Protein for older adults -
Quantity, quality, and patterning of dietary protein consumed by older adults with varied metabolic states, and hormonal and health status influence the nutritional needs and therapeutic use of protein to support muscle size and function.
Among adults, advancing age includes changes in skeletal muscle metabolism, physiology, morphology, and physical function. Broadly, the acute and chronic food and nutrient intakes affect these muscle attributes, which for older adults are usually compromised.
The purpose of this short narrative review is to describe foundational and emerging evidence of how the quantity, quality sources , and within-day distribution of dietary protein intakes influence muscle-related attributes.
The Dietary Reference Intakes for protein, set by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in the United States, include an estimated average requirement EAR of 0. These quantitative estimates of daily total protein intake apply to apparently healthy adults, independent of sex or age; not adults with diagnosed medical conditions or acute illness.
The EAR and RDA were estimated using classic nitrogen balance measurements, with subsequent research supporting the EAR is not different for healthy older adults than for younger adults and the RDA is sufficient for healthy older adults 2.
Examples include a recommendation for older adults to consume 1. Rationales for recommending protein intakes greater than the RDA with advancing age include, but are not limited to, protein anabolic resistance, insulin resistance, greater splanchnic extraction of amino acids, immobility, and chronic disease states 5.
Regarding muscle-centric rationales for greater protein needs, it was hypothesized that older males need to consume more total protein at an eating occasion ~0. These differential protein intakes did not influence the apparent maximum rate of myofibrillar synthesis estimated for both young and older males.
Importantly, the EAR and RDA are not based on metabolic, physiological, morphological, or physical functional outcomes, for which accepted biomarkers or criteria of adequate or preferred intake are not established. In addition, recommendations for adults to consume higher amounts of total protein eg, greater than 1.
For example, low-protein diets containing 0. Forty-six percent of adults aged 70 years and older live with chronic kidney disease and 9 out of 10 of these individuals may not know it 9.
Unknowns in this age group include dietary protein requirement, postprandial muscle protein synthesis response to protein ingestion, and metabolic and physical function adaptability of skeletal muscle to higher chronic protein intake Older adults who chronically consume insufficient total protein experience adverse accommodation responses, including reduced muscle size, strength, and function.
For example, weight-stable postmenopausal females who consumed 0. The females who consumed 0. The participants in the lowest 2 quintiles consumed less than the RDA for protein, which is considered inadequate protein intake.
Thus, these results support consuming less than the RDA is associated with accelerated reductions in total and appendicular lean masses among older adults, compared to consuming at quintile 3 or greater than quintiles 4 and 5 the RDA for protein.
Also noted, the group of participants with the highest protein intake quintile 5 consumed 1. Retrospective analyses demonstrated that energy imbalances influenced relationships between total protein intake and changes in appendicular lean mass.
Participants who lost weight after 3 years experienced greater appendicular lean mass losses, especially when protein intakes were less than the RDA quintiles 1 and 2. In contrast, participants who gained weight after 3 years while consuming the most protein quintile 5 differentially gained more appendicular lean mass.
Collectively, these results show that total protein intakes below the RDA adversely affect skeletal muscle size and function and changes in lean body mass among healthy older adults, and intakes above the RDA may positively impact lean body mass and function 11— The adverse effects of advancing adult age on skeletal muscle size and strength typically start in middle age.
Among a cohort of 1 males and 1 females aged 40—59 years, The low protein group had a lower appendicular lean mass significant for females; trend for males and had a higher odds ratio for low lean mass males compared with the moderate protein group. Compared to the moderate protein group, males and females in the higher protein group did not have higher appendicular lean mass.
These results support the importance of dietary protein intake for skeletal muscle size and strength among middle-aged adults; the relevancy of recommendations to consume at or moderately above the RDA of 0.
The observed potential benefit of higher total protein intake on muscle strength is consistent with cross-sectional and prospective observational research with older adults 15 , Population-based dietary protein intake recommendations, such as the U. Dietary Reference Intakes 1 , apply to apparently healthy groups of people in non-stressed states and were mostly based on nitrogen balance studies performed in young adult males.
