Are you part of the 50+ Boomer/Senior generations and concerned with your dietary health challenges such as high cholesterol, hypertension, heart disease or elevated A1C? If so, you've definitely come to the right place!
Food Over 50 is here to tempt you with valuable nutritional information and healthy, flavorful recipes that focus on our dietary wellness and longevity.
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Eating Away at Inflammation
Season 1 - Episode 13Did You Know?Inflammation can trigger chronic diseases such as heart disease and Type II Diabetes.A diet
Dietary Fiber: Bulking Up on Taste
Season 1 - Episode 5Did You Know?Most of us only get about 50% of the fiber that we need on
The Weighty Issue Of Calorie Counting
Season 1 - Episode 11Did You Know?Focus on all the wonderful foods that you can have, not just the foods
Did you Know?
Sweet Things
Sugar and saturated fat trigger your body to make more of its own cholesterol.
Sodium
About 75% of the sodium added to our diets comes from processed foods, not the salt shaker.
Omega 3's
Fattier fish such as salmon, mackerel & anchovies are great sources of Omega 3 fatty acids.
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Fancy some healthier breakfast options, like deliciously Dirty Eggs, a sizzling Garden Skillet or sumptuous Slow Oats? Does Ambrosia Tropicale, Berry & Quinoa Salmagundi, or Pisto Manchego sound exotically & nutritiously appetizing? Would leaner, higher fiber comfort foods like Fireside Chili, Meatloaf & Mash, Sweet Corn Hash & Turkey Noodle Soup tickle our tastebuds?
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Grilled Lobster with Olive Oil & Lemon
Ounce for ounce, lobster has as much protein as steak, but a fraction of the saturated fat. Understandably lobster is not cheap, but it’s much more affordable if it’s bought and cooked by you, rather than ordered in a restaurant.
Bittersweet Steak Salad
A small portion of sizzling hot steak over crisp, cool salad greens where the bitter Radicchio is offset by sweet pear. This is one of my favorite warm weather meals. It’s light, refreshingly well balanced, immensely flavorful and loaded with
Potato & Cauliflower Mash
This combo mash is just as easy as making mashed potatoes and just as tasty, yet has far fewer calories and carbohydrates. And by using low fat milk with more olive oil and less butter, the saturated fat is