Synergistic use of higher-protein diets or nutritional supplements with resistance training to counter sarcopenia.
Resistance exercise training helps older people treat sarcopenia. The consumption of diets that include sources of high-quality protein and total protein intakes that are moderately above the recommended dietary allowance of 0.8 g x kg(-1) x d(-1) while regularly performing resistance exercises can help older people retain or increase whole-body fat-free mass and muscle mass. Limited research suggests that protein-enriched nutritional supplements do not influence training-induced improvements when adequate dietary protein is consumed.
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Wayne W
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Department of Foods and Nutrition, Center on Aging and the Lifecourse, and Ingestive Behavior Research Center, Purdue University, 700 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. campbellw@purdue.edu
D000375:Aging; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004032:Diet / Q000379:methods*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
D004044:Dietary Proteins