Show Plan Nutrition for Long Life We cant can't stop g getting tUng older but nutrition authorities declare that by eating right we certainly can postpone those thoe symptoms of or aging 01 Older people need about the ll samo mo basic foods toode as younger adults but their body changes do call for tor some adjustments In diet As wo we get older and decrease decrease de crease our physical activity we naturally need fewer calories When we are older we will need about 1 BOO 00 fewer calories a day dar than when we wo were wera young adults However wo still need about about- the tho same flamo amount of ot proteins vitamins vitamins vita vita- mins and minerals for tor ample body protection Actually nutritionally speaking each stage of ot our lifo life cycle Is ie de' de dependent do de pendent on every other stage tage TIt This I is largely due to eating and tastes we develop from early arly childhood through adolescence adolescence adolee- adolee cence and through early adulthood adult adult- hood Thus it Is Je especially important for tor mothers to plan nutritious meals for tor their children Tho The Dally Food Guide available from tho County Home Agent gives give suggestions This food tood guide can be bo equally useful to young adults and to those in their later years It explains explains' that In determining a persons person's total food needs at each of these periods we must consider his or her activity level of health weight and prevailing chronic diseases or disability and any medical advise that has been given |