I know; ‘You are what you eat’ feels like a stale cliché, but there is truth to it. What you consume acts as fuel for your day just like a car needs gas. If you don’t eat enough food with nutrients (or just not enough food at all), you start to feel it and will slow down just like a car that doesn’t have enough gas.
Basically, if you eat like garbage, you will feel like garbage. But, good nutrition is sometimes easier said than done. Where does one even begin? A quick Google search will churn up hundreds of sites, news items, blogs, and videos that often contain conflicting information.
It can be enough to scare off a nutritional novice; who has time to sort through it all? It doesn’t have to be that way, though. Some small changes and a conversation with a professional can set your elderly loved one on the right path for better nutrition.
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