These common foods are highly effective for maintaining good health.

If we want to extend our lifespan, we need to always pay attention to nurturing our bodies, so that we can keep the body in a very healthy state. Nurturing the body is inseparable from healthy living and eating habits. Diet plays a very important role in extending lifespan. Many foods may seem unremarkable, but their health-preserving effects are very good. Below, we will introduce some of these foods in detail.

Braised Tofu

1. Tofu

Tofu is a very common food, but it is very beneficial to our health. It can supplement the body with abundant calcium, protein, trace elements and other nutrients, and play a very good role in the health and longevity of the body.

2. Longevity elders love to eat congee

From the eating habits of longevity elders, none of them dislike congee. The famous economist Ma Yinchu and his wife Zhang Guijun were both centenarians, and they especially loved to drink congee. Every morning, 50 grams of oatmeal are added to 250 grams of boiling water and steeped for 2 minutes to make congee. They did this every day without interruption. Mr. Su Juxian, a centenarian in Shanghai, ate rice congee for three meals a day. He drank thin congee in the morning and evening, and thicker congee at noon. Each meal was a small bowl, which had become a habit. They said: "Drinking congee makes the whole body comfortable and is good for health."历代医家和养生家对老人喝粥都十分推崇。《随息居饮食》说：“粥为世间第一滋补人物。”粥易消化、吸收，能和胃、补脾、清肺、润肠。清代养生家曹慈生说：“老年，有竟日食粥，不计顿，亦能体强健，享大寿。”他编制了粥谱一百余种，供老年人选用，深受欢迎。

3. Napa cabbage is loved by everyone

Napa cabbage, an ordinary dish, is most loved by the elderly. Cabbage is delicious and suitable for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The master of traditional Chinese painting, Mr. Qi Baishi, has a painting of napa cabbage, in which he alone calls cabbage the "king of vegetables" and praises it as "a hundred vegetables are not as good as cabbage." The old often say: "Eat cabbage for half a year, and the doctor can enjoy a leisurely life." It can be seen that eating cabbage often is beneficial to prevent disease and prolong life. Napa cabbage contains minerals, vitamins, protein, and crude fiber.