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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Garden Variety Cooking
Season 2 - Episode 10 Farm-to-table cooking is mighty popular these days, but unless we have our own backyard garden,
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
Red Meat & Cholesterol
Season 1 - Episode 1Did You Know?Cholesterol is only found in animal fats, not vegetables, fruits or grains.Cholesterol serves many
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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Pollock Ceviche
Pollock is a somewhat odd textured and bland tasting white fish, but it’s also a nutritious source of lean protein that is substantially more affordable than cod or halibut. Therefore, our tasty Ceviche recipe shows us how to improve on
Homemade Lobster Stock
Whether cost is no object, or it’s a once-a-year splurge, if you’re buying and cooking a lobster you might as well get the absolute most out of it. This means saving the shells and boiling them into a savory stock
Sautéed Julienne of Carrots
As for bright orange carrots, if they’re good enough for Bugs Bunny then they’re good enough for us! Yellow/orange vegetables and fruit protect our eyes from cataracts, help regulate our blood sugar and have powerful anti-inflammatory properties! Print Recipe Sautéed
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.