Age Concern
Eating well is a positive choice to make. A healthy balanced diet contains a variety of types of food, including lots of fruit, vegetables and starchy foods such as wholemeal bread, protein rich foods such as meat, fish, eggs and pulses and some dairy foods.
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LaterLife.com
You're at home much of the day. You know where the biscuits, cakes, chocolate, crisps are stored. A quick snack when you're feeling bored, tired, unable to solve a problem, can make life sweeter. Fancy a cup of tea or coffee mid-afternoon? It will help make you more alert for the next few hours. Add a slice or two of cake. And as for lunch, a sandwich perhaps with some beer or a glass of wine?
Well why not? We've become horribly puritanical with so many do's and don'ts in the eating and drinking department. We need a little indulgence sometimes.
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Food Standards Agency
If you want to eat a healthy diet, our 8 tips can help you. They focus on practical steps you can take to make healthier choices, whether you're planning a meal, or picking up a snack. The Strictly Yum Dancing characters each promote one tip, so take a turn with them to find out more.
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Elderly-Aid
The body composition of humans is always in a dynamic state and hence keeps changing, especially in old age. This affects the nutritional requirements of the body and hence healthy eating can be a challenge particularly for the elderly. Also, in old age the hormones start losing their activity, thereby making the body lose muscles and bones and gain fat. There are some factors, which if kept in check, can help all of us lead a healthy life.
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Northern Ireland Direct
There's a lot you can do to introduce healthier foods into your diet without giving up all of your favourites. A major reason for age-related weight gain is that the rate at which you burn calories in food and drink, known as your metabolic rate, slows down with age. The extra calories will turn into surplus body fat over time if you don't adjust your diet or exercise more.
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Help the Aged
Our nutritional needs change as we age - but the link between a good diet and staying healthy remains.
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