Gut Feelings: Your Digestion in Older Age
Eating and digesting food can get more difficult in older age, and some of the changes may cause you discomfort and embarrassment. Here’s Dr. Rosanne Leipzig’s advice on how to adapt and when to seek help
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Eating and digestion just happens, right? You chew and swallow, your stomach and intestines do their thing, and whatever is left over comes out the other end. But that’s not how it goes for some older adults, since aging is accompanied by physiological changes that increase the likelihood of bothersome symptoms that get in the […]