How one ages and why some age quicker than others are discussions that interest many of those over 40 years of age. Some say exercise is the answer, some say special diets, meditation, living stress free, one’s genetics, but often the prime factor is overlooked- and that’s one gut microbiome, the good guys in gut health.
As one ages a variation in one’s lifestyle can alter the nutritional uptake of food in the gut, so too can the amount of medication, anti-biotics and natural health supplements on is taking. Under any type of lifestyle stress, the impact means one can only absorb around 25% of any medication or supplement and only 55% of any food nutrition due to related digestive changes in the gut, There are several factors that influence metabolic and absorption rates that affect aging and they are stress, grief, economic, challenges, poor diet, loss of family, injury, consistent noise, a lack of sleep, loneliness, and more recently quarantine regulations, the ‘stay at home if unwell’, for the older generation in particular, let alone any disability, surgical requirements and disease challenges