We’re Cathy and Merry, and welcome to another thoughtful, lively episode of Late Boomers! Today we’re diving into a topic that affects so many older adults, but often remains undiscussed: why does appetite decrease as we age, and what can we do about it?

Inspired by an AARP Bulletin article, “Why Aren’t I Hungry?”, we explore the real-life effects of losing your appetite and thirst later in life. We share personal anecdotes, practical strategies, and the science behind changing eating habits, all with our signature Late Boomers flair!

Whether you or someone you love has noticed eating less, skipping meals, or simply not feeling as thirsty anymore, this episode is for you. We break down why these changes happen, what warning signs to look for, and actionable advice for staying healthy and energized at any age.

Key Takeaways

• Why Appetite Changes with Age: Our metabolism naturally slows down, hormones shift, and senses of taste and smell can decline, making food less appealing. Medications, dental and digestive issues, and even loneliness can all contribute to a reduced desire to eat 02:04, 04:12, 06:09.
• The Hidden Danger of Dehydration: As we grow older, our thirst signals weaken, putting us at risk for dehydration which can mimic other health problems or even cause dangerous falls 01:20, 17:06, 18:20.
• Social Eating Matters: Sharing meals with friends and family can help restore the enjoyment of food and encourage healthier eating and hydration habits 07:26, 30:09.
• Protein & Muscle Health: Maintaining muscle mass is crucial so adequate daily protein and strength training are both essential. From collagen and protein powders to Greek yogurt and cottage cheese, we share our protein-boosting hacks 11:53, 13:42.
• Smart Hydration Strategies: Don’t wait until you’re thirsty! Build in water breaks throughout your day, especially first thing in the morning, and remember that certain fruits, veggies, and even soups can help you stay hydrated 19:01, 22:35.
• Listening to Your Body: Unintentional weight loss and persistent low appetite aren’t just a “normal part of aging.” Talk to your doctor if you notice ongoing changes in appetite, taste, or hydration levels it could be a sign of something deeper 24:47, 31:59.

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Cathy & Merry

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Welcome to the Late Boomers Podcast, where we bring you inspiring stories of people creating new chapters in life with style, power, and impact. I'm Cathy Worthington.

And I'm Merry Elkins.

Today, Merry and I are talking about something many older adults experience, experience, but don't always discuss. Losing their appetite as they age.

That's right. And we recently read an article in the AARP Bulletin called why Aren't I Hungry? And it really caught our attention because eating less is always just about dieting or trying to lose weight or.

It isn't always just about dieting. Yeah, I know.

Well, it usually is when you're younger.

Yeah. But sometimes people just don't feel hungry anymore. And while that may sound harmless, it can actually affect energy and muscle strength and immunity and overall health. I got real interested in this because I know people that are that way.

I'm not, but I think that a lot of people are. I've heard about it. So we're talking about something today that's related to this that many of us have really forgotten about all. Also thirst. And as we age, our thirst signals can weaken, too, which can lead to dehydration. And I. I'm noticing, too, that I'm drinking a little bit less water, so I consciously try to do it. Drink more.

Good. Good. Yeah, I do, too. It's one of those topics that affects nearly everyone eventually, whether it's you, a spouse, a parent, a friend.

So why don't we dive into why appetite changes happen and what warning signs to watch for and what simple things we can do to stay healthy and energized.

Yeah. And the first question I wanted to discuss is why does appetite decrease as we age?

Why?

What's up with that? Yeah, I looked it up. And your metabolism naturally slows down, so we generally need fewer calories than we did in our younger years. And hormones that relate regulate hunger can change as we age.

Yeah. And that's true. And also our sense of taste and smell often declines. And I notice, of course, after Covid, a lot of people lost their sense of taste or smell or both. And so then food doesn't seem as appealing or flavorful. And a lot of people add more salt or more sugar or. Or spicier foods to their diet. And favorite foods and foods that are good for you may often be bland.

Right. I find myself really loving spicy food, but then I know some older people won't eat the spicy food, and I say, oh, that really bothers me. Yeah, I have several friends that say that, but it's like. But have you noticed that foods don't taste the same?

