Sarcopenia, Not Cancer, But a Deadly Word
Sarcopenia, weakened muscles from aging that robs one’s independence: Don’t wait until you can’t get up from a chair. Maintain your strength and enjoy better quality of life
By W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones —— Bio and Archives--December 4, 2022
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Can you improve muscle mass even as you age? As Mickey Mantle, star player of the New York Yankees, remarked, “If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” Such is my worry in my 99th year. I was recently having more difficulty getting up from chairs and recalling patients who admitted they could no longer stand up from the toilet seat. They had slowly developed “sarcopenia”, weakened muscles from aging that robs one’s independence. Sarcopenia begins at about age 45 and causes skeletal muscle mass and strength decline at a rate of about one percent a year. By age 65, people who spend most of their time inactive on the sofa watching television have lost half of their muscle tissue! Losing muscle mass equates to getting weaker.
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