Try These Foods for the Most Effective and Nutrient-Rich Senior Diet- Guest Post
We have another fantastic guest post this weekfrom guest writer Kevin Wells of seniordiabetic.com discussing some fantastic nutrient rich foods that can becomeincreasingly important to include in your balanced, healthy eating lifestyle asyou age to help keep you at your healthiest. Check out the full post below forthese great tips and suggestions!
**Pleasenote that these are general suggestions and can differ depending on the individualor if you have specific medical conditions, please contact your Registered Dietitianor medical practitioner with any questions or concerns.**
As our bodies age, it becomes increasinglyurgent that we make sure to feed them the right foods. This becomes doubly(if not triply) true as we enter our senior years, with the nutrients that fuelour bodies becoming more and more vital to our ability to function on a dailybasis. Many senior citizens need to pay special attention to their diets, takingcare to ensure that they’re getting the vitamins and nutrients their bodiesrequire. Sometimes this means adhering to a specific diet, making sure toinclude foods that will give your body what it needs. Other times, this meanssupplementing the right diet with a multivitamin or something else that canfill in the gaps, so to speak.
Even if you’re taking care to enjoy a sensiblediet on a regular basis, you still might need to take action to ensure you’regetting all the nutrients your body needs. The following strategies can helpyou to achieve this goal.
Get Plenty of Fiber
Making sure to consume a lot of fiber is one of the keys to a senior-friendly diet. Not only does a dietrich in fiber help you to safeguard your heart’s health, but it also makes surethat your digestive tract is functioning as it should be.
The best way to add fiber to your diet is bymaking sure to consume lots of foods like beans and whole grains. Vegetablesare also a rich source of fiber, so chowing down on broccoli and green beanswill do a lot of good for your digestive tract.
Take a Multivitamin
Even with a great diet, your body still might have somenutritional gaps that can be easily filled in by taking a multivitamin on aregular basis. You might want to speak with a doctor or nutritionist to figureout which choice is best for you, based on your individual needs and currentdiet.
The best multivitamins are typically ones thatoffer at least your full daily dose of the key vitamins— vitamin K, vitamin A, biotin, and so forth. Look for a way to make sureyou are getting everything you need on a daily basis so you don’t wind upneglecting any key nutritional bodily requirements as a result.
Lots of Antioxidants
You might have started to consider“antioxidants” to just be another dietary buzzword, but they can be remarkablyimportant, especially as we grow older.
Antioxidants can be significantly beneficialwhen it comes to reducing something known as oxidative stress, which is aprocess by which our tissues are degraded and worn down at an accelerated rate.Making sure to include a variety of foods rich in antioxidants (when consumedwithin a well balanced eating lifestyle) — green tea, blueberries,strawberries, and citrus fruits — can neutralize the free radicals that cause this oxidativestress, helping to limit inflammation and generally helping to keep your bodyhealthier.
Including a variety of antioxidants rich foodsin your healthy eating lifestyle can limit some of the inflammation that tendsto come with old age, as well as to maintain a healthier state of being withinyour body.
Eat Right and Enjoy Healthy Golden Years
Making sure to stick with a balanced diet can make a huge difference as weenter the later stages of our lives. Our bodies become less and less resilientas we age, meaning that anything we do to improve our quality of life will goquite a long way.
Taking care to enjoy a healthy diet, rich in the proper nutrients, is one of the best ways to keep yourself feeling healthy and energized as you enter your senior years. Enjoy healthy eating strategies to make sure you continue feeling great!
NEW ADDITION TO THE POST- Check out this great infographic by Senior Gateways with some more tips to stay healthy as you age!
I hope you enjoyed this fantastic guest postand would love to hear any feedback or questions or feedback you have!
If you are looking to take steps to improvingyour healthy eating lifestyle as you age feel free to reach out to me through mywebsite https://dancesportdietitian.com.
Wishing you a week ofhealth and wellness,
–Ricci-Lee Hotz,MS, RDN
Denver’s DancingDietitian
A Taste of Health,LLC
“Improving Qualityof life one bite at a time”
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