“You are what you eat.” The old adage is now truer than
ever. Good health is largely dependent on good nutrition, so much so that
doctors trace many physical and emotional ailments back to a diet deficient in
vitamins and minerals. Eating a well-balanced diet is a major part of
encouraging long life, lowering the incidence of disease, and helping sick
people recover. On the flip side, inadequate nutrition and poor quality foods
can generally cut life span and open us up to many illnesses and disease. In
effect, food is medicine per Webster's definition of medicine: "The
science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention,
alleviation, or cure of disease." Food acts as medicine - to maintain,
prevent, and treat disease.
With this month’s Alive in All Seasons focus on food, we’d
like to give you a prescription for a healthy diet: breakfast daily (do not
skip); meals x3 (at least) daily; foods from each of the food groups per meal daily.
The food pyramid defines the food groups as grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy
and proteins. The amounts vary according to age, sex, height, weight, and
physical activity level. Here’s a good guideline to start you on your way. Make
half your plate fruits and vegetables. Make half your grains whole grains. Move
to low-fat and fat-free dairy. Vary your protein routine and eat and drink the
right amount for you.
Join us as we continue our focus on healthy aging by
shedding light on our hydration program with healthy snacks and juices, and
demonstrate how food and nutrition help us to Live in Wellness from a
dietitian’s point of view.
Our fabulous June 2017 events in State College, PA at Juniper
Village at Brookline Senior Living include our:
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Understanding the Psychiatric Issues of Dementia
this 4-hour training will be presented by Linda Shumaker, Outreach Coordinator
at the PA Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition, and will focus on the
psychiatric complications of dementia as well as issues of depression in both
family and professional caregivers because according to the 2014 Pennsylvania
State Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, 400,000
Pennsylvanians are living with the disease on June 7th from 10:00 am
to 2:30 pm. (Doors open at 9:30 am; to register for the CEU event visit www.olderpa.org.)
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Dinner & Discussion Live in Wellness Dietary
Needs for Seniors to join our registered dietician, Katherine Haar, for this
informative and delicious take on what we need to keep our bodies operating
well at any age while we enjoy a delectable dinner featuring a grilled corn and
pepper salad, flank steak, and oven roasted potatoes on June 21st at
5:30 pm. (RSVP to 814-235-2041 and include any dietary restrictions.)
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Family Picnic to come one, come all to this
annual event that residents, family members, and invited guests look forward to
all year long, as we enjoy classic cookout foods and drinks under the big tent,
along with live entertainment for all ages, so be sure to watch for your
invitation in the mail to this party on June 25th from 11:30 am to
2:00 pm.
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