There have been considerable limitations of studies in older adults investigating intake greater than the RDA for protein including short trial duration, lack of energy intake controls, variability in participant adherence, and recruitment of participants who do not consume less than the RDA for protein or have physical functional limitations.
Quasi-feeding is a term used to denote the provision of custom-prepared meals, snacks, and supplements to each participant at their home on a weekly basis with food exchanges for discretionary foods and meals eaten out such that energy and protein intakes were reasonably determined and kept constant over a longer time than is feasible in a completely controlled feeding trial.
During the 6-month intervention period, participants were provided diets with 0. While the effects of higher protein intake on indexes of appetite were not assessed in the OPTIMEN study, mechanistic 18 and experimental 19 research indicates moderately higher protein intake does not suppress appetite among older adults.
The secondary aims were to determine whether gains in lean body mass, muscle performance, and physical function during testosterone administration were augmented when more protein was consumed. Interestingly, higher protein intake did favorably improve body composition by reducing visceral body fat, but there was no change in metabolic risk factors, suggesting that perhaps an even longer trial is needed to accrue benefit in metabolic outcomes.
The trial did not include prescribed physical activity or resistance exercise training in addition to higher protein intake and or testosterone therapy.
It may be that a combination of all 3 anabolism-promoting interventions is needed to increase muscle mass and function in older males with moderate physical function limitations.
The Dietary Reference Intakes for protein do not apply to people with diagnosed medical conditions or acute illness that involve non-purposeful catabolic stress. Patients that are admitted to the hospital usually already have consumed a lower amount of protein in relation to their malnutrition state and benefit substantially from increasing protein and energy intakes.
For instance the NOURISH 20 , 21 and EFFORT 22 trials showed that increasing protein to 1. There is also a growing interest in determining the effectiveness of specialized nutritional supplements that may help attenuate loss of muscle function and mass Several different interventions including amino acid supplements, whey protein isolate or hydrolysate, creatine in combination with exercise or β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate supplementation positively affected muscle mass.
Currently, the dietary reference intakes for protein do not apply to groups of people purposefully inducing either a catabolic stress or an anabolic stress. Moderate dietary energy restriction to reduce BW and alter body composition, and resistance exercise training to induce skeletal muscle anabolism are examples of purposeful catabolic and anabolic stressors, respectively, which are practiced by or recommended for older adults.
In both instances, higher protein intakes are recommended to augment desired changes in lean body mass, which includes skeletal muscle. Self-chosen, habitual protein intakes? The RDA, 0. Among 19 randomized controlled trials, representing 22 comparisons, total protein intakes averaged ~0.
In the subgroup analyses, protein intakes greater than the RDA attenuated lean mass loss after [energy restriction] [0. Protein intakes greater than the RDA beneficially influenced changes in lean mass when adults were purposefully stressed by the catabolic stressor of dietary [energy restriction] with and without the anabolic stressor of [resistance training].
The — Dietary Guidelines for Americans 27 encourages older adults to consume a healthy dietary pattern containing a variety of nutrient-dense foods, including animal- and plant-based protein foods.
Animal-based protein foods may include lean or low-fat red meats and poultry, eggs, seafood, and dairy. Plant-based protein foods may include unsalted nuts, seeds, soy products, and fortified soy alternatives to dairy.
Rationales for why animal- versus plant-based protein sources might differentially affect muscle anabolism include varied protein quality essential and branch chain amino acids and leucine , bioaccessibility, and bioactivity 6 , Observational studies on the relationship between animal versus plant protein intakes and sarcopenia-related parameters are inconsistent but may favor animal protein.
A review 6 described research showing that higher animal protein intakes were positively associated with muscle mass, muscle mass index, less muscle mass loss, reduced risk of frailty, and reduced loss of handgrip strength.
However, higher animal protein intakes were also negatively associated with fast-paced walking speed. However, higher plant protein intakes were associated with lower muscle mass index in older females, and not associated with muscle mass index or changes in muscle mass among groups of females and males combined.
Importantly, these results from observational research are not suitable to assess or infer cause and effect relationships between protein sources or individual protein-rich foods on these muscle size, strength, and function-related outcomes.
