How many calories should a 45 year old women eat per day?

Answer 1

Between 1200 and 1400 calories daily depending on height. Metabolism slows with age. This means that at age 45, much less food can be eaten than when you were ten years younger. If you ate 1200 calories a day when you were 35 years old, you should be eating no more than 1000-1100 calories now. Most health gurus advise not to go below 1000 calories per day but to increase physical activity instead. Of course weight training, and the building of muscle mass, will help burn calories but the sad fact is that the older you get, the less you can eat.