"Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have good news for people who want to stay strong in their old age: older bodies are just as good as young ones at turning protein-rich food into muscle.Here is the problem.
A newly published study suggests that a diet containing a moderate amount of protein-rich food such as beef, fish, pork, chicken, dairy or nuts may help slow the deterioration of elderly people's muscles."
If simply eating protein added muscle mass, then there would be little need for resistance training to get stronger and men on ketogenic diets would all be Adonis-like, the women Amazon-like.
This is not the case.
And never will be.
"Even among the elders who volunteered for the study, whom Paddon-Jones described as typically more physically active than most others in the elderly population, 'a disturbing thing was that on average they had 12 kilograms (26.5 pounds) less lean muscle mass than the younger people we tested.' That difference, he said, would probably be even greater in the general population. In other words, compared to a young adult, a typical elderly person lacks the advantages provided by more than 26 pounds of muscle -- a deficit that in some cases could lead an older person to being permanently bedridden by an injury or illness. "If these morons actually believe that eating more protein will add 26.5 pounds of lean muscle mass to the body of a person, old or young, then I have a bridge to sell to them.
If you believe them, you can bid against them.
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