What does your healthy mobile 80yr old parents eat daily?
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My grandmother lived on her own until age 89 when she very reapidly died of mouth cancer. She walked everywhere, I think this is what made her quality of life so good, not her diet. She smoked a few cigarettes a day (hence the mouth cancer, but who cares? She lived to 89). She ate a very bland, very american diet. A very small amount of eggs/bacon/or toast in the morning, usually cold cuts or soup for lunch and dinner was ALWAYS a meat, potato and vegetable. A normal dinner would be beef pot roast, boiled potatoes, and steamed broccoli. In the evening she sould sit in her chair, watch TV, smoke, and drink a glass of scotch.
She did EVERYTHING on foot though and lived in Massachusettes, so winters were very cold. SHe walked to get her groceries, walked to her doctors, and walked to get whatever supplies she needed. She even got hit by a car once and broke her hip and recovered from that to keep walking some more. Probably logged 10-15k steps a day. Oh and she also mowed her own lawn which is banannas. |
Anonymous
My dad ate a lot of red meat, enchiladas, eggs, bacon and chili, and tons of fruit and few veggies.. He ate less as he got older but it lived to be 89. |
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Should add that he cut his own lawn until he was 85, was in two golf leagues and worked on his feet at a store 20 hours a week until right before he died. |
Anonymous
| My mom usually eats an English muffin or toast with marmalade for breakfast, sometimes some apple slices if I leave them out, with one coffee. Half a peanut butter, turkey or cheese sandwich for lunch. Sometimes leftovers for lunch and sometimes a coke. She eats whatever i make for dinner and is the least picky eater in the house, although infuriating because she won’t tell me what she does or does not like. She has a glass of wine each night with dinner and usually a little something sweet after—dark chocolate or something homemade if I have baked. She is 80. |
Anonymous
Minus the wine, this is my mid-80s "healthy mobile" parents as well. My father has a baked good for breakfast every day (bear claw or muffin or similar), fast food for lunch or dinner, and some sort of snack/dessert after dinner. |
Anonymous
+ diet ginger ale. I don't think I've ever seen my father drink water. |
Anonymous
My grandmother was very similar in habit and food/drink diet. She lived in Chicago and walked nonstop. She was a pantyhose leg model when younger and never stopped being proud of her shapely leg muscles, which she maintained by walking miles and miles through daily activity 
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| My mid-80s dad lives alone and won’t cook. He skips breakfast. For lunch and dinner he brings in from various restaurants, but nothing healthy. Mostly he orders sandwiches, burgers, pizza, fried chicken and Chinese food. He doesn’t eat any vegetables except for a rare veggie when served by a relative which might be 2x a month. At least he does consume a few pieces of fruit a day. And he loves ice cream. Surprisingly he is in incredibly good health. He remains physically strong, active, sharp and a healthy weight. He exercises daily and never misses a checkup. He just loves his junk food and my mom is no longer alive to encourage a healthy diet. For a while I tried to have him over for regular dinners but he’s a very picky eater and usually declined. I gave up trying to change him. |
Anonymous
Without the wine, this is similar to my 80+ dad. Add in eggs and bacon, hot dogs, and the small glass bottles of Coke and you’ve got some of his favorite things. My mom has always eaten much healthier and she’s the one who struggles with mobility and weight. |
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My mom is a very healthy, energetic 83 yr. old from the old country. She never sits down, except to eat her meals- she exhausts me honestly which is a great thing!
She eats oatmeal or cereal and fruit for breakfast, or a slice of homemade crusty bread toasted with olive oil. Tiny lunch of maybe leftover homemade stew, and dinner might be a salad and a small piece of fish, or pasta fagioli |
Anonymous
Welcome. Quite a bit of dates. They make a slurry out of blitzing it in the food processor and use it for sweetening EVERYTHING. This is their new thing. |
Anonymous
Dr,Greger thinks its the healthiest sweetener together with blackstrap mollases |
Anonymous
| Fruit, cheese, crackers, some vegetables, yogurt, wine. |
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Why is what parents eat of interest?
You’re not the boss of them. |
Anonymous
| My parents are 78 and 80 and they eat what they grow during the summer at their farm. They live in the city from October to May and spend summers at their farmhouse. They don't keep animals but buy fresh organic eggs, meat, and milk from local farmers. The rest of the berries, fruits, and vegetables are homegrown. They are very active and in great shape. No sugars, no alcohol, and no sodas. No processed food (like cereals, etc.). My mom still bakes bread. None of them are on any type of medication and don't have any major health issues. |