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Healthy eating options for seniors
“Let food be thy medicine” is a
quote attributed to Hippocrates, the
ancient scholar considered to be the
father of modern medicine. The say-
ing relates to the notion that what
people put in their bodies can heal
and/or prevent certain conditions.
For seniors with medicine cabinets
full of over-the-counter and prescrip-
tion medications, the idea of relying
predominantly on food to promote
optimal health may be tempting, and
various foods can be particularly use-
ful to the 50-and-over demographic.
According to the World Health Or-
ganization, poor diet is a major con-
tributor to many of the diseases that
affect older people. Poor diet has been
connected to the development of dia-
betes, and degenerative diseases such
as osteoporosis also may be linked
to the foods ones eat. The National
Council for Aging Care says micro-
nutrient deficiency is often a problem
among the aging due to factors like
lack of variety in diet and reduced
food intake. Eating a variety of foods
can provide all of the nutrients people
need to stay healthy as they get old-
er. Certain foods may be particularly
helpful.
• Brain-friendly foods: Foods such
as avocado, leafy vegetables, sunflow-
er seeds, blueberries, and salmon are
good sources of vitamin E, antioxi-
dants, omega-3 fatty acids, and other
nutrients that may help ward off de-
mentias like Alzheimer’s disease, ad-
vises Sonas Home Health Care.
• Anti-inflammatory foods: Foods
rich in omega-3 fatty acids may help
prevent inflammation that can cause
cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Aging.com says foods that are high
in omega-3 fatty acids, like salmon,
should be consumed at least twice per
week.
• Fruits and vegetables: Fresh,
canned or frozen produce tend to be
high in micronutrients, including a
variety of important vitamins that are
essential for all components of health.
The Academy of Nutrition and Di-
etetics advises eating dark green veg-
etables, such as leafy greens or broc-
coli, and orange vegetables, such as
carrots and sweet potatoes.
• Energy-boosters: Choose whole
grains that can provide sustained en-
ergy by way of healthy carbohydrates
over processed grains.
• Bone-friendly foods: Calci-
um-rich foods, such as milk, yogurt
and cheese, can prevent calcium from
being leached from the bones, which
contributes to conditions like osteo-
porosis.
• Digestive system-friendly foods:
The digestive system slows down
as the body ages, as the walls of the
gastrointestinal tract thicken and di-
gestive contractions that push waste
along may slow down and become
fewer. Foods rich in fiber can pro-
mote proper digestion by moving
food through the digestive tract mor
easily. High-fiber foods also may help
naturally reduce blood cholesterol
levels.
• High-iron foods: Without enough
iron in the body, a person may feel
tired and lethargic from a reduced
production of hemoglobin, which
carries oxygen in the blood from the
lungs to the rest of the body. A lack
of oxygen in body tissues from ane-
mia can be serious, says the National
Council for Aging Care. Tofu, spin-
ach, lentils, pumpkin seeds, and for-
tified breads and cereals are high in
iron.
Smart food choices can help seniors
live long and healthy lives.
Will Life Ever be Normal Again?
The experts can’t agree on
when (if ever) the coronavi-
rus will completely vanish,
or if they’ll be able to cre-
ate a vaccine and when it
will actually be safe to eat
in a restaurant. Will this be
like the 1918 Spanish flu
pandemic, with a mild first
wave, followed by a deadly
second wave months lat-
er? Just today there was
snarling among the experts
about whether asymptom-
atic people (those with the
virus but no symptoms)
can actually pass along the
germs.
What if it takes a very
long time to return to nor-
mal? I think we need to be
prepared for that, for hav-
ing a new way of living,
for now ... and working to
make that OK.
A highlight of my sum-
mer is likely to be the bar-
becue I’m planning: 10
good friends, all properly
spaced around the yard
(I’ve measured where the
seats and food table will
go), one person manning
the grill, all the food cour-
tesy of the grocery store deli
so no one has to shop and
cook, a boom box blasting
tunes across the yard. It’ll
be great and has picked up
my spirits just planning for
it.
I’ve also made adjust-
ments to my budget, mov-
ing a few things in the En-
tertainment category. The
Lunches and Dinners Out
money got pushed over to
Books, and I’ll spend that
cash on more e-books for
my Kindle, since going to
the library is out.
What will your list look
like, if you aim toward find-
ing some relaxation and
peace in our ongoing crisis?
If you become weary of
following social distanc-
ing guidelines and begin
to think that all this unrest
and angst about the coro-
navirus is unnecessary, go
online to the National Geo-
graphic website and view
the charts they’ve provided
about how the Spanish flu
spread (or didn’t spread)
through various cities,
depending on how they
handled lockdowns. It’s an
eye-opener.
Free Entertainment
Swap & Shop
To help us stay away from has nothing but disturbing I’ve compiled a list of more
the mainstream news that commentary and visuals, upbeat places to investigate
E-books
--
Project
online. Best of all -- they’re Gutenberg
(www.guten-
free!
berg.org) has over 60,000
books on its site, mostly
Games -- Do online old classics and all of them
searches for your favor- free to read. If you have an
ite games to play on your e-reader, you can down-
computer, such as Scrabble, load books, or you can read
crossword puzzles, mah- them right on your com-
jong and vintage Pac Man, puter. If you have an editing
Myst and Donkey Kong. or education background,
(Use “classic games” or “ret- Gutenberg is always look-
ro games” as your search ing for volunteer proof-
terms for the old ones.)
readers to help add more
books to the catalog.
Language classes --
Duolingo (www.duolingo.
Classic TV shows -- See
com) is the best language if you have MeTV (www.
learning site I’ve found, metv.com)on your cable TV
and you don’t have to pay lineup. It shows all classics.
anything! They keep track You’ll find “The Andy Grif-
of your progress and move fith Show,” “The Twilight
you right along once you’ve Zone,” “Mannix,” “Barnaby
mastered a section. At this Jones,” “The Flintstones,”
coverage4oregon@gmail.com
point there are over 30 lan- “Wagon Train,” “The Wal-
guages you can study.
tons,” “The Carol Burnett
Show,” “I Love Lucy,” “Per-
ry Mason” and much more.
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Vintage music -- While
you’re on the MeTV web-
site, click Music at the top
for free vintage tunes. Or
you can search in a browser
for “free online music” and
find dozens of vintage mu-
sic archives. Even Guten-
berg has free music, every-
thing from Bach to Irving
Berlin. However, you need
to listen to only one at a
time on Gutenberg.
Now, isn’t that better than
watching the news?
