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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Unloading Carbs: Reducing Dietary Starch
Season 1 - Episode 9Did You Know?Look for carbs that come with lots of vitamins and minerals like those from
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
Subtracting Sodium
Season 2 - Episode 7 Whether or not we flirt with hypertension, a diet that Reduces, Replaces and Removes excess
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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Fresh & Easy Curry
Too many of us find it daunting to tackle Indian curry recipes at home, but it’s not at all difficult. There’s just more ingredients. Also, many “supposed” curry restaurants use thick, gloppy, made-in-advance sauce bases, making the overall freshness of
Mango Chicken Brochettes
Tabbouleh with Artichoke
Classic parsley, tomato and bulgar salad, known as Tabbouleh, or Taboulie, is prepared exquisitely by our American Public Television cooking show colleague, Julie Taboulie of Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen. We can’t improve on her version and we wouldn’t even try.
Sweet Corn Hash
Sweet Corn Hash. It’s fresh, vibrant, colorful, with just a touch of heat, but not so much that we can’t taste every delicious plant-based ingredient in this healthful and simple-to-prepare garden medley! Print Recipe Sweet Corn Hash Course Side dish