Efficiently Getting the Nutrients You Need

Even if your appetite decreases as you age, you cannot neglect your meals if you want to get the nutrients you need.

For your muscles,
for your bones,
for your brain,
and for a long, healthy life.

It is said that for women, the gap between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy is about 12 years.

I want to be able to walk on my own two feet without becoming senile until the very end.

If I can keep walking until I die, I might be able to avoid needing diapers.
That is a matter that also concerns human dignity.

As you get older, eating three meals a day becomes a chore.
Both cooking and eating.

However, I want you to think about this.
Cooking is actually a very good brain exercise.

You go to the supermarket and think about your menu.
Whether you go shopping or not, you need the organizational skills to come up with a menu using what you have on hand and to prepare several dishes simultaneously.

Conversely, losing the ability to cook might be a sign of dementia.

In the past, it was believed that since elderly people consume fewer calories, a simple diet was fine, but recently it has been said that the older you get, the more protein you need to maintain your muscles.

There is also the idea that you should take supplements to make up for missing nutrients, but there are pros and cons to this.

There is also a theory that taking too many supplements puts a strain on the liver and kidneys.

If you take a lot of different things, you also have to worry about how they interact with each other.

Even I take a blue fish supplement for blood pressure control.

It worked immediately, and my lower blood pressure reading, which used to be on the high side, stabilized in the 70s to 80s.
The oil in blue fish is said to have a blood-thinning effect and is also good for the brain.

When I was talking about this to a friend the other day,
she told me, 'At our house, we just eat canned mackerel in water as it is, thinking of it as medicine...'

This was an eye-opener for me.

I had been thinking of canned mackerel as an ingredient and forcing myself to cook it in different ways.

I see, I can just eat it as is, right?

I tried copying her immediately,
and it is surprisingly easy to eat even the water-packed canned version.
If I keep this up, I might not even need supplements anymore.

My mother-in-law, who lived alone at home until she was 95, always had this in her refrigerator.

Protein SAVAS

Greek yogurt

Yesterday's lunch

Scrambled eggs with whitebait

I intended to make a rolled omelet, but it became too much trouble, so I made scrambled eggs instead.

I want to efficiently consume the necessary nutrients, but I also want to enjoy my food.

Please let me know if you have any ideas for easily getting protein and other necessary nutrients.