Nutrition Tips for Women Over 50:

A simple recipe for optimal aging: 

Good nutrition plus regular exercise.

As a woman ages, her body naturally loses muscle and body fat accrues more easily. Good nutrition and exercise help to slow down muscle loss and aid with weight control. They also help a woman guard herself against heart disease, stroke, a broken hip because of osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and even the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Those risks increase with family history, inactive lifestyle, and poor eating habits.  

These nutrition tips and anti-aging secrets can help women age gracefully:

Keep weight gain at bay: 

Cut back on calories, get regular aerobic exercise, and do strength training, like lifting hand weights. The more muscle your body has, the more calories it can burn. 

Keep bones strong:

Get adequate calcium and vitamin D. Vitamin D is critical to calcium absorption in the body. As the body ages, it's less able to process vitamin D from the sun's exposure. 

Prevent heart disease and more: 

Enjoy foods from the Mediterranean: plenty of vegetables, fruit, whole grains, beans, seafood, and olive oil. Red meats are eaten less often and wine is consumed in low to moderate amounts. 

Here are 9 Healthy Nutrition Basics:

-Take a daily multivitamin for your age group

-Boost calcium and vitamin D

-Eat more fruits, veggies, legumes, and whole grains

-Get enough fiber

-Eat the right proteins

-Enjoy a vegetarian meal a few times a week

-Cut salt intake

-Choose fats wisely

-Curb the sweets

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