Three steps for healthy tea drinking for the elderly

　　Drinking tea is beneficial healthy , especially for many elderly people who have retired at home, having a cup of tea and a newspaper at hand is the most comfortable way of life in their old age. But experts remind elderly friends that drinking tea should be early, infrequent and light. Let’s take a closer look at the specific elderly What should you pay attention to when drinking tea:

　　A step-by-step guide to drinking tea: It’s better to drink tea early

　　Drinking tea can affect the sleep of the elderly. As the saying goes, you can't wake up in the first thirty years, and you can't sleep in the next thirty years. After entering old age, people's sleep time is reduced, the quality of sleep is not high, and the stimulating effect of tea will last longer. Even if the elderly drink tea in the afternoon, it may cause insomnia at night, shorten the originally sufficient rest time, and make them feel depressed the next day. If you continue to drink tea to refresh yourself, you will fall into a vicious cycle.

　　Experts suggest that it is best for the elderly not to drink tea before meals, in the afternoon and before going to bed. It is best to drink tea about 20 minutes after breakfast. This can help digestion, relieve greasiness, and clear the stomach. Drinking tea after noon may have an impact on your sleep quality at night.

　　Two steps to drinking tea: Yi Shao

　　Generally speaking, after the excitatory effect of tea is sent to various tissues and organs of the human body, it will cause the muscles and blood vessels to tense and contract accordingly, resulting in a rapid increase in blood pressure. The elderly themselves are prone to arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. disease Therefore, drinking too much tea increases the chance of critical symptoms such as stroke; on the other hand, the gastric digestion capacity of the elderly has been reduced, and the large amount of tannic acid consumed when drinking tea will cause the food protein to form indigestible precipitates, and affect the absorption of vitamins and trace elements, which can easily lead to malnutrition and aggravate the habitual habits of the elderly. constipate of clinical symptom.

　　Therefore, experts suggest that the elderly should control the amount of tea they drink according to their own conditions. Those with ulcers and gastrointestinal disorders should not drink tea, especially green tea with a cool nature. In terms of tea types, black tea should be the main drink. Oolong tea can be a diuretic and is also suitable for the elderly. Among different groups of people, patients with high blood pressure and elderly people with good physique and obesity should drink green tea, while elderly people with weak physiques and cold stomachs should drink black tea. Among them, mild Pu'er tea is a good choice.

　　Three Steps to Drinking Tea: Should It Be Light

　　Tea that is too strong will produce too strong a stimulus, causing the cardiovascular system and receptors to gradually become dependent. As a result, normal functions will be lost; and when a large amount of strong tea is consumed, the gastric juice will be diluted and the concentration of the gastric juice will be reduced, so that the gastric juice cannot digest food normally, resulting in indigestion, bloating, and stomach ache and other symptoms, and some may even cause duodenal ulcers; when the human body drinks a large amount of strong tea, the combination of tannic acid and iron will become more active, causing obstacles and effects on the human body's absorption of iron, causing the human body to exhibit iron deficiency. anemia . in strong tea coffee Because, it can cause the human body's heartbeat to accelerate, thereby raising blood pressure; at the same time, strong tea liquid enters the blood vessels in large amounts, which can increase the burden on the heart, produce uncomfortable symptoms such as chest tightness and palpitations, and aggravate the degree of heart failure; in addition, the heart endurance of the elderly is not what it used to be. Long-term drinking of strong tea will add extra burden to the heart, lead to tachycardia and arrhythmia, and even induce and aggravate various heart diseases.