Strengthen those muscles today – or face multiple health issues later
And stop telling yourself that weakness is inevitable with age
MOBILITY. That’s one thing many people take for granted and find unacceptable to live without. Yet, few people pay heed to sarcopenia, which is the progressive state of muscle loss in both mass and function. This not only affects strength, but also impedes recovery from surgery, and even one’s immunity function.
Sarcopenia was coined in 1989 by American professor of nutrition and medicine, Irving Rosenberg, to refer to age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass. But before you dismiss it as an old person’s disease, you should know that muscle loss takes place from age 30. We start to see the effects of that in our 40s.
Apart from making simple tasks like walking or carrying groceries harder, sarcopenia messes with our metabolic health, reduces bone strength and eventually increases the risk of falls, leading to frailty.
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