Healthy Eating for Older People

Find healthy eating advice for older people. Download a free advice booklet.

The Good Life

You can download The Good Life booklet in PDF format below, published by the Food Standards Agency, with nutritional advice for men and women over 50.

The colourful booklet has tips and advice for over 50s on keeping your heart healthy and keeping your bones strong.

Keep Your Heart Healthy

A healthy heart is vital for a healthy body. To help to protect your heart:

• Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables

• Eat plenty of fibre

• Cut down on salt

• Cut down on fat and go for unsaturated fat instead of saturated

• Eat oily fish

• Avoid drinking too much alcohol

• Try to be a healthy weight

• Be more active

Keep Your Bones Strong

What you eat can make a difference to the health of your bones. So to help keep your bones strong and help protect against osteoporosis:

• Eat calcium-rich foods

• Get plenty of vitamin D

• Eat dark green vegetables

• Try to be a healthy weight

• Take a walk

• Do not have too much vitamin A

For further healthy eating advice for older people, you can visit the Eatwell website.