How do you convince your parents from eating unhealthy food?

If I were you, I wouldn't convince them with my words. I'd convince them with my food! What you should really do is just buy healthy food, then go and cook lunch or dinner for them. But give them good, flavorful but healthy food. It's possible. Not all healthy food has to taste bad. Maybe that's what your father is thinking. He doesn't want to give up flavor for health. Which is still wrong, but it can be compromised. What I would do is cook a nice chicken dinner, with a ceaser salad on the side, maybe some couscous or rice and beans, with veggies like corn, spinach, etc. Season EVERYTHING! Salt is a must, on anything, no matter what. This is how I get my 68 yr old [stubborn-as-heck] grandmother to eat healthier, which even her doctors can't do! Try it!

It is hard to change the eating habits of old people. It is better to cook or buy some healthy food for them what they love. I think what we can do is to supply rather than to stop. It is not an easy job. Good luck!

Well that is pretty difficult to do especially that parents have this kind of pride in themselves they hold. So now that we are capable of expressing our own opinion about them they simply feel intimated and that is where the resistance really starts with. I guess you will need lots of patience for that since its really hard to take care of parents they are simply not used to being cared for by their children and is as much as they can will try to do their old ways. Slowly convince them by example that is you practicing what you believe in eating the right food for yourself and slowly through them.

Trying to change my parent's habits? I may as well hit my head against a brick wall. What I can do is cook soup for them, which they love. My soup is good, also very nutritious. It is cooked in a crockpot from scratch using whole ingredients using stock from turkey bones. My mother's favorites are Lima beans with ham and split pea chunky style. If you can slip a few extra nutrients under their noses, it will help.

I think you'd better tell your parents what's the truth from the hospital,if they do not believe the report from the hospital,you should try your best to persuade them to do the test again in the other hospital.abd gotta let the doctor to warn your parents some food are really threaten the health.

My fathera also have high colesterol and stubborn not listen to people advice. So i bid with him try to avoid eating seafood for 3 months and check the chlesterol level again and it works. Now he not eating seafood anymore.

we are in the same situation, when we had a bloodchem the result was quite normal her sugar and cholesterol were normal. but the food that is provided evryday is quite difficult,maybe it is because it is hard to change the habit immediately. you need to be patient,at first it is really like that. You have to befriend them then tell them the possible consequences,you may also ask their doctor for help.

Actually it is impossible. They will not listen because you are their child. They will listen to their doctor as long as he is older then they are. You have to do it gradually and convince them that the food you make is very healthy. It might be that you have to find what fruit and vegetables they like first. Maybe you should go shopping for them or invite them over and make your delicious food and maybe cook using olive oil, but sort of forget to tell them.

I don't think you can convince them to do otherwise. My grandma is the same way. She is not suppose to eat certain foods but she doesn't care. My grandma has good genes though. She is still around and she was suppose to start eating healthy 20 years ago. She is almost in her 100s and still eating bad food. I would just try to get your parents to eat less unhealthy food. Bad habits are hard to change.

well. it's always diffcult to persuade parents to change their manners man. the only thing you can do is keep on doing same thing that told them eat unhealthy food wouldn't do any good to their health. if they are n't healthful. you will face more problem and worry and care about them. this will bring you sorrow also. just keep on saying day after day. they will have some change step by step finally.

First,you should let them know what is important. The answer is doubtlessly healthy or life. Second,Eating more unhealthy food, losing more opportunities to eating food whether healthy or not. Third, the most obvious disadvantage of high-cholesterol food is harm to those who prefer trash food . it can bring many disease such as hypertension,heart disease,etc. just little tips,Glad that can help you!

we cant convinve them,they will force to eat healthy food,but there are some techniques to use,we hav to find their weekness and praise them,and convince them that that food is very good for health.

Parents always have a preffered channel they like to watch everyday. They're probably more susceptible to believe everything in this channel than others. So all you have to wait to see when they show something in this channel talking about the benefits of eating healthy food and make your parents watch! This is really the only way.

The change should come from within. If you want them to change their eating habits better start to learn cooking healthy food. Another way is by substituting the "not-so-healthy " ingredients with the healthier varieties (for example use canola/olive oil rather than regular cooking oil when frying). Bring them more fruits and stop buying those food that you dont want them to consume. Show them you are into the healthy stuff and they will surely follow you. Also , tell them you love them more often than usual. It will work, I assure you, because they would want to live longer knowing that their children loves them so much.

the question should be how can you convince your parents from not eating unhealthy food? by the way thats not the point...why not buy them foods which look like unhealthy but its very healthy its just a copied look of some junkie but its made of very delicious and healthy food. You should show that your really concerned about them.maybe this action would somehow help for them to be conscientious and to refrain from eating to kind...Atleast once and a time offer them this kind of food so that they will not crave for those goods.

daydreamer20, There are 2 areas where we find a lot of difficulty changing and they are our habits and our taste buds. I can understand what your parents are going through and for them to change suddenly will not be easy. Insistence and being pushy here will just not help one bit further here. I can understand that your task will be a mammoth one here as you are not the one responsible for the groceries and cooking. So, you may want to adjust this by volunteering for the groceries as a start, where you will get to decide and buy the necessary healthy cuts of meats, skinless poultry, lots of green veggies and fish. Next will be cooking, corn oil can be acceptable just be a little flexible here. Just tone down on the amount used for the dishes and it should be fine. However, I wonder how are you going to be in charge of the cooking lest you have other equally health conscious siblings and/or spouse at home to ensure and cook the meals accordingly. The other alternative will be educating them through attending health seminars, shows or talks and even healthy cooking classes organized locally in your city. These attendance will definitely bring home the message and I am sure that these mediums will certainly have same age group audiences where your parents can feel belonged and share openly without any generation gap issues. High cholesterol is a manageable condition and we should just take it into stride, be patient, tactful and pace evenly when and whilst we try to convince and educate our love ones, especially the elderly members where their habits and taste buds have been honed in for decades. Take care and have a nice day.

I'm sorry to hear of your problems. Several years ago, I was convinced more than anything that eating a diet other than Kosher was going to be the end of people. So, I tried in vain to convince my family not to eat pork, shellfish and other such foods. They thanked me (some not so much) politely and even more politely told me what I could do with that diet...in a nice way, of course. I tried gentle hints on how they'd live longer and stuff like that...nope...too stubborn. In the end, I gave up that way of life and am right along side them in the eating habits. So, I guess your best bet would be to either make those healthy dishes and have them try it. Even if they don't go cold turkey, one step at a time is better than nothing, right? *Pleiades