The Underappreciated Role Of Muscle In Health And Disease

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

 

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

 

You forgot to mention climbing up the tree to rescue the cat.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.