruits, etc. Crude fiber can increase food residue, stimulate intestinal wall, promote intestinal peristalsis, make feces easy to discharge.
2. Eat more gas producing food, such as beans, potatoes, potatoes, radishes, onions, bean sprouts, leeks and other food, can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, shorten the time of food through the intestinal tract, promote defecation.
3. Choose more food for moistening intestines and defecating, such as honey, sesame, walnut, yoghurt, etc. to soften feces and facilitate excretion. Sesame oil, peanut oil, corn oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil and other vegetable oils can not only moisten the intestines, but also decompose and produce fatty acids, stimulate intestinal peristalsis and facilitate defecation.
4. Choose foods rich in vitamin B, such as cereals, beans, peanuts, nuts, lean meat, viscera and other foods, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and help defecate.
5. Even if you are not thirsty, you should always drink water. Due to the slow nerve reaction of the elderly, when you are thirsty, your body is already in a state of water shortage, and serious water shortage will aggravate constipation. Experts suggest drinking water at least four times a day. Drinking time should be 90 am, 3 pm, 4 pm and before going to bed (a small amount). Drinking a cup of light saline or cold boiled water in the morning can stimulate the increase of intestinal peristalsis and soften feces.
There are many causes of senile constipation, such as malnutrition, general weakness, gastrointestinal dysfunction and genetic factors, and some of them are not clear. Therefore, ZL should be carried out according to the causes of senile constipation, while self therapy can be used for general constipation. It is an effective method to prevent and treat ZL constipation by paying attention to the cultivation of good health life order, forming the habit of regular defecation, and persisting in going to the toilet on time after getting up every morning or breakfast. Sometimes I have to go to the toilet to squat or sit in the toilet for more than ten minutes without defecation. Over time, after establishing a kind of conditioned reflex, I go to the toilet regularly, which may solve some constipation problems.
Elderly constipation, whether functional or organic, should go to the regular hospital examination, do not abuse laxatives, so as not to cause adverse consequences. And most of the elderly constipation is gradual, if constipation occurs in a short period of time, and more and more serious, should cause a high degree of vigilance, especially to check the rectum, to see if there is obstruction caused by tumor. If the general intestinal digestion is not good, a series of constipation, can be through the daily consumption of prebiotic fructooligosaccharides to help repair and improve. This is not a drug. It's better to take it regularly and quantitatively. It's good to drink yogurt, supplement probiotics or zangling stachyose sooner or later. All these are to supply food for beneficial bacteria in the body and inject new vitality into a better life.