As you grow older, you body needs more nutritional food. Although you are not actively involved in lots of physical activities, yet the body tissues are constantly repairing themselves as your body resources gets eroded with age. You may feel tired frequently. Lack of energy, low immunity, tiredness, stomach upsets, weaker bones and muscles are the major signs of old age. As your body metabolism reduces, you may find it difficult to digest food. Arthritis, cholesterol, high blood pressure takes a toll on your health. But eating less is not the solution. You need to eat calculative food power packed with nutrition.

You may need all the essential nutrients in your daily diet such as carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, proteins etc. but as your body absorption capacity diminishes, you need to eat light and easily digestible food at frequent intervals. This ensures you get your daily nutrient requirement and the food is easy on your stomach too.

Free Radicals

Ageing releases a lot of free radical in the body that causes tiredness, wrinkles, hair fall, low immunity and many old age signs. This oxidation of cells can be avoided by consuming proper diet with lots of vitamin E, C, A along with some other essential nutrients and minerals.

Senior Citizen Diet Plan

As said earlier, senior citizen should eat correct amount of well balanced food at regular intervals to get all the benefits of the nutrients as well as stay healthy. The food consumed by an elderly person should be cooked properly and has to be soft and easy to chew to avoid any kind of dental problems.

Diet

• Avoid fried food and food with high amount of sugar.
• Add fat free curd in your diet to get the maximum biological value from food.
• Eat small meals at frequent intervals
• Don’t overcook meals as they destroy the nutrient value of the food
• Have vegetable soup without cream and thickening agents
• Include colours in your meal. Green vegetables, yellow pumpkin, red carrots are essential to get nutrition from all food groups.
• Egg whites are an excellent protein source that helps repair and regeneration of old cells.
• Stress on porridge for a quick and light meal.
• Try and avoid oil as much as possible. Use olive oil so that the cholesterol remains in control.
• Old age dehydrates the skin, so be sure to drink 10-12 glasses of water every day.
• Brisk walk in the morning as well as evening keeps the body active and running.
• Indulge in a happy environment and stay stress free!

Old age is a journey where your only companion is your health and well being. Never ignore your body and take good care of it. To know more about senior citizen diet plans, you can always consult “Nutriee”. We are a team of trained and qualified dieticians and nutritionists guided by Ms. Priyanka Agarwal. We can assist you with exercise regimes and different diet plans to suit your body and age. Contact us today and live a super healthy life.