Polyphenols and Sarcopenia: Hope from a Meta-Analysis?
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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...PT Is a Must for Bone Density with GLP Inhibitors
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...
Liver Cirrhosis and Exercise: The Power of PT
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...
Protein Timing: Myth or Muscle-Building Essential?
Protein Timing: Myth or Muscle-Building Essential?
For years, athletes and exercise experts like physical therapists have been obsessed with the concept of protein timing. The idea that consuming protein immediately after a workout is crucial for maximizing muscle growth has been deeply ingrained in the fitness community. I can still hear the echoes of the Schoenfeld 2018 article being cited at the NSCA National Conference and Sports Sections at APTA CSM. However, recent research is challenging this long-held belief.
A new study investigated the impact of protein timing on muscle mass and strength gains in resistance-trained men. Surprisingly, the researchers found no significant difference in muscle growth between those who consumed protein immediately after workouts and those who spread their protein intake throughout the day. Check out these graphs to see how little a difference that the protein timing had on muscle performance:
While these findings may seem counterintuiti...
Preventing Muscle Mass Loss
Preventing Muscle Mass Loss
By Dr. Sean Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, CNPT, Cert-DN
As physical therapists (PTs) we do our best to optimize our older clients' strength, balance, and functioning. Obviously, our mainstay interventions focus on exercises, balance training, and adaptive equipment. In our courses, we highlight the importance of Vitamin D status and protein consumption for older adults, to improve balance, strength, and prevent sarcopenia. A recent study in Nature Aging highlights yet another potential dietary component that impacts muscle function: ceramides.
Ceramides, a sphingolipid, which is a type of fat, has been shown to reduce muscle mass and functional capacity in rodents. Moreover, it has been shown that offering ceramide-inhibiting medication effectively reverses sarcopenia, which is very promising for human studies. In the current study the authors examined older adults with a genetic variant to inhibit ceramides. The results showed these adults ...
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