Home Care Celebrates National Nutrition Month

Home care service providers like ComForcare are helping clients spice up their health and their diet with colorful food choices all month long

. March is National Nutrition Month and your favorite elderly care team is here to offer some ideas and suggestions to help seniors eat a healthier, more balanced diet.

Nutrition plays a vital role in our health, especially as we age. For that reason, it is important to make sure you eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, lean meats, and grains to boost your energy, muscle tone and immunity. Often, seniors do not get the adequate nutrition they need. By adding just a few extra servings of fruits and vegetables, their health can improve. An easy way to do this is to think by color. If you consider adding one new color to your diet each day, you are on your way to a richer, more beneficial diet in no time.

Red: The old adage about apples and doctors definitely has merit. Adding apples to your list of go-to snack items can help weed out excessive calories and provides extra vitamin C to boost your immunity. But don't stop at just apples. Consider adding other fruits like raspberries, cranberries or strawberries. These are also a great source of vitamin C and anti-oxidants and are easy to toss into a salad, bowl of granola or trail mix.

Orange: There are plenty of orange foods that are great for your health. Sweet potatoes can be roasted or mashed and offer lots vitamin A and C. Carrots are also an excellent source for vitamins and can be an easy, low-calorie snack.

Yellow: Many yellow foods like corn and squash offer antioxidants and beta-carotene. Yellow squash and corn are both usually available in markets year round, but are at their prime in the summer. Grill them up with some olive oil, salt and pepper and you have a delicious side dish that looks as good as it tastes.

Green: Green is often synonymous with health. Dark green foods are often the most nutrition-packed available. Spinach, kale and mustard greens are a great source of beta-carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin C. They can be roasted, sauteed or boiled into soups and are easy to find throughout the year.

Blue/Purple: Blue and purple food may not seem like a common thing, but dark berries like blueberries, blackberries and acai berries are powerful antioxidants. They boost the immune system and taste great in jams, jellies, salads or covered in dark chocolate.

Home Care Helps You Manage Personal Nutrition

Elderly care programs often provide senior services like meal preparation and nutrition planning. Elderly care professionals are trained to create meals that are nutritious and are happy to accommodate healthy food requests. Home care service providers are also able to provide transportation to the grocery store or local farmer's market.

by: Kara Knapp

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