Ortega R M, Andrés P, López-Sobaler A, Ortega A
Departamento de Nutrición, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Rev Clin Esp. 1994 Feb;194(2):112-5.
Older age is a vulnerable stage from the nutritional point of view. Nutritional deficiencies are frequent and their consequences serious. That is why restricting diets are dangerous and must be considered with precaution. Though in developed countries the number of elderly people is increasing, the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in this age group is based by extrapolating the recommendations set for adults of minor age, and this may be not correct. High cholesterol and saturated fat intakes are recognized as harmful, but diet restrictions can lead to other nutritional deficiencies that can be damaging in relation to cardiovascular diseases. To improve the diet can be of great help in this sense. Diet restrictions concerning one or more foodstuffs must be introduced with caution and control, watching the nutritional status of the elderly person. It must be avoided that the fight against cardiovascular diseases may lead to other nutritional deficiencies with similar or worse sanitary repercussions.
从营养角度来看，老年是一个脆弱阶段。营养缺乏很常见，其后果严重。这就是为什么限制饮食是危险的，必须谨慎考虑。尽管在发达国家老年人数量在增加，但这个年龄组心血管疾病的治疗是通过推断为较年轻成年人制定的建议来进行的，而这可能并不正确。高胆固醇和饱和脂肪摄入被认为是有害的，但饮食限制可能导致其他营养缺乏，而这些缺乏与心血管疾病相关时可能具有损害性。从这个意义上说，改善饮食会有很大帮助。关于一种或多种食物的饮食限制必须谨慎引入并加以控制，同时关注老年人的营养状况。必须避免对抗心血管疾病可能导致其他具有相似或更严重健康影响的营养缺乏。