Older adults who consume a variety of high-quality, protein-rich foods as part of a healthy dietary pattern have a lower risk of physical performance decline and possibly developing sarcopenia Unlike glycogen for glucose and triglycerides for fatty acids, protein and amino acids do not have an inactive reservoir Therefore, the protein and amino acids taken with each meal must be incorporated into functional proteins or be oxidized.
Skeletal muscle is the tissue that serves as the major active protein reservoir by incorporating dietary amino acids after the meals and releasing amino acids during fasting and stress. Thus, an adequate anabolic response to each meal is needed for the maximal uptake of dietary amino acids.
Due to the anabolic resistance of aging 32 , the amount of protein consumed at each individual meal has been proposed to be more important than the total daily protein amount to promote skeletal muscle retention in older adults Broadly, these strategies may focus on pulse protein feeding 34 or amino acid supplementation of meals 35 , varied diurnal patterns eg, even amounts of protein at each meal versus skewed meal distributions, protein supplementation before bed, between meal protein supplementation , or protein intake in conjunction with exercise.
A review 36 summarized historical and recent evidence from observational and experimental studies, including acute and chronic feeding trials, on the effects of dietary protein distribution on body composition and muscle-related outcomes.
However, recommending individuals who consume a low-protein diet to balance protein distribution without increasing their total protein intake to become adequate is ill-advised.
Among individuals who consume adequate total protein 0. Older adults progressively experience adverse changes in skeletal muscle. Among medically stable older adults, research supports protein consumption below the RDA exacerbates age-related reductions in muscle size, quality, and function.
Observational and acute feeding studies support recommendations for older adults to consume 1. Experimental research conducted with older adults in varied states of metabolic, physiological, hormonal, and physical functional health provides inconsistent evidence on relationships between dietary protein and skeletal muscle.
Protein intakes of about 1. Among older adults with diagnosed medical conditions or acute illness, specialized protein or amino acid supplements that stimulate muscle protein synthesis and improve protein nutritional status may attenuate muscle mass and function losses, along with lengthening survival of malnourished patients.
Observational studies on the relationship between animal versus plant protein intakes and sarcopenia-related parameters are inconsistent but may favor animal protein sources. Muscle-centric recommendations for older adults to consume greater amounts of protein should only be made after considering potential non-muscle effects on health.
Collectively, relationships between protein intake and muscle strength and function in older persons are complex and modulated by amounts and types of protein, timing of protein intake, hormonal status and metabolic state.
More targeted research is needed considering these variables to determine precise protein needs of older adults.
Importantly, there is a paucity of, and need for high-quality longitudinal randomized controlled trials designed a priori to assess the effects protein quantity, quality source , and ingestion timing on indexes of skeletal muscle size and strength, along with physical functional outcomes in adults at high risk for or living with sarcopenia or frailty.
This supplement is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging NIA at the National Institutes of Health NIH. Institute of Medicine U. Panel on Macronutrients. and Institute of Medicine U.
Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes. Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids.
Washington, DC : National Academies Press ; Google Scholar. Google Preview. Campbell WW , Johnson CA , McCabe GP , Carnell NS. Dietary protein requirements of younger and older adults. Am J Clin Nutr. doi: Lancha AH , Jr , Zanella RJ , Tanabe SG , Andriamihaja M , Blachier F.
Dietary protein supplementation in the elderly for limiting muscle mass loss. Amino Acids. Bauer J , Biolo G , Cederholm T , et al. Evidence-based recommendations for optimal dietary protein intake in older people: a position paper from the PROT-AGE study group. J Am Med Dir Assoc. Deutz NE , Bauer JM , Barazzoni R , et al.
Protein intake and exercise for optimal muscle function with aging: recommendations from the ESPEN expert group. Clin Nutr. Coelho-Junior HJ , Marzetti E , Picca A , et al. Protein intake and frailty: a matter of quantity, quality, and timing. Moore DR , Churchward-Venne TA , Witard O , et al.
Protein ingestion to stimulate myofibrillar protein synthesis requires greater relative protein intakes in healthy older versus younger men.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. Ko GJ , Obi Y , Tortorici AR , Kalantar-Zadeh K. Dietary protein intake and chronic kidney disease.
