Many elderly people find it difficult to get enough calories
The need for nutrition changes throughout life. As age increases, you lose part of your muscle mass, and appetite can fail due to, among other things, hormonal changes (read more here) .
Food is crucial for both health, quality of life and not least in connection with illness and rehabilitation.
Based on Danish and foreign studies, it is estimated that approx. 60% of elderly people in nursing homes and in home care are at nutritional risk (Holst, 2019).
Poor nutritional status leads to poor wound healing, loss of muscle tissue, greater risk of pressure ulcers, frequent infections, poor general condition and reduced quality of life (Hessov, I. & Jeppesen, PB, 2012)
Weight loss is defined as loss of body weight from fat stores and especially loss of protein from muscles. If, as an elderly person, for example, you do not eat enough protein, the body eats away at its own muscle mass.
If you are a healthy elderly person and have a good appetite, you must eat like all other adults and follow the 10 official dietary guidelines. If you are underweight or have a reduced appetite, the food must have a high content of energy and protein.
It is important to be aware that weight loss can be an early sign of illness, which must then be investigated.
If you have always been used to having a slightly too high BMI, there will often be a tendency to neglect unintentional weight loss in connection with illness. However, this is very inappropriate. Regardless of pre-weight, unplanned weight loss in the elderly and sick has major consequences for their physical, psychological and social functioning. After only a small unintentional weight loss, a decrease in functional capacity is seen, as loss of muscle strength and muscle mass is closely related to weight loss (LeBlanc, 2018).
What should elderly picky eaters eat?
If you are a picky eater, you should not eat coarse, green and low-fat foods. On the other hand, you need to stabilize your weight and must therefore eat food with a high content of energy and protein.
Tips and tricks, - if the appetite is small
- Eat 6-8 small meals daily.
- Use Adozan in your regular food. 10 g of powder or 20 ml of P-Boost per portion.
- Rule of thumb: 1 letter of Adozan per meal either in your food or drink.
- In desserts, Adozan can be whipped with egg yolks and sugar or mixed into the cream and whipped into the foam. In addition, the recipe is followed as usual
- Make it a habit to add 20 ml of P-Boost to your coffee or tea.
- Choose whole milk over mini milk. Add Adozan for even more nutrition.
- Choose whole milk yogurt stirred with Adozan.
- Choose the red Mathilde (light milk cocoa) or Cocio (not light). Add the Adozan and leave it for a while until it dissolves.
- Choose fatty cold cuts, liver pâté, spread cheese, pâté, sausage rolls, mackerel and cold cuts salads. Feel free to use mayonnaise, remoulade and pesto.
- Choose eggs, both soft-boiled, hard-boiled and as scrambled eggs.
- Choose soft-boiled fruit instead of fresh and serve with vanilla cream or whipped cream with Adozan whipped in.
- Stir 5-10 ml of Adozan P-Boost into your jam before you put it on the bread.
- Stir 10 g of Adozan Transparent into your clear soup when serving.
- Put a pat of butter on your cooked potatoes and vegetables while they are still warm.
- Eat 1 multivitamin tablet daily.
Adozan can contribute extra calories and protein
Adozan can be mixed into food and drink and increase the nutritional content without changing the volume, taste and consistency. In other words, Adozan can give your favorite dishes some extra power.
Adozan is stirred into food and drink both during preparation and when serving, in baked goods and bread, in hot and cold dishes and drinks.
4 Adozan products are recommended for picky eaters....
Vital+ has a high content of unsaturated fat, fiber and protein. This product becomes whitish after dissolution and is very suitable in a cup of coffee, shakes, soups, baked goods, porridge, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, etc.
Transparent+ provides extra calories from carbohydrate and protein. This product becomes transparent after dissolution and is therefore suitable for use in juice, soups and fruit porridge.
Kilo+ is high in unsaturated fat but low in protein. This product becomes whitish after dissolution and is very suitable in a cup of coffee, shakes, soups, baked goods, porridge, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, etc.
Adozan Chocolate+ contains as many calories as regular chocolate, but the advantage of Adozan Chocolate is that it also contributes proteins. AND then it's ready to eat.
