Foods fried in trans fats, or eight ounces of meat daily, or lots of cheese casseroles are not going to help us. Finding Ways to Eat Better As You Age We all know that we are better off with good nutrition. To make matters more sketchy, as we get older our immune system doesn't work as well as it once did and a poor diet just makes the situation worse. Even so, many people over age 50 do not eat a healthful diet. One of the results from the study, as published in the issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing, was that more women were at.

Part of the reason is that because older women live longer than men, they are more likely to live alone, all of which makes them susceptible to poor eating due to depression. As a matter of fact, the nutrition experts agree that eating a better diet helps to reduce the disease burden of aging. Frequently this results in eating less which now makes us even more vulnerable to poor health. The problem is that as we get older, many factors influence how much we eat.

What's interesting is that women are more vulnerable to poor nutrition and may even be malnourished based on their diet, weight and mental well being.