Yeah, lately I have. And I'm putting more spices. Not spicy spices that are hot, but more spices on it. And salad dressings don't taste as good as they used to. The kind that the store bought ones. So I'm making my own. Yeah.

Well, that's healthier anyway. That's great because then you avoid the extra stuff they add in those bottled ones.

I probably put in too much olive oil.

Yeah. And one point I wanted to bring up was, do you ever skip meals because you're not hungry? I do that a lot and I don't think that's a real good thing to do. Right.

Yeah. I'm never not hungry. The only thing that I'm hungry for are chocolate chip cookies.

Well, that doesn't count as eating a meal.

I know it doesn't.

I don't even count that. But can you still eat a meal if you've eaten the cookies first?

Yeah, well, I don't eat them first. I. It's kind of like when you're a kid, you know, eat your dinner and then you get dessert. I still have that mindset.

Oh, I see.

Yeah. But you know, also medications, and a lot of older people have to take medications and that, that can lead to loss of appetite as a side effect or blood pressure or antidepressants. And I, I know that a lot of people who are retired don't really know what to do with themselves and they get depressed, so they take antidepressants and that can depress your appetite. And also some diabetes medications, I've heard, also can depress your appetite or your taste.

Oh, sure. Because the medications that everybody's using to lose weight now were originally diabetes drugs. That's how they discovered that everybody was losing weight. I don't know. Those drugs kind of scare me though, because there's no long term thing. And the people I know that have gone on them and not like the side effects gone off them, they gain all the weight right back. You can't keep the weight off.

But then a lot of them get really thin and that's scary too.

Oh, oh, yeah. I haven't seen that happen because the only people I know that did it gave up on them. Didn't like taking them. One girl I knew her hair was falling out. Like I said. Oh, I wouldn't take it another minute if my hair was falling out.

Right. Yeah, that problem. Anyway, when you get a little older.

But we should encourage people, I think, to talk to a doctor if your appetite changes when you start a new medication, unless it's Ozempic or something like that, then you're trying to lose weight.

Well, you have to talk to a doctor now.

Yeah, but I also find eating alone reduces your interest in a meal.

But you eat alone a lot. You go out to dinner a lot by yourself. I don't.

Well, if I go out by myself, I certainly eat because I've gone to the restaurant. But it's very frequent to not feel like eating when I'm alone at home. It's not this fun. And both you and I have lost spouses, so it was a different situation when you were always eating with somebody every night.

I know, it's true. And you cooked for them, too. And now when you're older, I find, I mean, this is terrible to say, but I'll open a can of tuna fish or can of chicken rather than go and get the fresh stuff from the market and just open that and have a big salad and that'll be my dinner. And so, yeah, just. It's fun to cook for somebody, but when you're alone, why.

Yeah, I'm sort of sick of cooking.

Well, you do cook for your daughter, which is nice.

Yes, I do. It's that there again, it's having family over and making that extra trip to the grocery store and that maybe looking up an extra recipe.

Right. A new.

The other night they came over and I actually made something I'd never made before and they liked it.

Was it good?

I. I just grabbed something off the Internet. Yeah, it was. It came out good. Now I'm blanking on what it was. Oh, I'm blanking on what it was now.

Never mind.

Yeah, never mind.

Well, you know, like, I mean, like you said, you had them over. It's a social event. Meals have always been social events. Religions hold meals as social events. Yeah. Holidays meals or a social event. And. And so, you know, people, perhaps if people met with friends for lunch or dinner or joined a community meal or actually sharing more dinners with more relatives, with close family or just cousins, maybe they would eat healthier and they would eat more and more better.

Which, unless you eat with people, unless you eat with people that are bad influence on your eating because all they eat is maybe fried food or sweets or stuff like that, they. They can make you worse too. Well, not as healthy.

A lot of those holiday dinners chew that. But yeah. And also those of us with dental problems, that can keep you from eating for sure. You don't want to put food in your mouth. Because you're in pain. And some people who wear dentures, if they don't fit right, they have trouble eating and they can't chew. I can't even imagine. I love apples, and I'll have an apple a day to keep the doctor away.

But they're good. They're great. You can eat them with even just some peanut butter or something on them, and they're delicious. But if you have dentures, how do you even eat an apple?

