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Anal Fissures and Nutrition
Anal fissure is a skin tear or injury inside the anal canal. Anal fissures cause pain, especially during bowel movements. Usually this injury (skin tears) of the anus causes pain such as a burning sensation during defecation and is often accompanied by bleeding and itching. Anal fissures affect all ages but are more common in…
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7 Water Intake Advice in Elderly
Water is essential in all biochemical processes that take place in our body. Water helps transport nutrients to the body’s tissues, eliminates harmful metabolic products, maintains healthy joints, controls body temperature. Older adults have a reduced sense of thirst. Also, when our bodies don’t have enough fluids, we become even less thirsty and drink less…
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Tips for better Absorption of Vitamins
Vitamins are organic molecules essential for our metabolism. The way we take vitamins can affect their absorption and effectiveness. Vitamin absorption occurs in the intestine. Impaired intestinal absorption of vitamins can be due to factors such as intestinal disease, genetic disorders of transport molecules, excessive alcohol consumption, and drug interactions. Absorption of water-soluble vitamins (B…
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