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. Stevens LA , Viswanathan G , Weiner DE. Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in the elderly population: current prevalence, future projections, and clinical significance.
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. Franzke B , Neubauer O , Cameron-Smith D , et al. Dietary protein, muscle and physical function in the very old. Castaneda C , Charnley JM , Evans WJ , Crim MC. Elderly women accommodate to a low-protein diet with losses of body cell mass, muscle function, and immune response.
Castaneda C , Gordon PL , Fielding RA , Evans WJ , Crim MC. Marginal protein intake results in reduced plasma IGF-I levels and skeletal muscle fiber atrophy in elderly women. J Nutr Health Aging. Houston DK , Nicklas BJ , Ding J , et al. Dietary protein intake is associated with lean mass change in older, community-dwelling adults: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Health ABC study.
Jun S , Cowan AE , Dwyer JT , et al. Dietary protein intake is positively associated with appendicular lean mass and handgrip strength among middle-aged us adults. J Nutr. Beasley JM , Wertheim BC , Lacroix AZ , et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. Mclean RR , Mangano KM , Hannan MT , et al.
Dietary protein intake is protective against loss of grip strength among older adults in the Framingham offspring cohort. Bhasin S , Apovian CM , Travison TG , et al. Effect of protein intake on lean body mass in functionally limited older men: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med.
Carreiro AL , Dhillon J , Gordon S , et al. The macronutrients, appetite, and energy intake. Annu Rev Nutr. One of the noteworthy alterations is the reduction in total body protein.
A decrease in skeletal muscle is the most noticeable manifestation of this change but there is also a reduction in other physiologic proteins such as organ tissue, blood components, and immune bodies as well as declines in total body potassium and water.
This contributes to impaired wound healing, loss of skin elasticity, and an inability to fight infection. The recommended dietary allowance RDA for adults for protein is 0.
Recently, it has become clear that the requirement for exogenous protein is at least 1. Adequate dietary intake of protein may be more difficult for older adults to obtain.
Dietary animal protein is the primary source of high biological value protein, iron, vitamin B 12 , folic acid, biotin and other essential nutrients.
This narrative review describes Cardiovascular Conditioning and emerging evidence of how ofr protein Antifungal properties Dehydration and caffeine influence Protein for older adults attributes of older adults. Adlts medically stable older adults, protein Adupts below olver recommended dietary allowance RDA 0. Dietary patterns with total protein intakes at or moderately above the RDA, including one or preferably more meals containing sufficient dietary protein to maximize protein anabolism, promote muscle size and function. Some observational studies suggest protein intakes from 1. Experimental findings from randomized controlled feeding trials indicate protein intakes greater than the RDA averaging ~1.Protein for older adults -
Among 19 randomized controlled trials, representing 22 comparisons, total protein intakes averaged ~0. In the subgroup analyses, protein intakes greater than the RDA attenuated lean mass loss after [energy restriction] [0.
Protein intakes greater than the RDA beneficially influenced changes in lean mass when adults were purposefully stressed by the catabolic stressor of dietary [energy restriction] with and without the anabolic stressor of [resistance training].
The — Dietary Guidelines for Americans 27 encourages older adults to consume a healthy dietary pattern containing a variety of nutrient-dense foods, including animal- and plant-based protein foods.
Animal-based protein foods may include lean or low-fat red meats and poultry, eggs, seafood, and dairy. Plant-based protein foods may include unsalted nuts, seeds, soy products, and fortified soy alternatives to dairy.
Rationales for why animal- versus plant-based protein sources might differentially affect muscle anabolism include varied protein quality essential and branch chain amino acids and leucine , bioaccessibility, and bioactivity 6 , Observational studies on the relationship between animal versus plant protein intakes and sarcopenia-related parameters are inconsistent but may favor animal protein.
A review 6 described research showing that higher animal protein intakes were positively associated with muscle mass, muscle mass index, less muscle mass loss, reduced risk of frailty, and reduced loss of handgrip strength. However, higher animal protein intakes were also negatively associated with fast-paced walking speed.
However, higher plant protein intakes were associated with lower muscle mass index in older females, and not associated with muscle mass index or changes in muscle mass among groups of females and males combined.
