Staying active into your 70s, 80s and even 90s, is not only possible but vital to optimising quality of life, a growing body of evidence shows.
If you’re hanging out until your late 60s to fulfil your retirement dreams, here’s a sobering thought. Around 65 many of us start to experience a marked decline in our health.
Recent research has pinpointed a ‘double whammy’ that strikes our muscles around this time. Not only do we become less efficient at making muscle from the protein we eat, but the breakdown of muscle between meals is increased as well, say the researchers whose work was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
These changes can make our muscles smaller and weaker and help put us on the path towards becoming frail.
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Source: ABC Health & Wellbeing