What is the best medicinal diet for the elderly to eat for fitness exercises?

For the elderly who insist on daily fitness, there is no so-called "best" general medicinal diet. The most suitable formula is always a nutritional formula that matches their own exercise intensity and basic physical fitness. For ordinary elderly people who do low-intensity exercise such as square dancing and Tai Chi, the mild-flavored astragalus yam porridge and longan, lotus seed and lily drink are completely sufficient. Those with underlying chronic diseases or strength training habits can just adjust as needed.

The 67-year-old Uncle Zhang who lives downstairs in my house has been practicing Tai Chi for three years. He always said that every time he finished practicing a set of swords, his legs would become weak and he would sweat coldly on his forehead. Later, the doctor at the community medical center told him that he should drink astragalus and yam porridge three times a week, and take 10g of astragalus first every time. Boil for 15 minutes and filter out the residue, then add 30g of peeled iron yam cubes and 50g of japonica rice to make porridge without adding sugar. He has been drinking it for two months. Now after an hour of Tai Chi, he can walk another two kilometers around the park with his old friend without being out of breath.

Of course, many people think that as long as they exercise, they need to take supplements, and they need to eat more "powerful" medicinal foods such as angelica, ginger, mutton soup, and eucommia stewed pork loin to be effective. In fact, many people do not agree with this statement, especially the elderly who have high blood pressure, high blood fat, or high uric acid. If they only do low-intensity exercise every day, eating such high-fat and high-purine medicinal foods will put a burden on metabolism. Aunt Li in our community fell into this trap last month. She heard people say that mutton soup can strengthen her strength, and she had to go home and drink a bowl of it every time after dancing for an hour in the square. As a result, her blood pressure soared to 160 in less than half a month, and she was so dizzy that she couldn't even go to the square. She went to the hospital, and the doctor said that she had a constitution with hyperactivity of liver yang and could not handle such warm and dry things.

In fact, it’s not that complicated to choose. If you usually do boxing and aerobics, you also do light strength training two or three times a week, such as lifting light dumbbells and pulling elastic bands to train muscles. After training, you always feel muscle soreness and fatigue. You can occasionally stew some lean pork soup with Radix Pseudostellariae. Add 10g of Taizi to 50g of lean pork and stew it for an hour. Add little or no salt. It is light and light. It replenishes qi and blood and will not burden the stomach and blood vessels.

I have been practicing Ba Duan Jin for five or six years. I followed the trend and bought the so-called "Medicated Diet Pack for Fitness for the Elderly" before. After eating it, I got angry and had a toothache for almost a week. Later I found out that it contains several hot medicinal materials, which are not suitable for my yin deficiency constitution.