Healthy Diet

I firmly believe you are what you eat. Those of us who want to achieve a long life and healthy aging acknowledge the importance of following a healthy aging diet. But what is a healthy aging diet? It seems that a food that was considered bad for us is now good for us and a food that was suppose to make us healthy is now bad for us. First let us look at foods that everyone agrees are bad for us.

Foods such as fatty meats, potatoes chips, sugared cereals, etc., basically all the foods that you grew up loving are high in ingredients that cause disease and aging. Now that does not mean you have to completely eliminate these foods. But it does mean that limiting them from your diet will go a long way to improving you health as you age. Now I enjoy a cheese burger and fries as much as anyone and Christmas cookies or a warm homemade chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven will always test my willpower. But I try to live by one of my Mom’s saying “Everything in moderation”. So enjoy an occasional burger or a couple cookies and a glass of milk. But be aware that these are foods consumed on a regular basis will affect your health. Read the rest of this entry »