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Golden Health & Diet Tips for Seniors

Good health is about more than just a healthy weight. It also entails the following:

- Having a circle of friends and family members for support & love;

- Hug and be hugged for your good health;

- Faith - For without faith, we are dead;

- Hobby - Something that you wake up AND go to bed thinking about.

- Multivitamin to ensure nutrition. As the body ages, it is not as efficient as it was in its younger years. We may feel very tired at times and like age is catching up with us. Other times, we may feel not much different than we did when we were in our youth.

Taking a multivitamin will assist in ensuring that the senior is getting their adequate nutritional needs. Another healthy plus? The body requires vitamins to process our foods; when it receives an adequate supply - this can assist in keeping our weight down. Therefore, if you have been trying to lose weight and nothing that you do appears to be helping, try taking a multivitamin each day. You may get a welcomed surprise on your bathroom scales.

- Good health involves regular check-ups at the doctors office. Weed out issues early before they have time to transform into health problems.

- Adequate sleep will not only make you feel good and look good, it will also help you keep a lid on your weight.

- Low stress ensures good health and also plays a big roll in weight management.

- Relaxation - yet another key element in managing weight.

All of the above are great incentives for living the good life and add valuable elements to our state of health.

As for diet, the following are among our most treasured tips:

Eat slowly and enjoy each delicious bite. It takes the brain about twenty minutes to realize that the tummy is full. This is why many times we sit down to the table and after we've finished eating we feel over-full. It's best to stop eating when you feel satisfied and allow the brain time to register the size of the meal consumed. If you're still hungry, you can always eat a bit more.

Enjoy 3 healthy meals each day and 2 healthy snacks. On this note, as we age our blood sugar levels may be more challenging to regulate. Therefore, rather than three healthy meals per day you mind that you do best with six smaller meals per day. This will assist the body in regulating blood sugar.

As to those healthy snacks, before choosing take a look at what you have consumed thus far in your daily diet. Also think about what you plan to eat later in the day - before you pillow your head for the evening. If your diet is lacking in one of the Food Group servings, then adjust by choosing a snack to enjoy from that group.

For example, Penny has enjoyed a hearty breakfast consisting of a boiled egg, a slice of whole grain toast and a cup of reduced fat milk. She also enjoyed a serving of plum jam on her toast. For lunch she enjoyed a delicious sandwich prepared with whole grain bread and stuffed with healthy proteins and vegetables. She also enjoyed a wedge of reduced fat cheese with her meal and another cup of reduced fat milk.

As snack time arrives, she examines her diet thus far for the day. She plans to dine on pan-roasted fish for dinner along with a healthy serving of vegetables, steamed rice and a cup of green tea. She has covered all of the fruit groups quite well: vegetable, protein, grain and dairy. But she is missing one of the important food groups - the Fruit Group. Therefore, she decides to enjoy a banana for her first snack, and she will enjoy a small apple for her second snack.

And finally, if you are physically able, embrace an activity that you love each and every day. If not, embrace an interest that you love each and every day.

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