Editor’s note – There is so much monthly science news when it comes to muscle fitness, that it’s probably hard for you to keep up. In these occasional posts, I’ll summarize various items of research in the past 90 days or so. I’ll cite the official reports so that the hard-core of you can read the science for yourself. But for the rest of you, these summaries should save you some time…
More Evidence That Muscle Strength Reduces Mortality Rate
Research covering 10,000 men over about 19 years shows that the death rate was lowest for the group with the greatest muscular strength. This includes death from cancer, death from cardiovascular disease, as well as a large category of “death from all causes”. This was reported in British Medical Journal, 2008;337:a439
They measured “strength” as the one-rep maximum for bench press and leg press (I sure wish they had used squats, but anyway…).
Plus, for the cancer mortality and the “death from all causes” in the stronger group was reduced, regardless of cardiorespiratory fitness. But as you can imagine, the mortality from cardiovascular disease was partially tied to cardiovascular fitness.
Increasing strength makes you live longer!
Fruits and Veggies Increase Muscle Mass?
This is a bit contrary to what most muscle gurus talk about. Most of them say to avoid fruits, and some even say to limit your veggies. I personally think they are nuts. But their point is that fruits contain too much cheap carbs (fructose). And the anti-veggie crowd is usually part of the ketogenic crowd (high protein, high fat, near zero carb diet).
But there’s too much evidence of overall health benefits to fruits and veggies. And now I found a study that might link muscle mass itself to including those in your diet. In American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 87, No. 3, 662-665 scientists from Tufts University found such a linkage in over 300 older adults (>65 yrs) over a 3-yr study. The group that ate only proteins and grains had more (more…)
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