Importantly, these results from observational research are not suitable to assess or infer cause and effect relationships between protein sources or individual protein-rich foods on these muscle size, strength, and function-related outcomes.
Older adults who consume a variety of high-quality, protein-rich foods as part of a healthy dietary pattern have a lower risk of physical performance decline and possibly developing sarcopenia Unlike glycogen for glucose and triglycerides for fatty acids, protein and amino acids do not have an inactive reservoir Therefore, the protein and amino acids taken with each meal must be incorporated into functional proteins or be oxidized.
Skeletal muscle is the tissue that serves as the major active protein reservoir by incorporating dietary amino acids after the meals and releasing amino acids during fasting and stress.
Thus, an adequate anabolic response to each meal is needed for the maximal uptake of dietary amino acids. Due to the anabolic resistance of aging 32 , the amount of protein consumed at each individual meal has been proposed to be more important than the total daily protein amount to promote skeletal muscle retention in older adults Broadly, these strategies may focus on pulse protein feeding 34 or amino acid supplementation of meals 35 , varied diurnal patterns eg, even amounts of protein at each meal versus skewed meal distributions, protein supplementation before bed, between meal protein supplementation , or protein intake in conjunction with exercise.
A review 36 summarized historical and recent evidence from observational and experimental studies, including acute and chronic feeding trials, on the effects of dietary protein distribution on body composition and muscle-related outcomes.
However, recommending individuals who consume a low-protein diet to balance protein distribution without increasing their total protein intake to become adequate is ill-advised. Among individuals who consume adequate total protein 0. Older adults progressively experience adverse changes in skeletal muscle.
Among medically stable older adults, research supports protein consumption below the RDA exacerbates age-related reductions in muscle size, quality, and function. Observational and acute feeding studies support recommendations for older adults to consume 1.
Experimental research conducted with older adults in varied states of metabolic, physiological, hormonal, and physical functional health provides inconsistent evidence on relationships between dietary protein and skeletal muscle. Protein intakes of about 1. Among older adults with diagnosed medical conditions or acute illness, specialized protein or amino acid supplements that stimulate muscle protein synthesis and improve protein nutritional status may attenuate muscle mass and function losses, along with lengthening survival of malnourished patients.
Observational studies on the relationship between animal versus plant protein intakes and sarcopenia-related parameters are inconsistent but may favor animal protein sources. Muscle-centric recommendations for older adults to consume greater amounts of protein should only be made after considering potential non-muscle effects on health.
Collectively, relationships between protein intake and muscle strength and function in older persons are complex and modulated by amounts and types of protein, timing of protein intake, hormonal status and metabolic state. More targeted research is needed considering these variables to determine precise protein needs of older adults.
Importantly, there is a paucity of, and need for high-quality longitudinal randomized controlled trials designed a priori to assess the effects protein quantity, quality source , and ingestion timing on indexes of skeletal muscle size and strength, along with physical functional outcomes in adults at high risk for or living with sarcopenia or frailty.
This supplement is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging NIA at the National Institutes of Health NIH. Institute of Medicine U. Panel on Macronutrients. and Institute of Medicine U.
Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes. Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids. Washington, DC : National Academies Press ; Google Scholar.
Google Preview. Campbell WW , Johnson CA , McCabe GP , Carnell NS. Dietary protein requirements of younger and older adults. Am J Clin Nutr. doi: Lancha AH , Jr , Zanella RJ , Tanabe SG , Andriamihaja M , Blachier F.
Dietary protein supplementation in the elderly for limiting muscle mass loss. Amino Acids. Bauer J , Biolo G , Cederholm T , et al. Evidence-based recommendations for optimal dietary protein intake in older people: a position paper from the PROT-AGE study group.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. Deutz NE , Bauer JM , Barazzoni R , et al. Protein intake and exercise for optimal muscle function with aging: recommendations from the ESPEN expert group. Clin Nutr. Coelho-Junior HJ , Marzetti E , Picca A , et al. Protein intake and frailty: a matter of quantity, quality, and timing.