I don't know. I guess you cut it real tiny or you put it in the blender or something like that and make it into juice.

Yeah.

But also, digestive issues can really affect and reduce your appetite. Like, you could have acid reflux or if you have constipation or something like that, stomach discomfort. It's all. We're go. We're veering into the dark now. So let's get. Let's think of something more positive to say, don't we?

I think so, because I still like to eat. And I'll eat. I'll eat breakfast. I'll just kind of nosh for lunch, and then for dinner, I'll have a big, you know, healthy dinner with all the different nutrients in it, plus my cookies.

Good. Well, society around us really celebrates weight loss. And so when people start losing their appetite for eating as they get older, they feel, oh, good, now I'll lose weight. But it really doesn't correlate like that. And unintentional weight loss is really a disaster for people.

Well, that's. That's what. Then people look and say, what's wrong with me? You know, do I have cancer? Do I have diabetes? But that's looking at the dark side. So let's talk about things that people should do. Because, I mean, if you lose weight, you're losing muscle, and muscle loss can create a lot of problems. So let's talk about strength training and balance training and. And. And alleviating the risk of falling.

Because I know you and I are both doing strength training right now, right?

I do strength training. Yeah. And you do, too, where they increase the weight every time so that, you know, you're building muscle because you're doing more weight every single time you go there. But also I do a thing called Osteo Strong, which is for building bone and rebuilding bone, and that is really a good thing for people.

What does it entail?

It's only four pieces of equipment that take about. So in about 60 seconds or something. I mean, you have to go from one to the other, and you have to do it properly, and they're overseeing you. But you're doing different groups of the body. So the different four pieces of equipment, rather than strength training on muscle, is affecting your skeleton. So you're actually increasing your bone. And people that do bone density tests. My bone density is really good right now, and I've been doing this for two years.

So it. It really does build on itself. And a lot of people, you know, in our age group go there. It's. And. And younger people go there too, though, because people know they need it. You know, let's talk about protein, because I think protein is very important and we hear so much about it now. And it's very, very hard, I think, to eat enough protein, especially if you don't feel like eating.

Right, right.

And even it's hard to eat enough grams.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. Even when you do feel like eating. I mean, I can't imagine eating a whole big steak. I just can't. But I could eat it. Well, a piece of chicken, I think you have to have your two or three meals a day where you have the protein divided up in different meals.

But there's other sources of protein, too. Like, I always use marine collagen. I put in my tea first thing in the morning. So I've already had nine grams of protein. When I step out to do my walk, I've already had a cup of tea with collagen. So there's a lot of ways to beef it up. If I make a smoothie, I put protein powder in the smoothie, and I put milk in the smoothie, which has more protein. And flaxseed has protein.

There's a lot of places to get it, but you have to remember to kind of add it in so that you're not just relying on eating a piece of chicken.

Yeah. Well, let's talk about collagen and protein and peptides, because I had heard that peptides were really a panacea for pretty much everything. And they make the protein powder or the collagen powder with peptides and all peptide tides are amino acids, which are protein. And so I've heard of people miraculously healing quicker from broken ankles or skin issues. It helps grow your hair. The peptides and the collagen. The collagen is our connecting tissue, really. It works with the connecting tissue, so it helps with pain.

And I think that's something that you and I should talk more about at a time when we can really research it. But I think that's something that people

could look into more because I don't eat beef. I only eat the marine collagen, so I don't eat the ones that come from cows. And I think you're the same way. You don't eat beef. Right. So you have to watch the ingredients, what the ingredients are.

Yeah, I mean, eggs, dairy.

Sure.

Shellfish, chicken and beef, I think all have. Have peptides in them. And obviously collagen. Collagen is really a kind of a gelatin. A lot of people will boil a chicken and they get that film on top of it that isn't the grease and some of that is collagen and.

Oh, so you should be eating the like gelatin broth. Yeah, eating the broth too. And you can also have protein rich snacks like Greek yogurt has a lot of protein in it. I eat that.

My breakfast. With cottage cheese.

