The TLDR:

• Polyphenols found in tea, chocolate, soy, and cocoa have many health benefits
• Sarcopenia is muscle mass loss with aging: it is associated with falls, death, and is an important factor in physical therapy management
• A new Meta-analysis and Systematic Review highlights some possible benefits of supplementing with these polyphenols on sarcopenia...listen to the video for more!

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If there is only one thing you take away from this video today it's that GLP inhibitors can promote weight loss, which also promotes bone density loss -- which PT prescribed exercise can prevent from happening! Enjoy the video (transcript below), here's the article, and if you like what you see here then know there is more in our 3 board-approved continuing education courses on Nutrition specific for Physical Therapists. Enroll today in our new bundled course offering and save 20%, a value of $60!

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Hey y'all, Dr. Wells here from Nutritional Physical Therapy. I'm here with another research update with St. Augustine Beach, Florida. What a great day today.

Anyhow, this article is by Jensen et al., and it was published in JAMA Open Networks June of this year. It was titled, Can Exercise Preserve Bone Mineral Density During Weight Loss? What I love about this study is it takes into consideration the new GLP inhibitors, weight loss, and obviously the implications for exerci...

This week's article and video goes out to my hospital, acute, and SNF PTs. Liver cirrhosis is a devastating disease which often ends in cancer, transplant, other comorbidities, or even death. PT plays an integral role and here's more research to back up our services in these settings!

Enjoy the video (transcript below), here's the article, and if you like what you see here then know there is more in our 3 board-approved continuing education courses on Nutrition specific for Physical Therapists. Enroll today in our new bundled course offering and save 20%, a value of $60!

   Hey, Dr. Wells here from Nutritional Physical Therapy. Just coming with a research update today. Today will be a good one for our general physical therapists as well as our acute care physical therapists.

This article is published by Hasih et al. It's published in 2024 in the Journal of Digestive Diseases and Science. Effectively, it was a meta-analysis looking at the effect of exercise on body measurements, in...