As the aging process in our country intensifies year by year, the proportion of the elderly population increases year by year, and the medical adverse events and diseases of the elderly often bring severe burdens to their families and public health care. Society’s attention to elderly conditions continues to increase.
Senile sarcopenia, also known as sarcopenia (referred to as sarcopenia), refers to a geriatric syndrome of age-related loss of muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical function decline. Muscle loss is inevitably accompanied by reduced mobility, leading to sluggish movements, poor balance, and accessible falls. Osteoporosis is often accompanied by a lack of muscle tension. Because of this, the elderly are at high risk for sarcopenia. Sarcopenia increases the risk of falls in the elderly and easily fractures after a fall, and may bring a series of adverse consequences such as long-term bed rest, infection, and disability.
Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of sarcopenia in the elderly. Therefore, for the elderly, especially elderly patients with chronic underlying diseases, it is necessary to strengthen nutritional intake, exceptionally high protein intake to maintain and increase muscle mass. Collagen peptides Have been shown to help build muscle and, when combined with resistance training, can significantly improve muscle condition.
Separately, in a 3-month resistance training program study, a team from the Institute of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Freiburg in Germany studied 60 sarcopenic men aged 65 and older (mean age = 72). A double-blind, placebo-controlled study and monitoring of the effects of collagen peptide supplementation after exercise. Studies have shown that collagen peptides can further enhance the impact of resistance training in elderly patients with sarcopenia. Compared with the placebo group, subjects in the collagen group had significantly greater lean body mass and muscle strength and significantly less fat mass. “Collagen peptides have great potential to improve the quality of life,” said Dr. Stephan Hausmanns, Vice President of the Health and Nutrition Business Unit at GELITA.
