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Seniors Need Nuscle

Seniors Need Nuscle
Muscle strength declines in later life You might not consider “seniors” and “muscle” in the same thought. Aging is a complex process that typically involves, among other things, progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. Muscle deterioration predicts unfavorable outcomes, such as increased risks of mortality, falls, sarcopenia, and dementia. Mortality Reduced muscle mass and/or…
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Seniors Need More Protein to Maintain Muscle Mass

Seniors Need More Protein to Maintain Muscle Mass
Muscle mass typically declines with older age The aging US population faces increased risk of sarcopenia, the progressive loss of muscle mass and strength, and frailty. Sarcopenia predicts higher mortality, lower Quality of Lifespan, reduced independence, and greater inability performing activities of daily life. Thus, identifying practical ways to maintain muscle mass and strength in…
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Forestall Sarcopenia and Frailty with Resistance Training

Forestall Sarcopenia and Frailty with Resistance Training
Older people can build physical strength Resistance training produces benefits beyond from building muscle Sarcopenia and frailty are age-related conditions that reduce quality of life of older people and increase public health costs. The newly revised European definition of sarcopenia: a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder that is associated with increased likelihood of adverse…
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Do Seniors Need More Protein to Avoid Sarcopenia?

Do Seniors Need More Protein to Avoid Sarcopenia?
The participants ate one of two meal types. (1) 90 grams of high-quality protein per day for seven days in equal amounts at daily meals (about 30 grams each). (2) 90 grams of high-quality protein per day for seven days with most of the protein at dinner (63 grams), 11 grams at breakfast, and 16 grams at lunch. Over a 24-hour period, participants who ate equal amounts of protein at each meal synthesized about 30 percent more muscle protein compared participants who ate most of their protein at dinner. Thus, some researchers now recommend eating 25 – 30 grams of protein at each daily meal to promote maximum muscle protein synthesis.
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