And cottage cheese too. Yeah. And eggs. I had eggs today, this morning before we're taping this. And nuts. Nuts have protein. Not a whole lot. You can't rely on protein.

But when you're adding in a snack like that, they certainly have a lot more protein than potato chips.

You bet. You bet. Even though I love potato chips, I'd rather eat nuts. Maybe a little trail mix, you know, with a little chocolate in it. But just the nuts are. I don't think chocolate has protein, but I. Yeah, yeah, but then, you know, presentation really matters with food. When you go to a restaurant and you've got a star chef, they'll always make your food look beautiful.

And that's why so many people take pictures of their food and put it on the Internet. I know, but I don't do that for myself. Do you? What?

Put pictures on the Internet of my.

No, no, no. Well, I'm talking.

Oh, you mean presentation.

Pretty.

I don't, I don't. Not for myself. May. May in very little. I. I enjoy it when I see it in a restaurant, though. I really love it. Remember when you and I were in New York last year? We went to Daniel Daniel and.

And the presentation there was like off the charts. It was so amazing.

And we did take pictures. Oh, yeah, beautiful. But I didn't post them and it tasted great. We have to tell you. Plug for Daniels here.

Why not? Why not?

Yeah. Well, let's talk about thirst, because that's an issue. I think that, you know, we all. Sometimes you think you're hungry when you're really thirsty. And so I think that's a body signal that we often ignore. What do you think?

Yeah, I think people. I know people that just don't even drink water. They just don't drink it. They drink coffee or booze or something else, but they don't drink water. Right Now I have water here, too. Here, we'll toast to the. In the water? Yes, toast in the water.

You want me to put my, My cup up, too? Here you go. Well, let's see if we can toast.

Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, I, I was real surprised in. In the research that the. The aging can affect thirst just as much as hunger. So we have to be really careful that we get. We do take in some water.

Water, water, water, water. Not. I mean, coffee and not orange juice.

Not.

It's very sweet, but it still is a liquid. And it does replenish some of the liquid in your body. But it's so full of sugar and apple juice and all those awful soda drinks that people think are.

Oh, they dehydrate you.

Yeah, they do.

They dehydrate you. I think alcohol does, too.

Yes, but.

But many people just wait till they feel thirsty to drink water. And by that time you could be partially dehydrated. Didn't you know somebody that got seriously, dangerously dehydrated?

Yes, absolutely. And it was a man, a young man, and he was out doing some sporting events, and he just ignored it. And it. He got very, very ill. And I think that we have to very much pay attention to all of that. And also, I mean, let's think about when we feel tired, really tired, or we get headaches or dizzy or our mouth is dry or we get confused. A lot of that is a symptom of dehydration that we ignore. Or we'll take an aspirin for and think it's something else.

And just sometimes a glass of water, which I'm. Now I'm really thirsty. I'm going to have another sip. Would really help.

Just talking about it makes you thirsty. Right? But sometimes dehydration can look like other health problems. Right?

Exactly.

When really you needed the. But you needed it early in the day. I know some people drink, drink their water late at night before bed, and then they get up three or four times to pee, and that just ruins your sleep. You need to hydrate. You need to hydrate a lot in the morning and somewhat in the afternoon. Cut the caffeine in the afternoon. Now we're switching to better sleep. But it all makes for better sleep.

Yeah. I mean, I'm guilty of having a glass of water and drinking it before I go to bed, but it doesn't really bother me to get up because I'll go right back to sleep. I think it's good to just keep hydrating constantly if you can. Sometimes you can't even get to water. And also, too, you know, a lot of people, older people, I mean, they have problems in that they get very dizzy or they fall and that can. Well, they can die from that. And so you have to be really careful about that.

Because I think if you fell and you ended up in the hospital because of the fall, they might not think that you're dehydrated. That might not be the first thing they're checking.

That's right.

They might think you had a stroke or you tripped or you injured. You know, most of the times when people. A lot of times when people fall, they don't even know why they fell, so. And also, people have to watch out when they're traveling or exercising. When you're traveling, you're off your routine, so. So it's very easy not to have access to the water. You know, you've got. You're in Paris walking around all day, you've got to stop off and buy a bottle of water and carry it around with you.

