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"Most people don't realize that they begin to lose muscle mass around age 30 if they aren't actively engaging the muscles on a regular basis. By the time they reach their late thirties or early forties, most people are losing muscle mass at a rate of about a quarter pound a year. Most people also think that muscle weakness is an inevitable result of age while in fact it is in large part a result of disuse. Create and maintain stronger bones. By stressing your bones, strength training increases bone density and reduces the risk of osteoporosis." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Restoring low creatine levels can help kids who are weak, due to low muscle mass and poor muscle tone. Creatine is also very important in the communication abilities of one cell to another, including cells in the brain. Because of this, low creatine is believed to be part of the cause of deficient expressive speech among some autistic kids. Here are some clinical clues to creatine deficiency: Poor muscle development, including low muscle mass and poor muscle tone. Low blood serum creatine. • Deficient urine creatine. • Elevated levels of the amino acids ornithine and beta-alanine." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"And if you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to crank it up to at least 45 minutes of moderately intense aerobic exercise three or more times a week to build enough muscle mass to lower your set point. The formula for calculating your training heart rate is as follows: 220 - age (years) = maximum heart rate (MHR) 15 to 20 minutes at (50 to 65 percent) MHR for maintenance fitness 45 minutes at (50 to 65 percent) MHR for weight loss You can measure your own heart rate or use a heart rate monitor (about $40)." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"A muscle builder may have a BMI of 30 that is associated with a large muscle mass. Ethnic groups with deviating body proportions, such as being very tall and thin, have healthy BMI ranging from 17 to 22 and have excessive fat mass at a BMI of 25 kg/m2 [47]. Cutoff points have also been defined for waist circumference as a surrogate marker of abdominal fat mass [48], a better predictor of intra-abdominal adipose tissue than BMI and a strong predictor of metabolic comorbidities [49]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "These findings suggest that larger hips may have a protective effect possibly linked to greater muscle mass or femoral fat mass. Femoral fat has been shown to have greater lipoprotein lipase activity and lower rates of lipolysis than intra-abdominal fat, favoring fat uptake and storage, particularly in women [54]. In 2484 men and women, hip circumference was negatively associated with markers of glucose intolerance, independent of the waist circumference, which was positively associated with glucose intolerance [55]. B." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Conditions associated with reduced or low muscle mass (as in muscular dystrophies) also result in decreased energy needs. In genetic disorders where short stature occurs, overall food, nutrient, and energy needs may be lower than age peers throughout adolescence and adulthood. If a child has reduced activity levels because of immobility, energy demands will also be lower. With a few exceptions, such as copper deficiency in Wilson's disease and some metabolic disorders, most medical conditions do not have a primary effect on an individual's micronutrient needs [53]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Aging physiques retain less water and have more fat and less muscle mass, meaning that the recommended adult dosages for many drugs are too strong. Gloria Fisher, eighty-one, said that she hears frequent stories about medications from the elderly residents of Davenport, an Iowa city of about a hundred thousand that sits on the banks of the Mississippi. Gloria meets with more than a hundred older residents a week as part of her work for a group called Senior Voice. She listens to the people and reports back to the city with their concerns." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"But it does not just mean more muscle mass. With it can come hypertrophy of the heart, fluid retention, and other problems. And of course there's a disease, acromegaly, which is actually characterized by an excess of human growth hormone. DHEA is what's for years been called the "junk hormone." In large quantities in our bodies, it converts to both testosterone and estrogen. Most of the studies on almost all of these hormones have been very short-lived, that is six months to a year. So the long-term effects are not well known." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"During the aging process, as we experience low-grade inflammation and lose muscle mass, mercury (and other toxins) will get released into the bloodstream when those muscle cells shrink. Even the heart shrinks with aging. If the body is not equipped to handle that surfacing mercury efficiently through normal detoxification pathways, it will inflict more harm and intensify existing inflammation. Recirculating toxins may move into more critical areas like the brain and heart. As you can imagine, this will hasten the aging process." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Delay (or even reversal) of muscle mass loss experienced with aging ?Decrease in total cholesterol and improvement in the ratio of good to bad cholesterol (lowering the risk of heart disease) ?Increased bone density ?Increased circulation that moves toxins and amplifies the body's detox processes A single band can be used to perform a multitude of exercises that will strengthen every major muscle group in your body. It can even work on some muscles, such as the rotator cuff over the shoulder joint, that machines don't impact." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"In addition, glutamine is a critical factor in the preservation of muscle mass. L-Glutamine nutritionally supports: • The strength and regeneration of the mucosal lining. • The proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. • The development of muscle mass. Directions: For adults, take one tablet daily, preferably with a meal." - Robert Redfern, The Miracle Enzyme Is Serrapeptase (Get the book.)

