Sentences with phrase «lean body mass declines»

Lean body mass declines with age and critical illness, significantly compromising the body's ability to carry out all the necessary functions of protein.

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One study, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has found that consuming milk after resistance exercise leads to greater muscle hypertrophy, a greater increase in lean body mass, and a greater decline in body fat than consumption of a soy beverage with macronutrient (proteins, carbohydrates, fats) ratios equal to that of the milk.

Declining testosterone levels — which is commonly seen in men as they get older - are associated with reduced lean body mass, muscle strength, physical function and performance.

The age - related decline in growth hormone and associated IGF - 1 has been linked to age - related muscle atrophy, increased adipose tissue, and neuronal dysfunction.2, 9 In fact, growth hormone replacement therapy in elderly men has been shown to increase lean body mass.9 Growth hormone therapy (1 mg / day — for 5 months) has also been used to improve cognitive function in healthy adults and adults with mild cognitive impairment.10 While only modest amounts of growth hormone cross the blood - brain barrier, IGF - 1, which is actually responsible for the cognitive benefits, gets across just fine.

Men in the placebo group showed a decline in lean body mass, muscle strength and power, suggesting that long - term testosterone treatment not only prevents the age - related loss in muscle function, but actually improves muscle function.

Both aging and GH decline are associated with decreased lean body mass, decreased bone density, and increased fat mass.

The decline in lean body mass that occurs with aging results in a loss of protein «reserves» in the body needed to combat stress and disease.