You know, Otherwise, if you can carry it better sit in a cafe and have your water.

Oh, yeah, with a glass of wine

or, or a little hot chocolate or a decaf or something, or just a little, little demi toss of coffee. Because they do make good coffee in Paris.

Yeah. But right now, nobody's drinking that. They're dying of the heat over there. People are dying. It's a real bad heat wave. So. But there's heat everywhere in the summer, so keep. Folks keep a water bottle.

I always keep one in my car. Keep one going, you know, keep replenishing it. Don't use all those plastic bottles, of course. Use your metal one. Put ice cubes in it. Yeah, I love what I. I love to put ice cubes in mine or keep it in the fridge up until I leave the house and put it in the car. But it's really good to have that.

Yeah.

Yeah, it is. It is. I don't even drink cold water. I just drink luke. Not lukewarm, but I drink room temperature water. I don't like the ice. I just want the water. It feels.

There's even water tastes good if you, if you can taste it. If you're not used to drinking all the other liquids to replace the water. If you're not a, you know, a soda drinker or a coffee drinker all the time or any other type of juice, you can actually taste clear, pure water. It's delicious. So.

Yeah, yeah, I think so too. I like iced tea a lot though. I do.

Yeah, I know, but, but yeah, but I think things that, that you can help with dehydration. I mean, you love watermelon, right?

No.

Oh, you don't.

I cannot eat watermelon.

I can't.

I'm allergic to it.

No, I'm allergic to watermelon.

We both are allergic to watermelon. Why would you think I could eat that?

Well, our audience is going to have. Cathy and I are allergic to watermelon. Well, whatever.

But yeah, who cares?

Yeah.

Oh, oranges and lots of vegetables and fruits have water in them, which is great. You know, a lot of the fruits. Yeah. Apparently oranges are much better to eat than actually drinking orange juice. You want to eat the orange, so you're getting the fruit and the fiber and stuff like that. Cucumbers have it. And something I didn't think about before looking up stuff for this discussion is that soups are. They have a lot of water.

Yeah, it depends what kind though. I mean, a lot of it has a lot of salt in it and I guess if it's hot out, it's good to have salty soup, but you know, to keep that water in. But.

Well, it can't be your only source of water, of course. But having a soup meal in the summer might rehydrate your body pretty well. And gazpacho, it's not. When I think, oh, gazpacho, it doesn't have hardly any water.

Yeah, but that's sounds good.

It's just ground up tomatoes.

Yeah, really. And I, I know you love tea. I like the herbal tea. I don't like caffeinated tea because it makes me thirsty. So again, there's lots of ways to stay hydrated with just plain water.

Or beyond plain water. You could, you know, if you don't want to do plain water, there are other ways to stay hydrated because they make all these at waters with extra ingredients to trick people into, you know, your, maybe your palette says water's too awful to drink. Like, I know some people just don't like water.

It's unbelievable.

And then you go, well, but it's true.

Yeah, I know, I know.

Do you think, Merry, that your eating habits have changed over the years?

Not much for me because I exercise a lot and so I tend to eat. You know, maybe when I was a kid I would eat lots of cereals and oatmeal and things like that. I don't do that anymore. Most of the time my breakfast is yogurt and cottage cheese and fruit and that.

Yeah, I think. But I think we've all evolved somewhat in our eating and. And because I really find that foods do taste different than they did when we were younger. I mean, because when I was younger I wouldn't have been able to add red pepper and all these things that I add now. I wouldn't have even liked eating that. And now I just love all that spice and deliciousness.

Yeah, I don't add that now. I used to have, when I was a kid, hot, spicy food eating contests with my grandfather and. Oh dear. Yeah, and he would win.

Wasn't he a good influence on the chili?

Yeah, now I don't eat it at all, except I do make good chili, but I don't put a lot of chili in it. I put lots of other things in it. So I know you like. Really?

I make turkey chili and I put a lot of chili powder in there. I gotta really be able to taste it. So what healthy foods do we both always keep in our kitchen?

Oh, that's a good question. Will you go first?