Moore DR , Churchward-Venne TA , Witard O , et al. Protein ingestion to stimulate myofibrillar protein synthesis requires greater relative protein intakes in healthy older versus younger men.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. Ko GJ , Obi Y , Tortorici AR , Kalantar-Zadeh K. Dietary protein intake and chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. Stevens LA , Viswanathan G , Weiner DE.
Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in the elderly population: current prevalence, future projections, and clinical significance. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. Franzke B , Neubauer O , Cameron-Smith D , et al. Dietary protein, muscle and physical function in the very old.
Castaneda C , Charnley JM , Evans WJ , Crim MC. Elderly women accommodate to a low-protein diet with losses of body cell mass, muscle function, and immune response. Castaneda C , Gordon PL , Fielding RA , Evans WJ , Crim MC. Marginal protein intake results in reduced plasma IGF-I levels and skeletal muscle fiber atrophy in elderly women.
J Nutr Health Aging. Houston DK , Nicklas BJ , Ding J , et al. Dietary protein intake is associated with lean mass change in older, community-dwelling adults: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Health ABC study.
Jun S , Cowan AE , Dwyer JT , et al. Dietary protein intake is positively associated with appendicular lean mass and handgrip strength among middle-aged us adults. J Nutr.
Beasley JM , Wertheim BC , Lacroix AZ , et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. Mclean RR , Mangano KM , Hannan MT , et al. Dietary protein intake is protective against loss of grip strength among older adults in the Framingham offspring cohort.
Bhasin S , Apovian CM , Travison TG , et al. Effect of protein intake on lean body mass in functionally limited older men: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. Carreiro AL , Dhillon J , Gordon S , et al. The macronutrients, appetite, and energy intake. Annu Rev Nutr. Fluitman KS , Wijdeveld M , Davids M , et al.
Personalized dietary advice to increase protein intake in older adults does not affect the gut microbiota, appetite or central processing of food stimuli in community-dwelling older adults: a six-month randomized controlled trial.
Deutz NE , Matheson EM , Matarese LE , et al. Readmission and mortality in malnourished, older, hospitalized adults treated with a specialized oral nutritional supplement: a randomized clinical trial. Deutz NE , Ziegler TR , Matheson EM , et al. Reduced mortality risk in malnourished hospitalized older adult patients with COPD treated with a specialized oral nutritional supplement: sub-group analysis of the NOURISH study.
Schuetz P , Fehr R , Baechli V , et al. Individualised nutritional support in medical inpatients at nutritional risk: a randomised clinical trial. Martin-Cantero A , Reijnierse EM , Gill BMT , Maier AB.
Factors influencing the efficacy of nutritional interventions on muscle mass in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutr Rev.
Smith GI , Atherton P , Reeds DN , et al. Dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation increases the rate of muscle protein synthesis in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
Engelen M , Jonker R , Sulaiman H , et al. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation improves postabsorptive and prandial protein metabolism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized clinical trial. Hudson JL , Wang Y , Bergia IR , et al.
Protein intake greater than the RDA differentially influences whole-body lean mass responses to purposeful catabolic and anabolic stressors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Advanced Search. Search Menu. Article Navigation. According to Stuart Phillips, a professor in kinesiology at McMaster University and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health and Aging, healthy older adults should aim for 1. For a kilogram pound person, that translates into 93 g of protein per day.
For perspective, three ounces of chicken have 27 g, three ounces of salmon have 19, one cup Greek yogurt has 24, one-half-cup lentils has 9, one-quarter-cup of pumpkin seeds has 9, one egg has 6 and one cup oatmeal has 4.
If you do resistance training, Phillips advises trying to reach 1. Older adults who are undernourished or have an illness would benefit from consuming 1. Eating more protein is not enough, though.
Older adults also need to spread their protein intake evenly during the day to optimize muscle mass and strength. Doing so, research has found, is associated with higher muscle strength scores, compared to skewing protein intake to dinner.
Divide your daily protein requirement by the number of meals you eat in a day. If you eat three meals and need 90 g of protein, for instance, include 30 grams at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Most people can get all the protein they need from diet alone.
Along with amino acids, protein-rich foods also contribute essential nutrients such as zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, folate, vitamin D and fibre. Leslie Beck, a Toronto-based private practice dietitian, is Director of Food and Nutrition at Medcan.
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