Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age
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Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age
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Re: Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age
#2Notice that there is no mention of diet because diet doesn't matter that much as long as there is a surplus. The body is pretty amazing.
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#3More interested in preventing this:
http://social-quotient.info/sq.4mg.com/brainpower.gif
Much less clear on how accomplish that.
Edit: To elaborate, I know exactly what I need to do to stay physically fit into old age and how to monitor my physical fitness - I know immediately when I get winded more from my regular run, my lift numbers drop, or I can't reach my toes.
The scary part is if I stop working out for more than 2 weeks, I see dramatic and rapid declines.
So how do I monitor my mental health? Is it possible to keep improving it? Do I do dual-n-back (studies inconclusive), do I learn a languge/to play piano, do I memorize 5 words a day?
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#4People from my parents generation are ignorant about the body. My dad treated his body like a rented car and he died for it. I’m pretty sure that anybody with any level of biological education and sensibility will not be troubled too much by this problem.
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#5Notice that there is no mention of diet because diet doesn't matter that much as long as there is a surplus. The body is pretty amazing.
This is an extremely ignorant comment. In what other system would you ever say, "the inputs are irrelevant provided you supply enough volume"? Diet absolutely matters tremendously. We just don't have a good understanding of how individual variability and gut microbiomes affect one's optimal diet. But we can all universally agree that humans need to avoid sugar, eat little to no processed food, and eat less in general.
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#6More interested in preventing this: http://social-quotient.info/sq.4mg.com/brainpower.gif Much less clear on how accomplish that. Edit: To elaborate, I know exactly what I need to do to stay physically fit into old age and how to monitor my physical fitness - I know immediately when I get winded more from my regular run, my lift numbers drop, or I can't reach my toes. The scary part is if I stop working out for more…
Low carb and periodic water fasting (autophagy), and you should be set old age.
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#7Notice that there is no mention of diet because diet doesn't matter that much as long as there is a surplus. The body is pretty amazing.
Diet is extremely important on these matters, where did you get the idea it wasn't?
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#8Ctrl-F Testosterone - was disappoint.
For approximately half of the population, supplementing testosterone into old age is a great way to maintain (and build) SMM along with that physical activity which TFA admonishes the lack of.
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#9Notice that there is no mention of diet because diet doesn't matter that much as long as there is a surplus. The body is pretty amazing.
This is an extremely ignorant comment. In what other system would you ever say, "the inputs are irrelevant provided you supply enough volume"? Diet absolutely matters tremendously. We just don't have a good understanding of how individual variability and gut microbiomes affect one's optimal diet. But we can all universally agree that humans need to avoid sugar, eat little to no processed food, and eat less in general…
Eating less is not good advice if you want to build muscle. Frail elderly people often don't eat enough, or lack fiber, for example because their teeth hurt. Appetite also declines with age.
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#10Notice that there is no mention of diet because diet doesn't matter that much as long as there is a surplus. The body is pretty amazing.
Poor nutrition is mentioned.