Day: January 28, 2022

The Food Pyramid - HealthyIreland.ie

Essential Nutrition for your Active Healthy Retirement

[This is a guest post by Consultant Dietitian Gillian McConnell]

Rethinking your dietary habits is just what can give you a wealth of physical and mental benefits that could give you a new lease of life. Think of your body as a machine: fuel/ power is important for a machine to run efficiently. Good/ clean fuel; a car runs well. Bad/dirty fuel over an extended period, the engine will breakdown.

Your health is your responsibility and no one else’s – take care of it and control it.

Ask your doctor to give you a thorough check-up and follow up with regular check-ups. Put into practice the advice you are given – do it now and remember growing old is …

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