"Pregnancy and breast-feeding are stress tests for the mother because it takes enhanced nutrition and extra physical activity to maintain bone and muscle mass. With ideal vitamin D levels and improved nutrition, you can ensure the health of a mother and the fetus as the pregnancy progresses and after delivery as well. The mother of two preschoolers, Lola had pain in her shoulders, arms, and hands when she was referred to us for evaluation because she had an elevated rheumatoid factor. Other health problems included fatigue, headaches, neck pain, mild anxiety, and depression." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Likewise, as your muscle mass decreases with age, if you continue to eat like a teenager but are inactive, your genes assume that you're taking more than your share without contributing to defense or food collection. In either case, your behavior unwittingly activates killer genes. A"RUSTY"BODY Wild animals low in the pecking order have to work harder to get food and usually settle for the worst parts of the kill or the least nutritive leaves. Both factors increase the level of oxidative stress on the system, just as smoking does to humans." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Please note: an elevated creatinine level can also be seen in dehydration and in people who have high levels of muscle mass, among other situations.) DIABETIC NEUROPATHY Diabetic neuropathy is the result of nerve damage caused by chronically elevated blood sugar levels, glycation, and free-radical stress/oxidation. Numbness, pain, and muscle weakness are typical characteristics and usually occur in the lower extremities, but diabetic neuropathy can have devastating effects elsewhere in the body as well." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "For example, in a study published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine in 1997, people with type 2 diabetes who completed a three-month strength-training program using weights two days per week experienced a significant improvement in blood glucose control and an increase in muscle mass. By improving glycemic control and reducing the potential for glycation, such training also decreases the risk of developing diabetic complications. In another study published in 1998 in Diabetes Care, people with type 2 diabetes were divided into two groups." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Carnosine is also often helpful for improvement of muscle mass, and has been used in the treatment of muscular dystrophy diseases. Carnosine is not indicated for a significant subset of autistic children, however, who may already have an excess of it in their systems. Carnosine levels appear to be elevated in as much as 20 percent of the autistic population. This elevation probably occurs because of a deficit of zinc. Zinc helps break down carnosine, and zinc is often low in autistic kids." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Here are some clinical clues to creatine deficiency: Poor muscle development, including low muscle mass and poor muscle tone. Low blood serum creatine. • Deficient urine creatine. • Elevated levels of the amino acids ornithine and beta-alanine. My general recommendation: 750 mg. to several grams per day, depending upon age, size, and other treatments and indications. Gamma Globulin. This supplement, a powerful booster of immunity, was previously available only as an injectible, but is now available in an oral form." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"But in 1990, a landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that growth hormone injections given to men aged sixty-one to eighty-one produced an improved sense of well-being, better muscle mass, and improved lean body mass (they lost weight in all the right places). It was claimed that growth hormone injections had reversed their aging by ten to twenty years. This was the beginning of the growth hormone craze, and treatments with growth hormone to prevent or reverse the effects of aging on skin, bone, mind, and spirit became popular." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Studies indicate inactive people gain excess fat and lose up to 10 percent of their muscle mass each decade after age 30. Increased fat and reduced muscle mass is a dangerous combination. That's why it's especially important to include strength training in your weekly routine. Strength training, including sit-ups, pushups, and weight lifting, increases bone density and muscle mass while speeding up metabolism." - Holly Lucille, Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health (Get the book.)

