Fruit is rich in vitamins, fiber, minerals and other nutrients, therefore, very popular with everyone, and many elderly people also like to eat fruit, always feel that eating more fruit is beneficial and harmless. But because the elderly due to age because of the different body to absorb food, and some elderly people also suffer from various chronic diseases, so according to their physical condition to selectively eat when eating fruit.
High blood pressure - eating potassium containing fruits
High potassium fruits can help patients with high blood pressure, help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of stroke. High potassium fruits include: red dates, bananas, apricots, cantaloupe, peaches, oranges, oranges, kiwis, mangoes, strawberries and so on. Some have cardiovascular effect of the fruit, but also for hypertensive patients, kiwi, apple, hawthorn and so on belong to this category. Experts advise that hypertension associated with obesity patients unfit for eating too high calorie, too sweet fruit, so as not to increase the burden on the body.
High blood sugar or diabetes - choose low sugar fruit
Fruit contains a lot of vitamins, fiber and minerals, which are good for people with high blood sugar and diabetes. Elderly people with diabetes or high blood sugar may choose low glycemic index (GI) fruit. Apples, pears, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, grapes, oranges, grapefruit and so on are all good choices. In addition, diabetes patients eat the best time, quantitative.
Experts suggest that sugar friends should eat fruit in the two meals interval, on the one hand, will not increase the risk of blood sugar fluctuations, on the other hand, can increase the satiety in the meal, paving the way for the next meal, help to curb eating. 100 grams (22) per meal is enough, too much fruit is harmful to control blood sugar.
It should be reminded that the amount of sugar in fruits varies, and that the condition of diabetes is not the same. Therefore, it is impossible to treat the situation differently and distinguish the situation. High blood pressure patients eat fruit, must control the total calories, can not let the fruit become outside the meal extra caloric intake. Watermelon, loquat, waxberry, carambola, plum, pomelo and guava belong to the fruit with lower heat.
Kidney disease - eat less potassium fruits
Patients with kidney disease, as long as the general urine volume is normal, there is no oliguria or kidney failure, should eat more fruits, to ensure adequate vitamin intake. If the patient's urine volume is reduced, the fruit should be selectively eaten, especially when less than 500 milliliters per day. Because the fruit usually contains potassium is higher, the chronic renal failure patient urine quantity reduces, the blood potassium can increase correspondingly, affects the heart function, therefore is not suitable to take too many potassium elements. But after using diuretics, when the blood is low, you can eat more. Low potassium fruits include papayas, pears, etc.. If the patients with renal dysfunction have dialysis, they can normally eat fruits through the normal metabolism of the machine. Nephritis patients with high blood creatinine, can not eat foods high potassium content, such as guava, loquat, peach, orange, orange, persimmon and so on.
Gastroesophageal reflux, Jichi too sweet, too sour fruit
For gastroesophageal reflux patients, most fruits do not have taboos. But too sweet, too sour fruit is easy to stimulate gastric acid secretion, to avoid eating, such as orange, grapefruit, tomato, pineapple etc. belong to this category. It should be noted that, do not eat fruit on an empty stomach, it is best to eat after 1~2 hours to eat, both to help digestion, but also to avoid eating too much, resulting in excessive abdominal pressure, causing gastroesophageal reflux. Digestive problems exist in the elderly, eating fruit should also stress eating. Do not eat frozen fruit, cut into small pieces to eat, all contribute to better absorption.
