Daily Care : Food, Nutrition & Exercise

Diabetic Exchange Diet
If you have diabetes, your doctor may put you on a diabetic exchange diet to help control both your weight and the amount of sugar and cholesterol in your blood.

Low Cholesterol Diet: How to Cut Out the Fat
Obesity not only increases your risk for heart disease, it also increases your risk for the risk factors associated with heart disease, including high cholesterol. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends a “heart healthy” diet to help keep blood cholesterol low and decrease your risk of developing heart disease.

Ten Reasons Why Your Parent May Not Be Eating Properly...and What To Do About It
Here are reasons why seniors sometimes don’t eat properly, and some suggestions for how you can overcome this challenge.

Power Foods: Doctors' Top Choices for Antioxidant Rich Foods
Top doctors recommend antioxidant-rich foods and drinks for the elderly.

Antioxidant Supplements: Beware of Dangerous Drug Interactions
Antioxidants have proven effective in fighting the free radicals. But the pill supplement form are not without their share of controversy.

How can I get my elderly father to stop eating everything? His doctor isn’t helping me!
I had the same problem with my father. I fed him well and kept all healthy snacks available, but he'd say he was starving to death all the time.

What can I do to prevent my wife with Alzheimer’s from choking on her liquids and food? It is terrifying and I feel so helpless and don’t know what to do.
It happened with my father too and scared the daylights out of me. Unfortunately, when swallowing becomes impaired and choking begins it is usually a sign that the dementia is progressing further.

How do I get my sick elderly mother to eat when she refuses?
I know how hard that is because my normally sweet mother did the same stubborn thing. She had been so sick she’d gotten down to 82 pounds, yet would clinch her teeth when I got half way through feeding her.