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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Dietary Fiber: Bulking Up on Taste
Season 1 - Episode 5Did You Know?Most of us only get about 50% of the fiber that we need on
Dietary Fat: The Good, The Bad & The Necessary
Season 1 - Episode 8Fat is flavor! Butter and lard forever! That's what all the self-styled cooking experts on commercial
Omega 3’s: Are They a Fish Story?
Season 1 - Episode 3Did You Know?Omega 3 fatty acids are an important ant-inflammatory agent in the body.Fattier fish such
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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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
Classic Salad Nicoise
With its bed of fresh, crisp lettuce, array of garden vegetables and double helping of protein from the tuna and egg, Salad Nicoise is traditionally a summertime meal, but it’s so good, and so good for us, we should eat
Salmon Tailgate Skewers
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