Some easy dietary changes can boost your energy and improve overall health. L ow energy is a common complaint in doctors’ offices, and older adults are especially vulnerable who take junk foods regularly..
“Fatigue is largely underreported in the elderly,” says Joan Eckerson, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of exercise science and prehealth professions at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. “By some estimates, as many as 50 percent of older adults suffer from some sort of mild fatigue.”
Underlying health conditions and medications can cause that tapped-out feeling, as can loneliness, anxiety, lack of exercise, boredom, and stress-induced changes to your normally healthy habits (including eating more junk food and drinking more alcohol).
Full of nutrients, including fiber, they supply a steady release of energy in the form of blood glucose.
“When you’re older, your body doesn’t process carbohydrates as well as it used to,” Campbell says. That means your pancreas may have to pump out more insulin to handle the carbs you eat, especially ones that aren’t whole-grain.
Cereals, white rice, crackers, sugary foods, and other refined carbs can cause blood sugar to spike and then drop, which can zap your energy.
Source: Consumer’s report
10 Tasty Foods in Your Diet to Lower Your Cholesterol
1. Avocados
Avocado is a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and nutrients. Recent research has revealed that adding an avocado daily to your diet can help improve LDL levels in overweight people, and not junk foods.
2. Beans
Beans are especially rich in soluble fiber. It also takes a while for the body to digest, which makes you feel full longer after a meal.
You can try black-eyed peas, lentils, garbanzos, etc.
3. Blueberries
Blueberries help keep your arteries clear by helping in the reduction of blood levels of artery-clogging LDL.
Due to this, cholesterol is expelled from your system much more easily. You can choose fresh, frozen, or freeze-dried blueberries. They still have the same advantages.
4. Chocolate
Chocolate contains a powerful antioxidant that helps build HDL or good cholesterol levels.
A 2007 study published in the AJCN, showed that participants who were given cocoa powder had about a 24% increase in HDL levels over 12 weeks. This compares with a 5% increase in the control group.
Choose a dark or bittersweet kind. It has more than 3 times more antioxidants, which prevent blood platelets from sticking together and may even help keep your arteries unclogged.
5. Garlic
Garlic has been found to lower blood pressure, prevent blood clots from forming and protect against infections.
A recent study reveals that it helps stop plaque clogging in an artery at its early stage, by keeping cholesterol particles from sticking to the walls of the arteries.
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