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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Aging and the Loss of Taste
Season 1 - Episode 10Did You Know?As we age, our senses can diminish, so cooking with a variety of spices
The Seafood Diet
Season 2 - Episode 9 What better place to introduce our “Seafood Diet” episode from Season II of Food Over
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
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?
Roast Squash for Poulet Jardin
Roasting is a particularly healthy cooking method, concentrating the flavors and nutrients in many of our cooked foods rather than boiling them away. Since we already have a chicken in the oven for our Poulet Jardin, it makes sense to
Maritime Stew
A healthy diet including Maritime Stew is a mouth watering example of the goodness of the sea, complete with bold chunks of fish, shellfish and crustaceans swimming in a delectably rich broth! Just add a little crusty bread and dig
Turkey Noodle Soup
Every cuisine has its comfort foods and for many Asian countries a piping hot bowl of noodles in broth is it. Infused with garlic, ginger, chili, soy, sesame and flavorful low-sodium soup broth, these perfect bit-sized turkey balls are also