The Underappreciated Role Of Muscle In Health And Disease

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  1. egger

    egger Member

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    The paper by Wolfe highlights various aspects of muscle related to health and disease which are sometimes neglected.

    Considering that muscle tissue comprises about quarter to half of the mass of the human body it's not surprising that it can have a significant effect on metabolism. Insulin resistance of muscle tissue is a key feature of the metabolic syndrome. Clinical studies have shown that insulin sensitivity can be improved significantly with modest exercise. It's a modality that can lower serum insulin and glucose from abnormally high levels.


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    The underappreciated role of muscle in health and disease - PubMed

    The underappreciated role of muscle in health and disease
    Robert R Wolfe
    Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Sep;84(3):475-82
     
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  2. Pressed_Rat

    Pressed_Rat Do you even lift, bruh?

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    This has been known for quite some time. Even the study referenced is from 2006. Yes, muscle mass is a marker of overall health.
     
  3. wilsjane

    wilsjane Nutty Professor HipForums Supporter

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    You forgot to mention climbing up the tree to rescue the cat. ;););)
     
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  4. lion1978

    lion1978 The King

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    In regards to the statement that muscles are only 1% of health, this is simply not true, in fact your heart is a muscle, your lungs are a muscle and the colon is muscle, so digestion problems can be related to muscle problems, but it is not nesseraily the case
     
  5. footballalways

    footballalways Banned

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    Really important to have LOTS of protein in your diet in order to build lean muscle mass. Elite athletes eat
    2g per kg every day. The protein based eating actually becomes a job in and of itself
     
  6. egger

    egger Member

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    Graph in a paper by Lemon (1999) showing proposed dietary protein intake vs. physical activity.

    The chart was made using data from Lemon (1992) and Tarnopolsky (1992).


    Effects of Exercise on Dietary Protein Requirements
    January 1999
    International Journal of Sport Nutrition 8(4):426-47
    DOI: 10.1123/ijsn.8.4.426
    Author:
    Peter W R Lemon
    The University of Western Ontario

    free pdf of full paper

    https://www.researchgate.net/public...s_of_Exercise_on_Dietary_Protein_Requirements


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  7. Claireredfil

    Claireredfil Members

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    How the role of the muscles cannot be considered important if you move, speak and chew due to this factor? Muscular system can control the temperature in your body, can maintain the heartbeat, breathing and digestion, 3 important things tha maintain our life in general. Anyways, it is inexplicable to such people because they are focused only one one thing, like a domestic horse. In general, such people are useful from another point of view. It would be easier if those people worked in a hospital controlled by ndis software. It manages everything with the help of automation, they would do everything easier and faster and the patients would be thankful as well.
     
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    matrixtrap Newbie

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    A good way to get muscles is to increase your protein intake by spiking a protein shake with nitrogen. Companies that sell protein powders do it all the time. They use amino acids with high nitrogen content like taurin, glycine and glutamine. I put teaspoons of protein powder into starbucks nitrogen infused cold brew coffee. I also used beet juice and banana puree which is also high in nitrogen.
     

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