Older people need higher protein intake per meal compared to young adults

by Ivson Siqueira - Sunday October 13th, 2019

The ability to stimulate postprandial protein synthesis rate, especially in myofibrillar proteins, determines changes in muscle mass in diseased and healthy populations. Older people have an attenuated muscle protein synthesis (MPS) response after dietary protein and amino acid intake, having an “anabolic resistance” contributing to sarcopenia. Young men (18 – 37 years old) and elderly […]

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