The role of dietary protein intake in the prevention of sarcopenia of aging

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 684-690

  Beasley, Jeannette M ^a   Shikany, James M ^b   Thomson, Cynthia A ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; amino acids; diet; muscle atrophy; proteins; sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOTROFIC; ARGININE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYSTEINE; CYTOKINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; HISTIDINE; INSULIN; ISOLEUCINE; JUVEN; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MILK PROTEIN; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PLACEBO; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLUID INTAKE; GAIT; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRENGTH; UPREGULATION;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; DIET; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PROTEINS; SARCOPENIA;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MILK PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84888590029     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533613507607     Document Type: Review

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