Regarding nutrition for the elderly, according to doctors, we need to eat right, eat enough, not eat according to the needs of the elderly. The wrong quantification of the necessary portion for the elderly can easily cause complications, sudden increase in blood sugar, overeating, and diarrhea.
In addition, elderly people no longer have teeth, poor gums, and very limited movement of the tongue, so it is difficult to put food in the right place, easily leading to accidents such as choking.
In fact, one of the most common causes of accidents in the elderly is choking or choking when eating or drinking.
It is necessary to be aware of the risk of choking in the elderly when eating banh chung (Image: Getty).
Therefore, dishes that are soft, flexible, and have great adhesion, such as banh chung, are the top names in the list of Tet dishes that pose a risk of choking for the elderly.
According to the guidance of medical experts, in case you want to let the elderly eat banh chung, to feel the Tet atmosphere, the family must cut the banh chung very small, or even grind or grind it. At the same time, in the process of eating tools also need to be closely monitored.
However, it is best for those who have lost many teeth, have difficulty in eating, chewing and swallowing, it is necessary to avoid eating banh chung.
Besides banh chung, dishes with quail eggs, such as ball soup and soup, are also very dangerous for the elderly. In particular, the control of the actions of the elderly has been less flexible. Therefore, many times when eating quail eggs before chewing, they drift down the throat causing choking.
People with diabetes, high blood pressure…
Fried spring rolls, banh chung, spring rolls, spring rolls … are delicious dishes that are hard to miss in the Tet tray. However, according to a nutritionist, because they are foods rich in energy and fat, they need to be controlled when eating, especially for people with high blood pressure and diabetes.
People with underlying diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure need to limit high-energy dishes in the Tet tray (Photo: Getty).
According to Dr. Chu Thi Tuyet, Tet trays are mostly foods that contain a lot of nutrients and energy. Even for normal people, if they eat uncontrollably, it will also adversely affect their health. For people with underlying medical conditions, especially hypertension, heart failure, and kidney failure, this issue is even more concerning.
Dr. Tuyet cited the banh chung dish, usually, a banh chung is made with the following ingredients: 200g of glutinous rice, 100g of pork, 50g of green beans. Thus, a banh chung will provide regarding 1,700 – 2,000 kcal, when eating 1/8 of a cake will have regarding 200 – 210 kcal of energy.
A bowl of white rice provides regarding 180-200 kcal equivalent to 1/8 of a cake. If in every meal we eat while eating rice as usual plus 1/8 of a piece of cake or sometimes 1/4 of a cake, it leads to too much energy.
“Most of the diseases are greatly affected by unhealthy diets. During the Tet holidays we can see poisoning or some other medical conditions that require a lot of emergency visits. However, In most cases, people do not know it is related to nutrition or not, but only when the disease is severe, they are hospitalized.
Therefore, understanding the role of nutrition, especially nutrition during Tet, is especially important for people with underlying diseases,” said Dr. Tuyet.
