Of sound mind and body: Exploring the diet-strength interaction in healthy aging
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Strength is a vital component of healthy aging. However, "strength" comes in different forms (includes both physical and mental aspects) and can look different at various phases of adult life. Healthy eating and regular exercise are clearly important pillars for strength. This paper proposes a framework that underlines the value of protein foods and resistance exercise for aging strong.
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Exercise and physical activity are countermeasures against muscle aging and attenuate age-related decreases in skeletal muscle performance.
“Remarkably, exercise and physical activity are countermeasures against muscle aging and have been shown to attenuate age-related decreases in skeletal muscle performance [4].”
Better muscle quality is an important contributor of muscle health and healthy aging.
“Better muscle quality is an important contributor of muscle health and healthy aging [4,5].”
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- Authors
- Askow, A. T., McKenna, C. F., Box, A. G., Khan, N. A., Petruzzello, S. J., De Lisio, M., Phillips, S. M., & Burd, N. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- McMaster University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Burd, Nicholas A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2020-08-28
- Volume
- 7
- Pages
- 145-145
- ISSN
- 2296-861X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7485317
- OpenAlex
- W3082184968
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 0.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Frontiers in Nutrition (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
- Keywords
- healthy aging, muscle strength, cognitive function, protein-rich foods, resistance training, healthy eating, physical activity, older adults
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