Tag: muscles

Preserve Your Muscle Mass by Consuming This Vitamin

March 31, 2022
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Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is so essential for protecting and enhancing immune function that it is often referred to as “the muscle of the immune system.”  However, new research published in The Journal of Nutrition shows that it may also help people over 50 retain muscle mass. For the graying population of the United States, this…

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How to Get Rid of Muscle Cramps – Prevention and Treatment

January 7, 2022
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Muscle cramps occur most often at night when you are sleeping, but they also can occur when you exercise vigorously, tear a muscle, or keep one leg in an awkward position, such as sitting in a chair in the same position for a long time. Muscle cramps are classified into those that occur during exercise…

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Warm Up Before Working Out, Stretch After

November 18, 2021
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If your joints start hurting while you’re working out, it’s best to stop and take another approach. Joint pain is never good during exercise, and it can signify two things: potential injury or the fact that your body isn’t quite ready for the strain. This may be of particular interest as temperatures begin to drop….

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Muscle Loss Leads to Falls—and the Pandemic Is Making It Worse

February 21, 2021
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Older adults are at much higher risk of death from COVID-19 than their younger counterparts, but many also face another, less-recognized health risk associated with the pandemic: loss of muscle mass. This loss is one of the primary reasons for falls—the No. 1 cause of accidental death in those 65 and older. Also known as sarcopenia—from the Greek “sarco,” meaning…

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