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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Stretching the Facts About Gluten
Season 2 - Episode 8 Gluten vs. Gluten Free? Are we confused by the whole Gluten issue? Exactly what it
The Art of the Salad
Season 2 - Episode 2The more we advance in age, the more leafy garden greens deserve a healthful and nutritious
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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Fresh Berry & Quinoa Salmagundi
This hodgepodge of sweet and savory flavors is extremely high in fiber, extraordinarily nutritious and refreshingly quirky… whether it’s for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Ingredients to RememberRaspberries are the highest fiber fruit at 8 grams per cup.Quinoa contains almost twice
Sweet & Savory Cantaloupe Salad
Sweet and savory flavors are amazing, especially when the recipe is fresh, quick and easy to prepare. This salad recipe with cantaloupe, seedless red flame grape, celery and walnuts is exactly that. It’s refreshingly sweet and savory, crisp and crunchy,
Southern Style Greens
A classic combination of Southern American side dishes stuffed with fiber, full of flavor and distinctly moderate in calories… but whose counting? At the same time these recipes fight shy of too much saturated fat and sodium thanks to just
A Hint of Chocolate
Do chocolate eclairs, chocolate ice cream, chocolate mousse or molten chocolate fondue sound yummy? Whether we admit it or not, most of us are chocoholics. But cacao that’s been fattened and sweetened into traditional chocolate desserts can potentially play havoc