Renewed Push For Protein In Middle Aged Men And Women

An absence of protein in daily meal consumption is responsible for several health problems showing up earlier in life, which can be obviated by making appropriate changes in the diet and allowing for an increase in our protein uptake.

- Dr. Siddhant Bhargava

One goes through a lot of phases with growing age, which further demands enough heed to be given to physiological changes and degenerative processes. It has been commonly seen that hormonal changes are quite normal in an individual’s body with passing age, and it holds a lot of significance for our health and well being.

Generally, in a male body, after the age of 35, the testosterone amount in the blood begins to fall. Whereas it has been found that in females, after menopause, the estrogen and progesterone levels start going down.

This reduction in hormones further leads to several problems such as dry skin, hair loss, brittle nails, fatigue, lethargy, lowering of mood, decreased libido, lowered muscle mass, slower metabolism, weaker bones and ligaments and susceptibility to fractures. Nevertheless, effective measures can be taken to cope with these symptoms and manage them well.

Essentially, an absence of protein in daily consumption is responsible for some of these problems. The two factors such as the ability to burn calories and produce energy hold a lot of relevance for controlling the metabolic rate of the body. Some of the most common symptoms arising out of a lack of sufficient protein consumption are a decrease in hormones such as thyroid hormone cortisol and epinephrine and the early onset of thin muscle mass or fat-free muscle.

In order to reverse the symptoms mentioned above, it is crucial that we make some of the changes in our diet. These could be in the form of:

• Intake of total protein

• Upsurge muscle activation

• Initiate the release of human growth

• Prevent early cell degeneration through antioxidants