Prairie Fare: What should we eat and do as we age?

We tend to lose muscle as we grow older unless we take some steps to maintain our strength. (Pixabay photo)

We tend to lose muscle as we grow older unless we take some steps to maintain our strength. (Pixabay photo)

Prairie Fare: What should we eat and do as we age?

Prairie Fare: What should we eat and do as we age?

Prairie Fare: What should we eat and do as we age?

Prairie Fare: What should we eat and do as we age?

“I have an old man body now,” the person in the restaurant said. “I keep gaining weight.”

He wasn’t talking to me or my husband. His booming voice carried across the nearly empty restaurant. We heard the saga of his life. I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop. Really, I wasn’t. I just couldn’t tune out his voice.

The man talked about how easy it was to lose weight in high school. Sometimes he needed to cut w…