Health care for the elderly: What should you eat if you are afraid of the cold?

　　Recently, the American Daily healthy news network A recent study published showed that elderly The ability to regulate or maintain body temperature in cold environments is related to how much iron they consume in their diet every day.

　　According to Professor Robertson, an expert from the American Health Association who is responsible for the study, they selected 100 elderly people in the experiment. Each of them only consumed 6 mg of iron, which is equivalent to 1/3 of the amount prescribed by the doctor. After one month, their body temperature was measured and it was found that the body temperature of the elderly people who participated in the experiment generally dropped by about 0.5°C.

　　The study also found that 70% of the elderly people surveyed have the habit of drinking tea. Tea is an alkaline substance and will consume iron in the human body. This may be one of the factors that lowers the body temperature of the elderly.

　　Therefore, they remind the elderly who are afraid of cold to drink as little tea as possible in winter and eat more iron-rich foods, such as black fungus, kelp, seaweed, soy products, pork liver, lean meat, eggs, etc.