9 foods that can help the elderly withstand the cold

1. Vegetables

Including: fresh, canned (without condiments, fat, sugar and other additives) vegetables; tomato sauce.

Note: Vegetables cannot be combined with non-core foods (such as fried vegetables and beans, oil-soaked vegetables, candied vegetables, etc. are not core foods); vegetable juice does not belong to core foods.

2. Fruit

Including: fresh, canned (non-sugar water) fruits.

Explanation: If it is canned, it must be soaked in water or pure juice (not sugar water). The soaked juice is not edible; dried fruits (dried apricots, dried peaches, dried bananas, etc.) are not considered core foods; fruit juice is not a core food.

3. Rhizomes

Medical researchers have found that people’s fear of cold is related to the lack of inorganic salts in the body. Lotus roots, carrots, lilies, potatoes, green vegetables, Chinese cabbage, etc. are rich in inorganic salts. These foods can be mixed with other foods.

4. Chili

Chili peppers contain capsaicin, ginger contains aromatic volatile oils, and pepper contains piperine.

Example: Chili peppers can stimulate appetite, improve digestion, speed up the heartbeat, dilate peripheral capillaries, and increase blood flow to the body surface. Therefore, eating some chili peppers in winter can resist the cold and prevent joint pain, waist and leg pain, and stomach cold syndrome caused by moisture.