Old people suffer from dental problems and tooth loss is very common. Some elderly people eat porridge for years because of poor chewing function. There are also a small number of people who pay attention to medicated diets to eat porridge all year round as an adjuvant treatment for diseases. It has been observed that elderly people who eat porridge for a long time are generally thin because the elderly have poorer gastric motility. If they eat too much porridge, the stomach can hardly empty quickly, and they will feel stomach discomfort; with the same volume of porridge Compared with rice, porridge contains much less rice. If you eat porridge for a long time, the total calories and nutrients obtained will not be enough to maintain the physiological needs of the human body, and it will inevitably make ends meet.
According to the traditional saying: eating porridge is easy to digest. This sentence is debatable. Some people have studied the digestion and absorption of porridge, rice, and Chinese wolfberry. The result is --- Sugar absorption rate: 96.5% for porridge, 99.5% for rice, and 99.9% for lotus root; Protein absorption rate: Porridge 56.1 %, 99.5% of rice, and 99.9% of rice. Why is this unexpected result? Mainly because eating porridge does not have to be chewed, but eating must be chewed. Chewing not only uses the teeth to finely crush the rice grains, but also promotes the secretion of saliva, and the enzymes contained in the saliva also help the digestion of starch.
Therefore, although eating porridge and eating porridge is good for health, it is not for everyone, unless the body is weak or needs treatment.