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Eating Right Strategies For Your Age (ALL Ages Are Foreseen!)
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60’s and seniors
- This is a stage of life where you may not always like what you see in the mirror, but do realize that feeling healthy and vital is now of paramount importance. To get a second wind and keep doing the things you enjoy doing, the idea that you are what you eat comes home to roost in a major way.
- To stay well, completely cut out foods that result in inflammation which are the main killers of our century such as refined flour and sugar items that have absolutely no nutritional value.
- Nutrients and minerals are more than ever necessary to combat age-related problems like brittle bones, osteo-arthritis, and poor circulation.
- Foods rich in magnesium and calcium should become the order of the day for bone health. Reduced bone density could result in fractures if you have a fall.
- Keep exercising to optimize blood flow to the muscles and tissues to keep them supple, and help prevent muscular injuries.
By paying attention to your diet, getting the right nutrients and minerals, you have the best chance of staying well, healthy and vital through all the age-phases of life.
What about supplements?
There are many uninformed people who maintain that supplements are not necessary at all, and that some supplements might even be health threatening. To date, there has been not been one death worldwide related to an overdose of natural supplements. What the body doesn’t need the body eliminates.
They maintain that you should get all the nutrition you need from the food you eat. In theory this sounds good, but in many cases the soil where veggies and other food are grown is depleted of natural nutrients due to overuse and other climatic factors.
Supplements have proved very useful to fill up the gaps where natural nutrition may be lacking, and especially beneficial for those recovering from illness who want to build up strength and energy.
Seniors in particular can benefit from vitamin and mineral supplements.
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Why seniors may need supplements to boost their health
Many seniors may not be getting all the nutrition they need from their diets. Many elderly folk tend to have poor diets, especially if they live alone, or perhaps are in a care-home.
Here are some reasons why some seniors may not be getting sufficient nutrients.
- Those staying alone may not take the trouble to cook proper meals. It actually becomes easier to just skip a meal, or eat something which is simple to prepare like heating up a pie or making a sandwich.
- As people age, their appetite also diminishes, particularly those who may be lonely, sad, or depressed.
- Seniors may be affected by a shortage of minerals like calcium and magnesium which they are no longer getting from their diets. Both calcium and magnesium cannot be produced by the body, and if the foods containing these essential minerals are in short supply, natural supplements will help support body function and bone health.
Lifestyle changes
No matter what age you are, it may need more than good eating strategies to keep you well and healthy. You may need to make some changes to lifestyle habits like quitting smoking, lowering alcohol intake, losing excess weight, and getting plenty of exercise, if you really want to achieve optimal health as you go through the stages of life.
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