Everyday Nutrition

S1 E5 How Exercise & Nutrition can Improve Muscle Health as we Age

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In this episode Críonna is joined by Richie Kirwan. Richie Kirwan is a nutritionist and researcher at Liverpool John Moores University. His research focuses on how exercise and nutrition can improve muscle function as we age and how this can improve life expectancy and quality of life as we get older.

In this episode they discuss:

  • Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle quality & function- what it is and who should be concerned
  • Facts around the loss of muscle- it can start in your 30s in women & 40s in men!
  • The increased disk of certain disease; Type 2 diabetes, depression, heart disease, osteoporosis and fragility that accompanies age related muscle loss
  •  What you can do to protect your muscles to retain their strength and function

    • Check out more from Richie on:

    Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/be_more_nutrition/
    Website https://www.bemorenutrition.com/
    Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/bemorenutrition1

    Check out papers referenced in this episode at https://crionnatobin.com/podcast/ 

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