2023-08-01 04:58:36
About 1 in 4 men over the age of 65 is at risk of sarcopenia. Father’s Day is coming, and the Zhongshan Medical and Health Education Exhibition invites the public to pay more attention to the health of fathers and educate the public to fight against dangerous “muscles”. (Picture: Provided by Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital)
On the eve of Father’s Day, the Zhongshan Affiliated Medical Center held a sarcopenia health education exhibition. Yan Qihua, director of the Department of Family Medicine, pointed out that about 1 in 4 men over the age of 65 suffers from muscle loss, and men are 1.3 times that of women. Please pay more attention to your father’s health healthy. 81-year-old Uncle Chen suffered from severe lack of exercise, poor appetite, and malnutrition after a stroke. After a month and a half after the intervention of balanced nutrition, his grip strength increased by 10%, his muscle mass increased by 10%, and his physical strength and spirit improved significantly. He reminded the public to live a healthy life, ” Muscle” must not be lost.
The Zhongshan Affiliated Medical Center will hold a curated sarcopenia health education exhibition on the first floor of the Ruchuan Building from now on until August 15th. With the assistance of digital devices, the public can perform a 5-time stand-up test. Yan Qihua, director of the Department of Family Medicine, said, People over the age of 55 who cannot sit down and stand up 5 times within 12 seconds are at risk of sarcopenia. This is to remind the public to pay attention to their physical health and avoid falling into the risk of sarcopenia without knowing it. Yan Qihua said that in order to avoid the need to spend more effort and cost to restore a large amount of lost muscle mass after the deterioration of mobility, it is recommended that the public pay more attention to the problem of muscle loss after the age of 40. If you usually have bad teeth due to busy work, Poor appetite, it is recommended to supplement appropriate calories and absorb protein through more scientific and convenient balanced nutrition, to fill the nutritional gap caused by poor appetite and uneven nutrition caused by eating outside, and to avoid the body’s priority to decompose protein in the muscle as a The source of energy, to ensure that there is enough energy to generate the nutrients needed by muscles, and to increase muscle through scientific methods can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
In addition, Chinese people’s awareness of high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids is gradually increasing, but they continue to ignore the loss of muscle mass! Yan Qihua said that after the age of 40, the muscles will rapidly decrease at an average rate of 8% every ten years. Between the ages of 40 and 80, nearly one-third of the muscles may be lost. When sarcopenia comes to your door, don’t take it lightly.
Yan Qihua pointed out that with muscle loss, in addition to affecting daily activities and self-care ability, it will also lead to cognitive dysfunction and disability, which will reduce the quality of life and increase mortality. Studies have also pointed out that heart disease patients with poor lower limb muscle strength, heart failure The risk will increase by 41%. It can be seen that muscle loss has a comprehensive impact on health and quality of life. If neglected, it may lead to many obstacles to ideal life, and even be forced to stay in bed for the rest of your life.
In addition, Yan Qihua said that to increase muscle mass, many people think that exercising more is enough. In fact, supplementing enough calories, absorbing protein and multi-nutrients in an appropriate amount are equally important. People with a large workload, if they do not pay attention to the nutrition of the three meals, not only will the body not have enough raw materials to make muscles, but the existing muscles may also be decomposed into energy sources, just like taking a built house as firewood, and eventually lead to muscle Increased risk of autism. To avoid falling into a vicious circle of muscle loss, it is recommended that people after the age of 40 start to actively nourish their muscles. In addition to three times a week of resistance exercise, balanced nutrition is also extremely important. There are many nutritional supplements on the market. Director Yan Qihua suggested that in addition to price considerations and whether there is food The qualified label should pay more attention to the contained ingredients. It does contain “enough calories”, “absorbable protein”, “multivitamins and minerals”, and the product has medical evidence to ensure the effect and improve muscle health in a short time. As for how to take nutritional supplements, Yan Qihua said that it is suitable to supplement at any time, and fast and convenient is the first choice, so as to maintain it continuously.
Mr. Chen, 81 years old, had difficulty moving due to a stroke, lack of exercise, long-term poor appetite, leading to severe malnutrition, which made the caregivers very troubled. After the intervention of balanced nutrition, his grip strength increased by one-half in just 1.5 months. Cheng, his weight has gradually recovered from a thin 48.1 kg to 52.9 kg, his muscle mass has also increased by nearly 10%, and his physical strength and spirit have improved significantly. Yan Qihua pointed out that there is also an 84-year-old Mr. Huang who suffers from various diseases and needs to take up to 18 pills a day. Within 3 months, his weight dropped by 3 kg. After 1.5 months of timely and balanced nutritional supplements, his weight also dropped from 55.4 kg It was raised back to 58.8 kg, and its grip strength also increased from 21.2 kg to 22.6 kg, which is only one step away from the standard of 23.6 kg for men over 80 years old, and is expected to meet the standard. Father’s Day is coming, Yan Qihua reminds to pay more attention to the muscle health of the elders in the family, actively communicate, establish the concept of nutrition intake, “muscle” in a healthy life must be lost, and preventing and improving the risk of muscle loss is also an important health task for the whole people! (Reported by Kou Shijing)
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