Food and Nutrition Archives

Hurray For A Fabulous Father’s Day Snack Recipe Looking for a delicious, easy, and budget-friendly snack option to bring to the community potluck or on a hiking adventure? This recipe from ActiveAdultLiving.com combines the latest heart-healthy research with pantry staples. Sneaking chickpeas into snack foods goes back at least 10,000 years. Recipes for enjoying crunchy, [...]

Easy Mother’s Day Potluck Recipe You Can Make In Advance  Holiday celebrations that honor residents are among the most popular ways to unite active adult communities. May is the spring month dedicated to the mothers of the world. Whether your children have two legs, four legs, or both, the women in the family deserve to [...]

Surprise! These carrot muffins make a perfect potluck offering. Carrots are a staple in every produce drawer. This budget-friendly vegetable can enhance your contribution to the community clubhouse potluck this Easter. Roasting the carrots caramelizes their natural sugars, and the maple syrup complements the spice in the roasting sauce. Another advantage of roasting the carrots [...]

The reputation of nuts has undergone a major change over the past decade or so. Touted as fatty food, in the past, today nuts are considered healthy and even diet-friendly. So, what do you know… Who do I believe? I needed to find answers about nuts and whether they were good for me before I [...]

Seniors these days are just not satisfied sitting in one place and knitting socks! They want to be active adults and do things, go places, and basically, live full lives. And we say great going! It is the Baby Boomers that are coming into the seniors age group currently and BBs are a unique generation [...]

Who would have thought that a sprig of parsley can be packed with so many benefits? Yes, it is true. So, if you are into cooking, you would use parsley to bring about these benefits to your dish. It is good to know that parsley adds much more than color to your plate. Parsley has [...]

Macular degeneration, the gradual loss of central vision, is one of the leading causes of blindness among 55+ seniors. Macular degeneration occurs in two forms. These are dry macular degeneration and wet macular degeneration. There is no cure for dry macular degeneration and it occurs gradually. Wet macular degeneration occurs quickly and treatment is necessary [...]

Have you noticed when you pass 50+ our list of medications increases with every passing year? First, we start with medication for managing HP and heart conditions and then move on from there to medication for arthritis, bladder issues, digestion problems, etc. Well, let me add another medication to this long list. How about diabetes [...]

It is a sad but true fact that the promised golden years may not be so golden after all. As we age, our lives may be plagued with various diseases that take away all the fun of retirement. Fatigue, depression, dementia, high blood pressure, and heart disease are just some of these problems. Since we [...]

Nutrition can be described as food or nourishment required to keep an organism growing and healthy. People need a constant source of nutrition to keep themselves healthy. A nutritious food item has a rich amount of nutrients in comparison to foods filled with fats and sugar. Junk food is never the answer as it is [...]

We are all aware of the benefits of antioxidants. These are substances that help the body defend itself against free radicals. Free radicals cause various diseases. Many experts believe antioxidants prevent atherosclerosis – hardening of the arteries, cancer, and arthritis. Antioxidants increase immunity, which prevents free radicals from causing colds, flu, and various other infections. [...]

To eat or not to eat eggs. That is the question. There has been plenty of controversy regarding eggs over the past few years. So much conflicting information has been provided regarding the goodness and the harm in eggs, that you can be as confused as me about eggs and their implications. Hearing all this [...]