By Stephanie Watson, AARP, October 2025 These healthy, delicious options are light on calories and fat, plus they fill you up. Eliminating certain foods from your diet seems like the norm when you’re trying to lose weight. You cut calories. You cut fat. Basically, anything that’s crammed with carbs, sweetened with sugar or deep-fried is off-limits. But dieting doesn’t have to mean deprivation. Many delicious and healthy foods can still be part of your meals if you focus less

By Cameron Huddleston, AARP, October 2025 Plus two products at the grocery store to avoid. If you’ve been feeling the strain of rising food costs, you’re not alone. More than half of Americans say grocery expenses are a major source of stress, according to a July 2025 poll  from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Using smart shopping strategies such as taking advantage of sales, coupons and grocery store discounts for older customers can help you