Can Scaleless Fish Be Healthier?
Five Common Misconceptions in Daily Life, How Many Do You Have?
■ Patients with Atherosclerosis Should Not Eat Eggs
For a long time, it was widely believed that eggs, especially yolks, are high in cholesterol and that eating them can lead to high blood lipids. People with atherosclerosis and the elderly were advised not to eat eggs. Recently, experts and scholars at home and abroad have refuted this claim through experiments. They gave two eggs daily to elderly individuals aged 60 to 80 (including those with arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease) for three months. After which, their serum cholesterol and blood lipids did not increase. Experts believe that patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases can eat one egg per day.
■ Patients with Bone Hyperplasia Do Not Need Calcium Supplementation
It is well-known that calcium deficiency in the elderly often manifests as osteoporosis, but it is often overlooked that bone hyperplasia is also a sign of calcium deficiency. Medical research has shown that when the elderly have insufficient calcium intake, osteoporosis and bone hyperplasia can occur simultaneously. Therefore, elderly friends with bone hyperplasia should also actively supplement calcium.
Drinking milk is a simple and effective way to supplement calcium. Persist in drinking 1-2 cups of milk daily, while also eating more calcium-rich foods such as pork bones, dairy products, soy products, dried shrimp, eggs, fish, and green leafy vegetables. Also, get more sun exposure, and if necessary, take oral calcium supplements.
■ Scaleless Fish Are High in Cholesterol
Indeed, some scaleless fish are high in cholesterol. For example, silverfish contains 361 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams, and river eels, loaches, rice field eels, and cod also have relatively high cholesterol levels. However, not all scaleless fish are high in cholesterol. For instance, hairtail contains 76 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams, which is even lower than that of grass carp (which has 86 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams).
■ Drinking Meat Bone Soup Supplements Calcium
Some people specially cook bone soup for patients with fractures to supplement calcium. In fact, the calcium content in bone soup is not high. Boiling 1 kg of meat bones for two hours yields only about 20 mg of calcium in the soup, whereas the fat content is relatively higher.
Therefore, for calcium supplementation, one should choose foods high in calcium such as milk and soy products, or calcium supplements.
■ The Lighter an Elderly Person's Diet, the Better
In life, some elderly people opt for a very light diet by becoming vegetarians. In reality, this is an extreme approach. Many vegetarian elderly individuals often experience emaciation or puffiness, accompanied by symptoms like general fatigue, limb pain, and low mood. When they seek medical attention, no major diseases are found. This is actually caused by malnutrition. Nutrition experts remind elderly friends that their diet should be a balanced mix of meat and vegetables, neither overly focused on meat nor on being vegetarian. Eating a little bit of everything is the best way to maintain a balanced state for the body's needs.