Essential nutrition, supplements, and calorie for Adulthoods: Experts agree that calcium needs increases after age 50 for males and females to prevent osteoporosis. While Vitamin B-12 need also change after age 50. Adults 70, need three times more of Vitamin D than age 19-50. They need 50% more than they did during ages 51-70. Vitamin D helps to maintain normal bones and teeth source of Vitamin D. Food source of Vitamin D are fish oil, milk, egg yolk, fortified margarine, etc.
The energy intake of the elderly is usually less than earlier in life, as such food with high nutrient density and low in fat, such as lean meat, fish, eggs, low fat milk and vegetables or fruits are helpful in that they provide the protein, Vitamins and minerals the aged needs.
If you must age slowly you must consult a nutritionist for your calorie requirements, protein, calcium needs etc.
Furthermore, experts in key natural food supplements say, it causes no harm in their continuous usage. They argue that it prevents diseases and helps in no small measure to replenish our bodies with nutrients, out of reach of our normal diets.
It asserts that they could be combined with Western drugs without any adverse effect. They say that they also help to prevent toxicity of the Western drugs from harming our cells and body organs when combined with those Western drugs.
Therefore, as we age our body processes nutrients less efficiently, that will result in the need to increase our nutrient intake at the recommended daily dosage.
Next is Alcoholic beverages: According to Nwagbo Chinelo, an expert dietician and nutritionist, moderate alcohol intake of l2oz of beer or 5oz of wine, preferably red wine or red grape wine is the right thing to drink.
She also advised that keeping added sugar in our diets to a minimum by limiting soft drinks (especially the non-dieting type), fruit drinks as well as sweets, candies and cookies would reduce excess calories which could promote excess weight gain.
She counseled that if we drink alcoholic beverages, it should be in moderation.
She opined that a moderate alcoholic intake by men over 45 years and women 55 years is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and ischemic stroke. ###
By Azuka Dibie
