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Hoe gaan ouderen verlies aan spiermassa tegen*
Bij het ouder worden gaat doorgaans meer spiermassa verloren dan dat er aangemaakt wordt. Hierdoor kan een oudere fysiek vaak slechter functioneren. (Minder spiermassa geeft ook slechtere bloedsuikerwaarden) Volgens deze studie is hieraan wel wat te doen. Neem bij iedere maaltijd 20-30 gram eiwitten, vooral weiproteinen met veel leucine en doe indien mogelijk regelmatig aan krachttrainingen.
Skeletal muscle protein metabolism in the elderly: Interventions to counteract the 'anabolic resistance' of ageing.
Leigh Breen and Stuart M Phillips 
Nutrition & Metabolism 2011, 8:68 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-8-68
Published: 5 October 2011 
Abstract (provisional)
Age-related muscle wasting (sarcopenia) is accompanied by a loss of strength which can compromise the functional abilities of the elderly. Muscle proteins are in a dynamic equilibrium between their respective rates of synthesis and breakdown. It has been suggested that age-related sarcopenia is due to: i) elevated basal-fasted rates of muscle protein breakdown, ii) a reduction in basal muscle protein synthesis, or iii) a combination of the two factors. However, basal rates of muscle protein synthesis and breakdown are unchanged with advancing healthy age. Instead, it appears that the muscles of the elderly are resistant to normally robust anabolic stimuli such as amino acids and resistance exercise. Ageing muscle is less sensitive to lower doses of amino acids than the young and may require higher quantities of protein to acutely stimulate equivalent muscle protein synthesis above rest and accrue muscle proteins. With regard to dietary protein recommendations, emerging evidence suggests that the elderly may need to distribute protein intake evenly throughout the day, so as to promote an optimal per meal stimulation of MPS. The branched-chain amino acid leucine is thought to play a central role in mediating mRNA translation for MPS, and the elderly should ensure sufficient leucine is provided with dietary protein intake. With regards to physical activity, lower, than previously realized, intensity high-volume resistance exercise can stimulate a robust muscle protein synthetic response similar to traditional high-intensity low volume training, which may be beneficial for older adults. Resistance exercise combined with amino acid ingestion elicits the greatest anabolic response and may assist elderly in producing a 'youthful' muscle protein synthetic response provided sufficient protein is ingested following exercise. 
De studie. (Oktober 2011)
 

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