Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Eight Great Tips for a Healthy Diet… Perfect for Seniors!

Not everybody feels like cooking every night.  Heck, some people don’t feel like cooking any night!  However, maintaining a healthy diet is still critical to your overall wellness. Specifically, eating fresh, natural, real food, not processed food, plays a significant role in your overall health.
Consider these suggestions that will help you reduce your  kitchen time and improve your diet:
    1. Talk to family or caretakers about shopping for groceries and preparing meals for you once or twice a week.
    2. Cook a few meals on a day that you do feel like being in the kitchen.  Most recipes make servings for 4-6 people.  This means leftovers- which you can freeze or refrigerate in Tupperware and eat later in the week or month.
    3. Buy prepared meals from the fresh salad bar and deli counter in your grocery store.  We stress the word fresh!
    4. Look into home delivery services in your area.  There are plenty of local supermarkets, restaurants and healthy food delivery services that offer weekly meal delivery programs.
    5. Partner with your friends and neighbors to share the shopping, cost and cooking responsibilities, and enjoy eating with your friends!
    6. Plan your meals a week ahead of time.  If you stick to simple recipes and plan ahead, you will have minimal shopping and prep time.
    7. Do you have financial or mobility limitations?  Look into Meals on Wheels or similar programs in your area, which deliver meals twice a day to seniors who can’t cook or get out of the house.

  1. Start collecting healthy and easy recipes you find online or from friends.  This way you have a variety of simple meals in your repertoire.

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