For the elderly, their physical functions are not as good as when they were younger. If they do not pay attention to maintenance, their health cannot be guaranteed. Today, I will teach you a method that achieves the goal of health preservation and ensures the health of the body. Let's take a look together!
The key to health preservation for the elderly is to drink three cups of water
1. One cup of water on an empty stomach in the morning
After waking up, you can drink a cup of water on an empty stomach because the body loses a lot of water through sweating and urine secretion during sleep.
Even if you don't feel thirsty after waking up, your body will still have thickened blood due to lack of water.
Therefore, it is necessary to slowly replenish water by drinking a cup of water after waking up.
2. One cup of water before bed
When people are asleep, their breathing and sweat glands still secrete water. When there is too much water loss in the body, the blood becomes more viscous.
Drinking a cup of water before bed can effectively reduce blood viscosity and prevent diseases that are prone to occur in the early morning of autumn and winter, such as angina and myocardial infarction.
3. One cup of water after exercise
The elderly should pay special attention to replenishing water after exercise. Sweating during exercise takes away electrolytes and consumes a lot of energy.
If not careful, low blood sugar can easily occur after exercise, and in severe cases, it can even cause fainting.
Therefore, it is recommended that the elderly drink a moderate amount of light saltwater or light sugar water after exercise according to their actual situation.
Precautions for elderly autumn health preservation
1. Adjust diet
Due to the weakness of the five internal organs and the weakness of the digestive system in the elderly, irregular eating and hunger and satiety can easily damage the stomach and cause diseases.
Therefore, the elderly should eat small meals and eat more easily digestible and appetizing food in autumn.
In addition, due to the dry climate in autumn, it is prone to dryness and autumn dryness. Therefore, in the choice of food, it is advisable to choose foods that are sweet, mild, moisturizing, nourishing the lungs, and generating body fluids.
For example: pear, lily, dwarf lilyturf, water chestnut, Chinese yam, pig lung, lotus seed, and lotus root can be eaten more.
2. Mental health maintenance
The cold and desolate scenery of autumn can easily lead to negative emotions of pessimism and sadness in the elderly.
Research has found that adverse psychological stimulation can inhibit the body's immune defense function, leading to hormonal and metabolic disorders, and thus causing many diseases.
Therefore, the elderly should pay special attention to mental health. They can choose appropriate cultural and entertainment activities such as playing musical instruments, chess, painting, growing flowers and grass, and observing birds to delight the body and mind and cultivate their sentiments to spend their old age.
3. Pay attention to daily life
"An autumn rain brings a chill." In autumn, the temperature difference is large, the temperature is low, and the cold wind is easy to harm people. In addition, the elderly have reduced resistance and adaptability, making them prone to colds, upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, pulmonary heart disease, and even heart failure, which can be life-threatening.
Therefore, attention should be paid to keeping warm in autumn. If conditions permit, it is recommended to wash the face and wipe the nose with cold water, or even take cold baths to improve cold resistance and prevent colds.
