Post by John A. Casler on Oct 4, 2008 7:01:56 GMT -8
Jamie Carruthers/SUPERTRAINING
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Relevant to discussions:
08 September 2008 New research could hold the key to keeping older
people fit for longer
www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?
fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=532026&ez_search=1
A carefully framed combination of moderate exercise and nutritional
supplements could help older people maintain an active lifestyle for
longer.
A Manchester Metropolitan University study has found that taking
carbohydrate and protein supplements just before and just after low-
resistance exercise could boost muscle performance and slow muscle
wastage in people over retirement age.
Moreover, this combination appears to deliver greater fitness
benefits than undertaking heavy-resistance training with or without
changing one's nutritional habits.
This was the first-ever study of the combination of structured
exercise and nutritional supplements to focus wholly on older people.
Undertaken as part of the SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing
Research Capacity) initiative, the findings will be discussed at this
year's BA Festival of Science in Liverpool on Thursday 11th
September. SPARC is supported by the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
This groundbreaking study involved a carefully selected sample of
around 60 healthy, independent-living adults aged 65 and over.
The volunteers were randomly divided into groups who underwent
different 12 week programmes of physical exercise and nutritional
supplementation. Everyone was then re-assessed at the end of the
programme.
Some groups undertook low-resistance exercise once a week; others
undertook high-resistance exercise twice a week. Within each group,
some of the volunteers took protein and carbohydrate supplements
while others did not.
When all the participants were re-assessed at the end of the 12 week
programme, it was observed that muscle size and strength had
increased in all groups.
However, the results suggested that older people would derive the
most benefits if they took appropriate supplements coupled with low-
intensity exercise.
"Maintaining muscle performance and arresting muscle wastage can
offer older people real improvements in their quality of life," says
Dr Gladys Pearson, who led the research. "Though we still need to
assess precisely what level of exercise gives the best results, we
believe we've shown that regular low-resistance exercise complemented
by the right nutritional supplements could boost the well-being of
the UK's ageing population."
Dr Pearson and her team now aim to look at the effectiveness of novel
combinations of strength training and nutritional supplementation as
a way of speeding recovery and improving mobility for old and young
orthopaedic surgery patients.
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Jamie Carruthers
Wakefield, UK
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Relevant to discussions:
08 September 2008 New research could hold the key to keeping older
people fit for longer
www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?
fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=532026&ez_search=1
A carefully framed combination of moderate exercise and nutritional
supplements could help older people maintain an active lifestyle for
longer.
A Manchester Metropolitan University study has found that taking
carbohydrate and protein supplements just before and just after low-
resistance exercise could boost muscle performance and slow muscle
wastage in people over retirement age.
Moreover, this combination appears to deliver greater fitness
benefits than undertaking heavy-resistance training with or without
changing one's nutritional habits.
This was the first-ever study of the combination of structured
exercise and nutritional supplements to focus wholly on older people.
Undertaken as part of the SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing
Research Capacity) initiative, the findings will be discussed at this
year's BA Festival of Science in Liverpool on Thursday 11th
September. SPARC is supported by the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
This groundbreaking study involved a carefully selected sample of
around 60 healthy, independent-living adults aged 65 and over.
The volunteers were randomly divided into groups who underwent
different 12 week programmes of physical exercise and nutritional
supplementation. Everyone was then re-assessed at the end of the
programme.
Some groups undertook low-resistance exercise once a week; others
undertook high-resistance exercise twice a week. Within each group,
some of the volunteers took protein and carbohydrate supplements
while others did not.
When all the participants were re-assessed at the end of the 12 week
programme, it was observed that muscle size and strength had
increased in all groups.
However, the results suggested that older people would derive the
most benefits if they took appropriate supplements coupled with low-
intensity exercise.
"Maintaining muscle performance and arresting muscle wastage can
offer older people real improvements in their quality of life," says
Dr Gladys Pearson, who led the research. "Though we still need to
assess precisely what level of exercise gives the best results, we
believe we've shown that regular low-resistance exercise complemented
by the right nutritional supplements could boost the well-being of
the UK's ageing population."
Dr Pearson and her team now aim to look at the effectiveness of novel
combinations of strength training and nutritional supplementation as
a way of speeding recovery and improving mobility for old and young
orthopaedic surgery patients.
======================
Jamie Carruthers
Wakefield, UK