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National Institutes of HealthNutrition for Seniors
Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. Nutrients includeproteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water.
Studies show that a good diet in your later years reduces your risk of osteoporosis,high blood pressure, heart diseases and certain cancers. As you age, you might need less energy. But you still need just as many of the nutrients in food. To get them
- Choose a variety of healthy foods
- Avoid empty calories, which are foods with lots of calories but few nutrients, such as chips, cookies, soda and alcohol
- Pick foods that are low in cholesterol and fat, especially saturated and trans fats
Saturated fats are usually fats that come from animals. Look for trans fat on the labels of processed foods, margarines and shortenings.
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02/16/2015 01:17 PM EST
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Start Here
- Eating Well As You Get Older
- What's on Your Plate? Smart Food Choices for Healthy Aging
- Eating Well As You Get Older
Overviews
- Healthy Eating After 50
- Also available in Spanish
- What Does "Healthy Eating" Mean?
- Also available in Spanish
- Healthy Eating After 50
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Prealbumin Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
Coping
- Overcoming Roadblocks to Healthy Eating
- Overcoming Roadblocks to Healthy Eating
Specific Conditions
- Choosing Healthy Restaurant Meals
- Healthy Snacking
- Making Smart Food Choices
- Also available in Spanish
- Nutrition After Fifty: Tips and Recipes(American Institute for Cancer Research) - PDF
- Serving and Portion Sizes
- Shopping for Food That's Good for You
- Using the Nutrition Facts Label: A How-To Guide for Older Adults(Food and Drug Administration)
- Also available in Spanish
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- Choosing Healthy Restaurant Meals
Related Issues
- Drinking Enough Fluids
- Healthy Weights for Healthy Older Adults(Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
- Nutrition: Unique to Older Adults(AGS Foundation for Health in Aging)
- Older Adults and Food Safety(Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- Also available in Spanish
- Senior Health: How to Prevent and Detect Malnutrition(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Unexplained Weight Loss(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Water
- Young at Heart: Tips for Older Adults
- Also available in Spanish
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- Drinking Enough Fluids
Health Check Tools
- ChooseMyPlate.gov(Department of Agriculture)
- Food-A-Pedia(Department of Agriculture)
- How Many Fruits and Vegetables Do You Need?(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Search Recipes(Department of Agriculture)
- Also available in Spanish
- SuperTracker: My Foods. My Fitness. My Health.(Department of Agriculture)
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Videos
- Choosing Nutrient Dense Foods
(National Institute on Aging)
- Eating for Health
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- Choosing Nutrient Dense Foods
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Nutrition for Seniors
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- ClinicalTrials.gov: Nutrition for Seniors
Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)Dictionaries/Glossaries
Definitions of Health Terms: Nutrition
- Vegetarian Glossary of Terms(Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
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Directories
- AAAs/ Title VI Agencies (Area Agencies on Aging)(National Association of Area Agencies on Aging)
- Eldercare Locator: Food and Nutrition(Administration on Aging)
- Find a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist(Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
- Meals on Wheels: Find a Meal(Meals on Wheels Association of America)
- Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)(Food and Nutrition Service)
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Organizations
- National Institute on Aging
- Also available in Spanish
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- National Institute on Aging
Law and Policy
- Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program(Food and Nutrition Service)
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Men
- Nutrition for Older Men(Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
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