As you age, maintaining a healthy weight and getting adequate nutrition gets a little trickier. Your metabolism slows, so you need to start eating more nutrient-dense foods that are lower in calories. How do you build a personalized senior citizen diet plan in 2019? That’s what we’re talking about today.
Steps to Building a Personalized Senior Citizen Diet Plan
Step 1: Talk to Your Doctor
The first place to go when looking for a personalized senior citizen diet plan is to talk to your doctor. He or she will be well-versed in your medical history and current health status. Your doctor knows what medical conditions you’re at risk for and how those risks can be mitigated with a certain diet. For example, if you’re at risk for developing heart disease, your diet may include less sodium and more potassium.
Step 2: Visit Your Dietician
The next step in getting a personalized senior citizen diet plan is setting up an appointment with the registered dietician that your primary care physician referred you to. It’s important to understand that a registered dietician is a much better option than a “licensed nutritionist”. Armed with information your doctor gave you about potential health risks, a registered dietician can create a personalized meal plan for you.
Step 3: Look Online
The Internet is another great resource for customized meal plans. A number of sites offer great free meal planners that helps you make healthy meals based on your favorite foods. You can tailor your plan to lose weight, gain weight, or maintain a healthy weight while getting all the nutrition you need. Many online sites allow you to print your meal plans out and hang them on the fridge, so you never have to wonder what’s for dinner again.
Step 4: Check Your App Store
There are plenty of free meal planning apps you can download on your phone. These are extremely convenient and a huge time-saver. In some cases, you can even use these apps without creating an account. They allow you build yourself a personalized meal plan considering your typical diet, whether you have no dietary restrictions, follow a keto diet, or are vegan or pescatarian.
After learning about your food allergies, dislikes and how many servings of each meal you need, these apps create a grocery list based on the recipes you select. They even allows you to cross off items you already have, add additional items you want to buy ,and group your list by sections in the grocery store.
Step 5: Sign Up for a Meal Delivery Service
Measuring everything that goes into your food can feel overwhelming. People often order fast food because they’re too overwhelmed by the thought of preparing a meal. A meal delivery service changes all this. Some meal delivery services, like Freshly, deliver healthy, cooked meals straight to your door.
Delivered in eco-friendly, insulated packaging, you just have to put your perfectly portioned meal on a plate. You can choose from breakfast, lunch or dinner from a rotating weekly menu so you don’t get bored. All food is prepared and cooked in a facility free of gluten and peanuts. Shop around and see which meal delivery services deliver healthy meals in your area at the best price.
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