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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Red Meat & Cholesterol
Season 1 - Episode 1Did You Know?Cholesterol is only found in animal fats, not vegetables, fruits or grains.Cholesterol serves many
Subtracting Sodium
Season 2 - Episode 7 Whether or not we flirt with hypertension, a diet that Reduces, Replaces and Removes excess
The Spices of Life
Season 1 - Episode 12"The Spices Of Life." It's an apt title for episode #12 of Food Over 50. After
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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Quick-Kraut & Pork Casserole
And out comes a bubbling hot casserole of stratified pork medallions, caramelized onions, unsweetened – but still sweet – applesauce, and our secret ingredient, Quick-Kraut with the tang of sauerkraut but none of the sodium. Just dish up a healthy
Parsley Sauce
Fresh, bright every-so-slightly briny Parsley Sauce features three amazingly healthy ingredients – clean, tart lemon juice, heart-healthy extra-virgin olive oil and herbaceous, vitamin & antioxidant-rich parsley. It’s perfect on grilled or baked fish, and just as good on chicken! Print
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
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