"Green, leafy vegetables and other kinds of produce are big members of the vitamin D booster club; they balance acid-base and preserve bone and muscle mass. Pain Because I'm a rheumatologist, people come to see me because they want solutions for the pain they're experiencing in their joints, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and bones. They typically have at least one disease involving muscles, ligaments, joints, or bones, but all of the aches and pains they have are actually connected to their vitamin D levels and what they eat." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Steroids are produced by the body and promote secondary sexual characteristics and reproduction (androgenic effects) as well as increases in muscle mass (anabolic). They are often marketed as antiaging pills or as energy and libido enhancers. All steroids are synthesized from cholesterol. Cholesterol is converted to pregnenolone, progesterone, dehy-droepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, and testosterone. Progesterone is combined with estrogen for hormone replacement therapy to treat hot flashes and depression in postmenopausal women." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"On the flip side, it's sobering to know that sedentary people can lose 23 to 35 percent of muscle mass over the course of their adult lives.1 This loss not only may contribute to becoming overweight but can also cause a loss of strength and balance as well as an overall physical decline." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "By the time they reach their late thirties or early forties, most people are losing muscle mass at a rate of about a quarter pound a year. Most people also think that muscle weakness is an inevitable result of age while in fact it is in large part a result of disuse. Create and maintain stronger bones. By stressing your bones, strength training increases bone density and reduces the risk of osteoporosis. If you already have osteoporosis or osteopenia, strength training can lessen its severity and, in some cases, reverse it." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "The downside of BMI, which has been reported recently, is that it may overestimate body fat if you're an athlete or if you're very muscular and it may underestimate body fat if you're older and have lost muscle mass. It is important to remember that although BMI correlates with the amount of body fat, BMI does not directly measure body fat. Even though BMI is not considered the gold standard assessment tool that it once was, many doctors and medical tests still use it to assess weight and so I'm providing a table so you can see where you might fit in." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"How can they develop all that muscle mass, weighing many hundreds of pounds, eating only green vegetables and fruits? This fact is of great importance." Since gorillas eat nearly 80% green-leafed vegetation and have a similar digestive physiology to the human body, the lesson here is that eating plenty of green-leafed vegetation increases strength and muscle mass. All the building blocks necessary to construct and energize your body are present in plants. Out of the 22 amino acids found in the body, 8 must be derived from food." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"Lean body mass, muscle mass, and the metabolic rate decrease with age, which means we burn fewer calories. These changes, combined with being more sedentary as we age, can easily lead to weight gain. Hormonal changes in menopausal women are probably associated with an increase in insulin resistance, leading to increased fat storage, increased abdominal fat, and weight gain. Headaches. Hormonal changes may play a role in headaches, especially in perimenopause and especially in women with migraine headaches." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "I have seen DHEA increase energy, improve stress response, improve muscle mass, and occasionally increase libido. A daily oral intake of 50 mg of DHEA for a postmenopausal woman may restore DHEA levels to those of a young adult. At this dosage, DHEA is converted to other more potent androgens, including testosterone. In pharmacological doses of 1,600 mg, DHEA is converted to estrone and estradiol. Unfortunately, there are only a handful of randomized placebo-controlled studies examining the effects of giving DHEA to humans." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Exercises that involve weight training can increase the mass of bones if the exercise also increases muscle mass and muscle strength. Therapeutic Scheme for Management of Osteoporosis • Determine risk for osteoporosis: mild, moderate, or severe." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"High-calcium, low-calorie diets have been shown to help reduce body fat and preserve muscle mass, but some experts suspect that other components besides calcium in dairy products aid the effort. In recent clinical trials of people receiving comparable low-fat diets—one with calcium from dairy products and the other from supplements—those taking supplements lost less weight and body fat. One theory is that two milk proteins, casein and whey, represent the ideal combination of fast and slow proteins. I bet you didn't know protein could be fast or slow, did you?" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Actually, what we are asking is: Does the most potent steroid hormone system in the human body have any effects on balance, muscle strength, muscle mass, reaction time, etc. ?" Well, when you put it that way, fellas.... Interestingly, two studies that looked at physical fitness and athletic performance found that physical fitness peaked in late summer when vitamin D levels are at their highest." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

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