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Food for staying well & looking good - live webchat with Linda Doeser 11 January 1-2pm

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 28-Dec-11 11:48:37

As we grow older our dietary needs change just as our lives change with our grown-up children leaving home, retirement, possibly a less active life and various health problems etc.

It is - of course - all too easy to become fixed in our ways and not give any thought to what we're eating and whether it might be a good idea to make a few small changes to the menus we've cooked over many years.

But are the odd touch of indigestion, bloating, feeling and looking tired, poor sleep, middle-age spread, aching joints, constipation and muddled thinking the inevitable outcomes of advancing years? <<has little worry about familiarity of many of those symptoms and sincerely hopes not...>>

While we can’t turn the clock back the good news is that a few simple changes CAN help to make our retirement years as healthy and rewarding as possible. And - says cookery writer Linda Doeser - what we eat can make all the difference between 'passive decline' and a fitter and brighter third age.

Linda started her career on the partwork Supercook in the 1970s and published her first book a couple of years later. Since then she has written so many cookbooks that she has lost track. She has an abiding interest in healthy eating and nutrition combined with appetizing meals and is currently working on a project about how dietary needs change with the different stages of life. She is also a gran.

Add your questions for her here

LindaDoeser Thu 12-Jan-12 11:00:40

Thank you everyone for your most interesting questions.

jingl Thu 12-Jan-12 11:28:51

Good about microwaving veg. I'm doing it right then!

Thank you Linda. [smile

jingl Thu 12-Jan-12 11:29:10

I mean smile

jingl Thu 12-Jan-12 11:33:34

So kind to answer all those questions after the event! smile

Really good webchat.

JessM Thu 12-Jan-12 12:16:37

Jeni how about a nice mug of fybogel? Just add water and stir?

Annobel Thu 12-Jan-12 12:57:08

Jess, what are you trying to do to the poor woman? I suggest the lowest calorie meal you're likely to find is a moderate serving of cottage cheese (wonder why no-one has mentioned this) with lots of lettuce, cucumber and other salad veg. Now why am I not practising what I preach?

jeni Thu 12-Jan-12 13:04:01

annobel thank you. The last thing I need is fybogel with all the fruit I'm earing!

Annobel Thu 12-Jan-12 13:07:32

I seem to remember you putting figs in your packed lunch, jeni, so they should do the job, so to speak...grin

jeni Thu 12-Jan-12 13:19:34

annobel yes and I've just had 2 for lunch today. Sorry, got to run!

Annobel Thu 12-Jan-12 13:27:35

Woops!

JessM Thu 12-Jan-12 13:34:29

It is my only idea on something you can consume with zero calories and virtually no prep smile hee hee...