I always have Greek yogurt, usually have cottage cheese and I always have some cheese. So that's a lot of dairy. And some people can't handle the dairy, but I'm pretty good with dairy, so I do keep those. I always have milk, which usually is for my tea. I'm not drinking milk except when I make a smoothie and I don't make a smoothie every day. And then I try to always keep greens on hand because when I make a smoothie it's half greens. All the mixed greens you can buy in the market in a bag, they're already pre washed. I love that.

I always have that on hand.

I wash it anyway.

I always keep protein powder on hand. Yeah, lots of. There's lots of healthy stuff in my fridge and my pantry.

Yeah.

What about you?

Well, like I said, I eat yogurt and cottage cheese every morning. I keep buttermilk. I've learned to really enjoy buttermilk. It's just. And sometimes. This sounds weird, but sometimes I'll add it to my cottage cheese and yogurt. It's just something I like.

I've never acquired that taste at all. My dad used to drink it. Are you drinking it? A glass of it?

No, but I'm drinking it. No, I drink a little of it. And I also keep a lot of nuts, a lot of unsalted nuts. Often. Yeah, I do too often. Raw Sometimes. And then I'll put them in the microwave or the air fryer just to feel like they're toasted. Sometimes I'll get them already toasted.

I keep cheese, which I eat. I really don't eat it much. Well, I do. I. I always keep lettuce for my salads because, you know, I love salad virtually.

I always have salad stuff, especially arugula. I always have arugula.

I have, I have them all, the greens. And I keep cheese to put on my salads, but I don't usually eat it during the day or unless I'm having a big salad for lunch. I keep collagen, peptide powder. I have lots of vitamins that I take. I keep.

Vitamins don't count as food. Yeah, I do. I buy fruit, a lot of fruit.

Apples, berries, bananas or tangerines.

Well, I think we just all need to go over and eat at Merry's house. So, you know, just let her know you're coming. I don't know. So she buys extra of all that, but.

Well, yeah, let me know. And I put out all the dishes.

Okay. What habits can we tell people to remember, to help them remember to drink water?

Well, when they feel thirsty, drink, have a cup, have 8 ounces of water in the morning. And, and, well, that would be like you did 18 ounce cup a day per meal, then you'd get 24 ounces. But I don't think that's enough because

when I went to the doctor one time to lose weight, he had me drinking 32 ounces of water before lunch and 32 ounces of water after lunch. And that's a lot of glasses of water. And that's very beneficial for someone losing weight, of course, but. So we don't need those massive amounts probably. But maybe people would be dehydrated if they wait to feel thirsty, so they should drink it right when they wake up before coffee. And my physical therapy guy tells everybody, people would say, you know, I don't know why my coffee makes my legs cramp. He said, that's not what's making your legs cramp. He told the client, he said, no, you need to drink water before you have the coffee.

Then the cramping won't happen because you're dehydrated when you wake up, you sleeping all night and you're very dehydrated. So that was very eye opening to me when I heard him tell that other client at the, at the therapy place, which was. And the. And I think eating with friends is so valuable. Yeah, yeah.

Eating, but not necessarily drinking alcohol, which is you're tempted to do when you eat with friends. It's. Water is always the best thing, or at least to have as much water as you do the alcohol.

Oh, sure, you got to add water in, but I'm not going out for friends without a martini. Sorry. Well, well, all about the martinis.

I know for you. And also too, again, remember that oranges and vegetables like cucumbers.

Oh, yeah.

Watermelon, which neither one of us eat, but that can suffice as extra liquid. It's just I think we have to pay attention to what kind of fruit and liquids that we put in our body. Cut back on the diet drinks and the diet supplements you put into your coffee if you don't eat sugar unless you're diabetic. And I think that that's. If you combine the healthy food and the healthy fruit with water, that you should be fine.

Yeah. Well, anyway, let's wrap up a little bit.

Yeah, let's wrap it up. So today's takeaway from the two of us is pretty simple. If you're eating less and drinking less than you should, don't automatically assume it's a normal part of aging and don't do anything about it. Just you've got to pay attention.

Yeah. To your body signals.

Yeah.

Or the lack of them. Because sometimes your body is. Is not telling you anything.

Right.

But small changes in appetite and hydration can have a huge impact on your energy, your strength, and your overall quality of life.

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