Microbiota -ageing and basic changes

When you age, your microbiota ages with you. Most significant changes in adult microbiota are caused by diet and medicine. After age of 65 hormone regulation changes, impacting energy levels, changing the physical activity, the smell, taste, feeling of fullness and satiety. Sometimes this can lead to a nutritionally imbalanced diet. Elderly people microbiota contains Proteobacteria (a group of bacteria with many potential pathogens) and because of this group, they are at higher risk of infections. Intestinal microbiota of older people is less diverse and has a compromised stability, making…