A diet for an old person
Food rules for old people living in a community are characterised by food with low chol’esterol, low animal fats and low animal proteins. What is important for old people is a higher consumption of vegetable fats, like for example fruit, vegetables, legumes and fibres. The diet described is for a person over 75 years old, still self-sufficient and still having a regular physical activity. Therefore, the calories needed by his or her body are more or less 1900. They can be divided into the day as follows:
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| MEAL | QUANTITY | FOOD | CALORIES |
Breakfast |
300 grams |
Skimmed milk |
195 kal |
Morning Break |
75 grams |
Orange |
 25 kal |
Lunch |
80 gramsÂ100 gramsÂ100 grams100 grams200 grams100 gramsÂ100 grams125 grams |
Pasta with tomato sauceChicken breast meatCarrotsLettuceGreen CabbageWhite breadAppleRed wine |
Â336 kalÂ130 kal 47 kal 20 kal 46 kal273 kal  50 kal  85 kal |
Afternoon Break |
 75 grams |
Orange juice |
  25 kal |
Supper |
  60 grams 100 grams  50 grams 100 grams 125 grams |
Vegetable brothPotatoesWhite breadStewed AppleRed wine |
  80 kal  80 kal 136 kal  50 kal  85 kal |
During the day |
  25 grams  25 grams |
SugarFats |
 100 kal 225 kal |
Nicola Schiavone
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torna all’indice della tesina multidisciplinare Attaccamento, separazione e perdita dalla nascita alla morte” esame di stato 2006 – dirigente di comunità – di Nicola Schiavone
