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Reader (thuyhang130784@...): My mother has high blood pressure, diabetes, and a poor digestive system...; she often has the habit of cooking one meal and eating it all in several meals to save money. Is this safe, doctor? During Tet, what kind of diet is suitable for my mother's health condition?

- MSc. TRUONG NHAT KHUE TUONG : The elderly need to pay attention to their diet and lifestyle so that their illness does not get worse after the happy Tet holidays. The most important thing is that the elderly need to eat on time, have enough nutrients and absolutely not skip meals. They should limit foods containing a lot of animal fat and saturated fat (cold food, meat jelly, sausage, banh chung, banh tet ...), limit the intake of salt and salty foods (pickled meats, pickles, pickles ...) as well as cakes, candies and sweets.

The digestive system of the elderly is also easily affected if they eat too much or too full. Therefore, the elderly can divide into many small meals instead of eating 3 main meals, prioritize soft, easy-to-chew, easy-to-digest foods and add vegetables to help digestion easier when eating. Note that you should eat slowly, chew thoroughly and drink enough 1.5-2 liters of water per day (including filtered water, soup, fruit juice...).

Like your mother, many elderly people have the habit of saving leftover food that they do not use up during Tet, so they put it in the refrigerator, then take it out to reheat and eat again, even reheating food many times. Reheating leftover food is not safe for health, it can easily cause poisoning. Food can easily lose nutrients and spoil when cooked for too long, cooked many times.

In addition, some bacteria can grow in low temperatures, so even if food is stored in the freezer, spoilage can still occur.

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