Meat vs Plant when Protein gets to battle Protein & age.
The Science of a healthy Life
In a recently published study, we got to take a pretty comprehensive look at nearly 3,000 men and women all aged between 19 and 72.
The study participants complete protein intake as well as all the various protein and food sources they consumed was measured.
Including various dairy products, red meat and the healthier fish & chicken and plant-based protein sources.
Beyond that the study also made sure to measure each participants lean muscle mass, their bone density, and individual strength.
The takeaway?.
When looking at the complete study, it was evident ( and to no surprise ) that the less protein you consumed the lower amount of muscle mass and
strength. But to the surprise of some, the type of protein each person favored did not have any impact on their strength and musculoskeletal health, and there were no differences based on gender or age group.
So keep active, eat healthy and make sure to include enough protein, and yeah, skip that red meat based protein right away because it provides zero health and fitness benefit for anyone.
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The older you get, the more important protein becomes.
In other words, this study further reinforces what we already knew.
The older you get, the more important it becomes for you to keep active on a daily basis and to make sure
that you get enough protein in your daily food to maintain your health and lean muscle mass.
Naturally sedentary people will lose lean muscle mass not just from the natural aging process
but also
because of the accumulation of sitting still, and that continuous buildup will never pause, and instead it will ramp up, continuing to take it´s toll the longer you keep up that sedentary daily life.
Two very bad things when put together, and as we age the bad effects of sitting still and eating to little protein get exponentially worse, but
by adding protein to your daily food intake beyond the recommended daily levels you actually improve your chances of maintaining a healthy body and
strength all through life.
And now we know that the source of the protein seems to matter very little, the amount of it has much more weight when it comes to your own health and fitness.
Something to take note of, both for the healthy and fit individual planing for a fit and fun and long life of health and quality living all
until the very end and, of course,
the entire health and elderly care field should pay attention to.
Kelsey Mangano, PhD, assistant professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, had this to say about the
the study.
“As long as a person is exceeding the recommended daily allowance for protein,
no matter the ( protein ) source in their diet, they can improve their muscle health,”
Considering the negative health and environmental impact of red meat, this also becomes another good study and reason as for why people should make sure to get much more
of their protein intake from plants, fruit, nuts, chicken and ecological sugar-free dairy products. And as always, you can find a link to the study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition down below.
Enjoy the rest of your healthy and fit day :).
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