Building and maintaining muscle as we age. Building and maintaining muscle becomes that little bit harder as we age. One of the most important things to consider as we hit middle age is that there is a shift in our nutritional requirements. At the most fundamental level our resting metabolic rate starts to drop, meaning […]
Importance of retaining muscle and bone mass As we age our capacity to retain muscle and bone mass becomes diminished for a few reasons: Firstly, we tend to become less active and this means we don’t load the body as frequently as we should. ‘If you don’t use it, you lose it’ is certainly true […]