Diet guidance for COPD

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Grandma is 80 years old and has been suffering from COPD for more than 30 years. Recently, she has repeated attacks. What should we pay attention to in our life? The doctor said that we should pay special attention to living habits and eating habits. We can control the repeated attacks of the disease from the aspect of diet. Let's take a look at the diet of patients with COPD.

Diet guidance for COPD

First, to supplement high-quality protein, COPD patients must pay attention to the high energy consumption of COPD patients, while the physique of middle-aged and elderly people is relatively weak. Therefore, it is advisable to choose foods rich in high-quality protein, such as old hens, eggs, old ducks, lean pig meat, beef and mutton, milk, pig lung, pork belly, turtle and bean products, to supplement the protein consumed by the body, so as to facilitate the body to repair the diseased tissue. At the same time, under the guidance of doctors, we can choose and eat some traditional Chinese medicines with the functions of strengthening the body and strengthening the body, tonifying the spleen and lung, and absorbing Qi, such as Beiqi, dangshen, Fuling, Huaishan, Lianzi, Huangjing, jujube, lily, Shashen, Yuzhu, Tiandong, mulberry, walnut kernel, white kernel, sweet almond and black sesame, So that the body has enough energy to deal with the long winter and the invasion of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Second, comprehensive nutrition COPD patients must not be picky, elderly COPD diet should not be partial, because patients have varying degrees of dyspnea and hypoxia, hypoxia can affect gastrointestinal function, so the patient's appetite is generally poor, but the body needs a lot of nutrition and heat. Therefore, the diet should strive to diversify, pay attention to scientific cooking methods, so that the food color, aroma, taste, shape are good. And it should be light and easy to digest, avoid greasy, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of patients.

Third, patients with COPD also need to pay attention to food calories. The daily intake of heat energy of patients should be more than 2500 kcal. They can eat more than one meal a day to avoid overeating each meal, that is, a small amount of multiple meals, so as to improve the total calories. Green leafy vegetables, such as cabbage, radish, tomato, cucumber, eggplant and spinach, are indispensable in daily diet. They should be reasonably arranged and blended. After meals, they should eat some fresh fruits, such as apples, bananas, pears and oranges.

matters needing attention

Pay attention not to take too much salt, too much salt is the cause of the body to store too much water. COPD patients should limit the following foods: soy sauce, monosodium glutamate and other chemical condiments: cheese, ham, salted pork, beef, sausage, canned soup, soy sauce soup, ramen, dried plum, potato chips, rice cake and so on. Salt free condiments such as lemon juice, vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder and pepper are available.