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Nutrition after 50

Practical food choices, starting with how protein fits your day. Read a guide, or start with a small step you can do today.

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Guides

Protein After 50: How Much, and How to Fit It InWhat an international expert group recommends for older adults, who should get individual advice instead, and simple ways to include protein in a day.

Steps to start today

Name the protein in one meal

About 3 minutes · Very easy. This is a thinking step, not a diet change.

Choose one meal today and identify a protein food you already enjoy and can include.

How to start
Think of your next meal. Which food in it could be your protein, such as eggs, beans, fish, yogurt, chicken, or tofu?
You will need
A meal you already plan to eat today.
How hard
Very easy. This is a thinking step, not a diet change.
Done when
You named one protein food for one meal.

Safety: Follow dietary restrictions or individualized guidance already provided by a qualified clinician.

Evidence strength: moderate. General information, not medical advice.

Learn more: Protein calculator

Add one protein food to your breakfast

About 5 minutes · Very easy.

Pick one protein food you enjoy and add it to tomorrow's breakfast, or today's if you have not eaten yet.

How to start
Choose one: an egg, yogurt, cottage cheese, or beans on toast. Put it on your shopping list if you do not have it.
You will need
Breakfast foods you already have or can buy.
How hard
Very easy.
Done when
You chose the food and added it to a breakfast.

Involves: cooking and kitchen tasks.

Safety: Follow dietary restrictions or individualized guidance already provided by a qualified clinician.

Evidence strength: moderate. General information, not medical advice.

Learn more: Protein after 50

Go deeper

Minute Tips for this area

  • How much protein? Identify the main protein source in your next meal. Written now; video in production.
  • One protein at one meal Start with a single meal, not a whole diet. Written now; video in production.

Make it yours

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