I'm training to become a nutritionist and I've worked with an elderly woman(83 years old) for about 8 weeks. I don't have a background in medicine, but I've suf

I'm training to become a nutritionist and I've worked with an elderly woman(83 years old) for about 8 weeks. I don't have a background in medicine, but I've suffered ptst and depression my whole life and reddit and hackernews has always helped me to make small improvements. symptoms: water in the knee, weak legs and arms, week skin with red spots, ptsd/depression, takes calcium and vitamin D for the arthritis. Also has polyneuropathy in the feet and takes something for that - imo it's sugar related. She doesn't get treated for diabetes. She'd show up every day at the bakery and eat bread and cake, drink multiple cups of coffee with 3-4 cubes of sugar Things I recommended: - Protein shake for breakfast: Most elderly don't meet their daily protein needs (about 1.6g/Kg of body weight), to help the weakness - cut out sugar and white meal, to see if it helps with the inflamed knee and the polyneuropathy - eat pork-belly every day, to balance the calories, also to use the vitamin D u need cholesterol and magnesium - take gelatine, to help with joints and to give the calcium something to hold onto - magnesium citrate, to help with the cholesterol and the vitamin D - I also recommended she'd start yoga for mobility in the legs - but she pushes back on it. - I'd talk to her every day for 2-3 hours to help her understand her ptsd better, I'm not certified, but I suffer from my own ptsd and I've had therapy and I read a lot, so I told her what I knew and also advised her to seek professional help, which she also refuses. 2 weeks in her mobility and mood has improved 6 weeks in her mood has stabilized, and she can walk better 8 weeks in, the knee swelling has gone back, the skin has stronger texture now. hope it helps someone out there edit: formating