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Nutrition for Seniors


Forgetting things, feeling incapable, grappling with loneliness, and maybe not enjoying daily life? Aging is inevitable, but these symptoms don’t have to be. Whether you’re noticing them in yourself, or know someone who is, here’s what you need to know about the importance of lifestyle and nutrition for seniors — plus 7 effective strategies to live not just longer, but better.

By Jennifer Broxterman, MSc, RD


It’s not just the number of years you live; it’s how you live them.

Modern medicine can help us live longer, so what’s the point of eating the right foods and taking the right supplements?

Well,  we don’t want to just live longer. We want to live longer and live well.

Lifespan: 
How long you live

Healthspan: 
How well you live

When we talk about longevity, most of us don’t dream of living for a thousand years in a cryo-chamber hooked up to a bunch of wires that artificially maintain our basic functions.

In addition to a long lifespan, we also want a long healthspan — a high quality of life for as long as possible — a state that allows us to travel and enjoy our retirement, to run around with our grandchildren without aches and pains, and to generally enjoy life feeling good in our bodies, minds, and hearts.

Good nutrition and lifestyle habits are our best tools to improve healthspan.

And while these habits can have a major effect on healthspan if you start them young, making nutrition and lifestyle changes can make a difference even afteryou’ve noticed signs of aging.

Now, these changes aren’t going to turn you into an ageless bionic superhuman, but they can certainly help you age better and become more resilient.


COMMON CHANGES IN OLDER AGE

 

ENERGY

Weakened due to
nutrient
deficiencies,
sedentary Ifestyle,
and hormonal
changes

IMMUNITY

Increased nisk of

iliness/infections due

to decline in
lymphocytes and
increase n
inflammatory
cytoknes

HORMONES

Changes in sex

drive, mood, energy,

and body
composition due to
decreased estrogen
and progesterone n
women and
decreased
testosterone n men

 

COGNITION

Reduced due to
neurodegeneration, Rx
use, and/or nutnent
deficiencies

BONES

Weakened due to
nutnent deficiencies,
sedentary Ifestyle, and
hormonal changes

METABOLISM

Reduced appetite,
enzyme/acid
secretion, nutnent
absorption, and
blood sugar
control

MOBILITY

Loss of strength, muscle
mass, and flexibility due
to reduced actwity

@ PrecisionNutrition7 habits that can help you age well.

Luckily, we now have research on the specific factors that can help you live a healthy, enjoyable, meaningful life, longer.

In a variety of large-scale population studies, these seven lifestyle habits are consistently correlated with lower disease rates, better mood and well-being, and increased longevity.

The earlier you start, the better, but these habits can make a difference no matter your current age.

Practice these habits consistently, and transform the experience of aging. 


Donald Grandy

Brand Ambassador
beBee.com

Precision Nutrition Certification - Pn1

Sport and Exercise Nutrition Coach

dongrandy@gmail.com


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