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Nutrition Tips for Women Over 50

It's 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. Triggering these changes are alterations in a woman's hormonal balance,
Good nutrition and exercise don't just slow down muscle loss and aid with

weight control, they also help a woman guard against heart disease,stroke, a broken hip because of osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, cancer, even the onset of
Alzheimer's disease. Those risks increase with family history, inactive lifestyle, and eating a poor diet.

3 Good Nutrition and Anti-aging Secrets

Here are a few nutrition tips and anti-aging secrets that 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 the body has, the more calories it can burn. And there's an added bonus: belly fat melts away when you exercise.
Keep bones strong: Get adequate calcium and vitamin D. Vitamin D is critical to calcium absorption in your body. While the body can synthesize vitamin D from sun exposure, as the body ages it's less able to process the sun's vitamin D.
Prevent heart disease and more: Enjoy the bounty native to Mediterranean countries -- plenty of seafood, vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, and olive oil. Red meats are eaten less often and wine is consumed in low to moderate amounts. The good nutrition found in a Mediterranean-style diet is thought to lower heart disease risk, because it is low in calories and fat, especially trans fats and saturated fats.

By...Belinda Yeboah

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