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Metabolism also slows with age, calorie requirements correspondingly drop and so should food intake really. There's a reason (healthy) seniors tend to be on the
by briansm 3y ago
Metabolism also slows with age, calorie requirements correspondingly drop and so should food intake really. There's a reason (healthy) seniors tend to be on the skinny side. Also something-something-three-score-and-ten.
- valec 3y ago> There's a reason (healthy) seniors tend to be on the skinny side. and the healthier ones are similarly lean but more muscular. also, while caloric needs drop, protein needs rise as older people show blunted anabolic responses to protein and thus need more protein to maximize muscle protein synthesis