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If there’s one nutrition habit worth getting serious about in midlife, it’s protein.

And no, protein isn’t just for lugheads in the gym who carry gallon water jugs from dumbbell to dumbbell.

As we age, maintaining muscle becomes increasingly important. After menopause, declining estrogen, aging and changes in activity can all make it harder to preserve lean muscle mass. And muscle is metabolic gold.

3 Reasons to Have a Love Affair with Protein:

1) Muscle burns 3x more energy than fat

Muscle helps your metabolism even when you’re doing absolutely nothing. Muscle tissue is more metabolically active than fat tissue, which means maintaining muscle helps support your resting energy expenditure. So yes – you can stop playing former supermodel Twiggy and actually EAT MORE. Think about building and protecting the tissue that keeps your metabolism working for you.  Besides, muscle is the new “sexy.”

2) Keep amino acids coming

Your body is constantly breaking down and rebuilding muscle. To support that process, you need a steady supply of essential amino acids—particularly leucine, which helps trigger muscle protein synthesis (ie muscle development) .That doesn’t mean you need to drink protein shakes all day. It means distributing protein across your meals – morning, noon and night –  rather than eating most of it at dinner.

3) Protein also helps tame the snack attack.

Protein is highly satiating. A protein-rich breakfast can help you stay fuller longer and may make it easier to avoid the mid-afternoon “I need something sweet immediately” situation.

As an add on: your brain needs protein, too. Amino acids are building blocks for neurotransmitters involved in mood, cognition and brain function.

Think of protein as more than a macronutrient.

It’s raw material for your future self.

More muscle. Better strength. Better satiety. Better metabolic health. More resilience.

Don’t just eat to weigh less.

Eat to stay strong.

Age Better. Live Bigger

06 Oct

Posted at 23:59h in The Science
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