Metabolic Changes

Nutritional Needs In Ageing

 
Metabolic Changes

As we age, our sense of smell and taste increasingly become less sensitive. This, coupled with deteriorating dental health and reduced physical activity, can lead to lower appetites and thus, insufficient nutrient intakes and possible unintended weight loss.

Changes in absorption in the digestive tract also occur as part of ageing.  Otherwise healthy individuals may have poor absorption of fat, which may lead to both weight loss and vitamin deficiency.  Vitamin deficiency occurs because some vitamins, specifically vitamin A, D, E, and K, are fat-soluble, requiring fat for the body to absorb them.

 

Last but not least, there is the problem of lactose intolerance or malabsorption in elderly patients. The decline in ageing results in a decrease in the production of lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose. With low levels of lactase, elderly individuals who ingest lactose-containing food, such as some milk-based oral supplements, may develop bloating, nausea, and even diarrhoea. These symptoms can result in an even poorer nutritional status.

 

With all of these problems developing as one ages, the challenge is to find an oral nutritional supplement that takes all of these into consideration.


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THE NESTLÉ HEALTH SCIENCE RANGE OF TAILOR-MADE NUTRITIONAL SOLUTIONS

Boost Optimum canBOOST™ Optimum is an adult nutritional formula specifically designed with proteins, probiotics, prebiotics, vitamins and minerals to address changing nutritional needs of those 50 and up.

It contains NUTRI-ULTRA™ that supports:

1. Muscle Strength – contains high quality protein and is high in calcium
2. Immunity – high in vitamins E, B6, B12
3. Digestive Health - contains prebiotics

BOOST™ Optimum is available in leading drugstores nationwide (Mercury Drug, South Star, Watsons, and Rose Pharmacy) and selected supermarkets (Robinsons, Rustans, Waltermart, and Landmark). It is also available online on Lazada and Shopee.


You may also order via phone through the RBC Home Care Delivery Service by calling (02)83709714 or +639173170675 anytime between Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. FREE DELIVERY for a minimum purchase of: Php 2,000 for GMA; Php 3,000 for provincial orders.


*Calls and orders are served by RBC-MDC Corp.