date:Oct 12, 2012
To cater to the changing dietary needs as one grows older, dieticians generally recommend a low fat, high protein and rich fibre diet for the elderly as the body mass and the metabolic rate in them reduces with age.
However, they emphasise that the diet needs to be individualised, based on the medical ailment that a person is suffering from. As a large number of elderly people suffer from ailments such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or hypertension, they have certain diet restrictions whi