Vitamins We Need

Proper elderly nutrition includes vitamins and minerals. Important at any age, vitamins and minerals become even more important as people get older, particularly vitamin C, D, B6 and B12, folate, magnesium and calcium.

Vitamin C helps the body form collagen which is needed for healing wounds and repairing bones and teeth. It is also used to make skin, ligaments, tendons and blood vessels.

Good sources of dietery vitamin C are:

Vitamin C and E are antioxidants - they help protect a person from free radicals released when food is turned into energy. Antioxidants are thought to prevent heart disease and cancer.

• Oranges
• Strawberries
• Kiwi
• Broccoli
• Brussel sprouts
• Potatoes
• Tomatoes
• Red and green peppers

Eating more fruits and vegetables gives the body a lot benefits. Take bananas eating more of this fruit can lower high blood pressure. Just By replacing sodium and replacing it with potassium, also the body needs electrolyte; these are healthy benefits that the body can thrive on in the reduction of heart attacks as we age.Even eating fruits like grapes, and raspberries, are loaded with nutrients and antioxidants, makes for a healthy strong body.

What about taking care of our bones, one thing about our bones is they need to be taken care of too, as the body gets older, if the intake of calcium isn't adequate the bones could become frail over time as we age, the intake of calcium should be kept at the recommended intake levels for strong bones as we age. According to Helen Rasmussen, PHD, a registered dietitian Human at research services.Says that adults should be getting about 1000 milligrams a day but those number change with age, a women over the age of 50 should be taking in 1200 milligrams a day and men over the age of 70 the same